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Extensive legal exceptionalism, an administrative export-processing zone and urbanization in Mauritius

Extensive legal exceptionalism, an administrative export-processing zone and urbanization in... An analysis of the repercussions of the administrative Mauritian export-processing zone (EPZ), encompassing the territory of the whole main island of the Republic of Mauritius, for the trajectory of urbanization finds that unlike specific economic zones such as Shenzhen special economic zone, China, the Mauritian EPZ only had an historical impact on the urbanization of the main island. The correlates of current urbanization are unemployment, property, marginalization and foreign in-migration, reflecting general urbanization trends in the Global South. However, the island exhibits a highly fragmented urban fabric and differentiated rural areas, whose emergence is related to the history of the EPZ. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Area Development and Policy Taylor & Francis

Extensive legal exceptionalism, an administrative export-processing zone and urbanization in Mauritius

Dirksmeier, Peter
Area Development and Policy , Volume 3 (2): 20 – May 4, 2018
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Extensive legal exceptionalism, an administrative export-processing zone and urbanization in Mauritius

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An analysis of the repercussions of the administrative Mauritian export-processing zone (EPZ), encompassing the territory of the whole main island of the Republic of Mauritius, for the trajectory of urbanization finds that unlike specific economic zones such as Shenzhen special economic zone, China, the Mauritian EPZ only had an historical impact on the urbanization of the main island. The correlates of current urbanization are unemployment, property, marginalization and foreign in-migration,...
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Taylor & Francis
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© 2017 Regional Studies Association
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2379-2957
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2379-2949
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10.1080/23792949.2017.1380533
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Abstract

An analysis of the repercussions of the administrative Mauritian export-processing zone (EPZ), encompassing the territory of the whole main island of the Republic of Mauritius, for the trajectory of urbanization finds that unlike specific economic zones such as Shenzhen special economic zone, China, the Mauritian EPZ only had an historical impact on the urbanization of the main island. The correlates of current urbanization are unemployment, property, marginalization and foreign in-migration, reflecting general urbanization trends in the Global South. However, the island exhibits a highly fragmented urban fabric and differentiated rural areas, whose emergence is related to the history of the EPZ.

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Area Development and Policy – Taylor & Francis

Published: May 4, 2018

Keywords: urbanization; regional development; urban theory; Mauritius; export-processing zones; 城镇化; 区域发展; 城市理论; 毛里求斯; 出口加工区; urbanización; desarrollo regional; teoría urbana; Mauricio; zonas francas de exportación; урбанизация; региональное развитие; городская теория; Маврикий; зона переработки экспорта; O55; R14; R50

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