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It is theoretically ambiguous whether growth of cities matters more to the rural poor than growth of towns. This paper empirically examines whether growth of India's secondary towns or big cities mattered more to recent rural poverty reduction, noting that data deficiencies have made this a difficult question to answer previously. Satellite observations of night lights are used to measure urban growth on the extensive and intensive margins in the context of a spatial Durbin fixed-effects model of poverty measures for rural India, calibrated to a panel of 59 regions observed four times over 1993-2012. The expansion of lit area had greater effect on the rural poverty measures than did intensive margin growth in the brightness of light from urban areas. For India's current stage of development, growth of secondary towns may do more to reduce rural poverty than big city growth, although the theoretical model suggests that cities may eventually take over from towns as the drivers of rural poverty reduction.

Cities --- Luminosity --- Poverty --- Secondary Towns --- Spatial Durbin Model

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This book is a pivotal publication that seeks to address contemporary challenges to the blue economy in view of the growth in exploration and utilization of natural resources, transport connectivity, effects of climate change, sustainable fisheries management, food security, and social and economic issues of human well-being in coastal areas. Coastal territories and water areas are changing at an unprecedented pace in ways that fundamentally affect ecosystems, people, biodiversity, and sustainability. Such changes are driven primarily by rapid social and economic developments, economic disparities between countries, the internationalization of production and value chains, and industrialization. In this context, this publication supplements the existing literature by summoning political, economic, environmental, and social factors that influence various dimensions of the sustainable development of blue economy, as well as translating the findings into workable approaches and policies for the benefit of the economic actors, people, and the environment.

Ukraine --- coastal regions --- demographic structure --- regional economic performance --- sustainability --- Blue Economy (BE) sectors --- maritime transport --- legislative framework --- China --- connectivity --- COVID-19 pandemic --- maritime trade --- Polar Silk Road --- shipping --- blue economy (BE) --- coastal tourism --- bibliometric analysis --- R language --- CiteSpace --- VOSviewer --- visualization --- ASEAN --- comparative advantage --- fish --- fishery products --- RCEP --- seafood --- trade --- marine economic efficiency --- marine industrial structure upgrading --- spillover effect --- spatial Durbin model --- Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation --- blue economy --- coastal areas and municipalities --- regional and urban planning --- sustainable development strategies --- online education --- distance learning --- the Arctic region --- educational institutions --- employers --- ocean governance --- policy development --- transformation --- economic growth --- pollution --- panel data analysis --- oxidative stress --- heavy metals --- Danube River --- Black Sea --- machine learning --- fish stocks --- water quality --- forecast models

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This edited volume contains 18 articles published in Sustainability from late 2018 to early 2021. During that time, the world faced the fatal and widespread health crisis, COVID-19, which had threatened the social and public health systems at every corner for quite some time.As the Guest-Editors and also a contributing authors, we are glad that the academic contents from the Special Issue will now be put together in this volume, making the authors' hard work and efforts accessible to the larger audience.

Public health & preventive medicine --- mobile phone penetration --- divorce rate --- marital happiness --- well-being --- physical exercises and sports --- sex --- educational background --- social public health --- health communication --- sleep hygiene --- health --- old people --- association --- logistic regression --- periodic general health examination --- fear of illness detection --- Vietnam --- depression --- acculturation stress --- social connectedness --- international students --- university students --- ASSIS --- Mindsponge --- multicultural --- emotional labor --- surface acting --- emotional dissonance --- occupational stress --- moderated mediation --- hospital --- rural and urban hospitals --- healthcare --- sustainable rural health --- the financial condition --- government health expenditure (GHE) efficiency --- data envelopment analysis (DEA) method --- Moran’s I value --- spatial spillover effect (SSE) --- spatial Durbin model (SDM) --- diet --- nutrition --- intake --- public health --- health professionals --- dietary risk --- depressive disorder --- university student --- scientific output --- international collaboration --- funding --- Korea --- Japan --- China --- scientific impact --- scientific quality --- coronavirus --- COVID-19 --- SARS-CoV-2 --- pandemic --- policy response --- social media --- science journalism --- public health system --- healthcare systems --- aged populations --- job insecurity --- health and consumption indicators --- gender inequalities --- sustainable preventive policies --- readmission --- social capital --- economics --- mental health --- drug abuse --- space–health nexus --- older women --- spatial planning perspective --- interdisciplinary expert dialogue --- retrospective qualitative study --- knowledge transfer --- health policy analysis --- efficiency --- gender --- CEO --- top management team (TMT) --- data envelopment analysis (DEA) --- truncated regression --- bootstrap --- upper echelon theory --- public health authorities --- public communication --- risk communication --- social networks --- lockdown --- crisis --- COVID-19 pandemic --- sustainability --- NSP --- harm reduction --- harm minimization --- low threshold settings --- PWID --- sustainable implementation qualities --- Public health.