Social and economic geography topic list of research papers
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Population Size and Civil Conflict Risk: Is there a Causal Link?*2010 / Markus Brückner
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A conceptual framework for road safety and mobility applied to cycling safety
Abstract Scientific literature lacks a model which combines exposure to risk, risk, and the relationship between them. This paper presents a conceptual road safety framework comprising mutually interacting factors for exposure to risk resulting from ...
2013 / Paul Schepers, Marjan Hagenzieker, Rob Methorst, Bert van Wee, Fred Wegman -
Challenges of Social Sustainability in Neo-liberal Cairo: Re- Questioning the Role of Public Space
Abstract Public space has been always regarded as a reflection of the social status of the community. Based on this assumption, the challenge for achieving a ‘socially sustainable’ community in neo-liberal Cairo is in need to be re- questioned in...
2013 / Mennat-Allah El-Husseiny, Karim Kesseiba -
Modelling the potential effect of shared bicycles on public transport travel times in Greater Helsinki: An open data approach
Abstract In many European cities, support for public transport and cycling in daily mobility is considered an efficient means to reduce air pollution, traffic jams, and carbon emissions. Shared bicycle systems have turned out effective in increasing ...
2013 / Sakari Jäppinen, Tuuli Toivonen, Maria Salonen -
Who Drives Change? Comparing the Evolution of Domestic Climate Governance in India and South Africa2012 / B. Never
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Violence and Belonging: Land, Love, and Lethal Conflict in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan Are Knudsen . Violence and Belonging: Land, Love, and Lethal Conflict in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Copenhagen, Denmark. NIAS Press. 2009. xxviii + 228 pp. US$ 35.00. ISBN: 978-87-7694-045-4.2010 / Stefan Schütte
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The ideal form of transdisciplinary research as seen from the perspective of sustainability science, considering the future development of IATSS
Abstract Sustainability science aims to solve pressing global challenges by integrating the natural sciences with the social sciences and the humanities. This also reflects the aims of IATSS. An interdisciplinary approach removes barriers, but a...
2014 / Kazuhiko Takeuchi -
Discourses of knowledge across global networks: What can be learnt about knowledge leadership from the ATLAS collaboration?
Abstract Writing on knowledge management (KM) and leadership studies tends to take place in parallel; both fields are prolific yet they rarely inform each other. A KM view tends to take a positional view of leaders and a functionalist view of firms: ...
2014 / Christopher Mabey, Alyson Nicholds -
The “sowing of concrete”: Peri-urban smallholder perceptions of rural–urban land change in the Central Peruvian Andes
Abstract Policy makers concerned with the peri-urban interface find their greatest challenges in the rapid urban growth of developing mountain regions, since limitations caused by relief and altitude often lead to an increased competition between...
2013 / Andreas Haller -
Effects of land and building usage on population, land price and passengers in station areas: A case study in Fukuoka, Japan
Abstract This study uses multiple regression to investigate the effects of land and building use on population, land price, and passengers. Initially, we abstract annual data on land and buildings usage within a radius of 0m–400m for railway...
2014 / Xinyu Zhuang, Shichen Zhao -
The neurobiology of emotion–cognition interactions: fundamental questions and strategies for future research2015 / Hadas Okon-Singer, Talma Hendler, Luiz Pessoa, Alexander J. Shackman
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Governing beyond the metropolis: Placing the rural in city-region development2014 / J. Harrison, J. Heley
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Smart innovation policy: How network position and project composition affect the diversity of an emerging technology
Abstract Technological diversity is important to achieve long-term technological progress as diversity fosters recombinant innovation and renders undesirable lock-ins less likely. Many government policies influence the diversity of a technology, in...
2014 / Frank J. van Rijnsoever, Jesse van den Berg, Joost Koch, Marko P. Hekkert -
Green Pricing in the Asia Pacific: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?2014 / Paul J. Burke
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Mountains in the Context of War in Colombia: Some Geopolitical Considerations2006 / Guillermo Andres Ospina
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Changes in late adolescents' voting intentions during the election campaign: Disentangling the effects of political communication with parents, peers and media2015 / J. erek, T. Umemura
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What ever is happening to urban planning and urban design? Musings on the current gap between theory and practice2014 / Pier Palermo
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Promoting intermodal freight transport through the development of dry ports in Asia: An environmental perspective
Abstract The volume of international trade and freight transport in Asia has witnessed fast growth in recent decades. The resulting environmental impact of freight transport operations has become a major cause of concern. Intermodal transport has...
2011 / Shinya Hanaoka, Madan B. Regmi -
The impact of urban development patterns on travel behaviour: Lessons learned from a British metropolitan region using macro-analysis and micro-analysis in addressing the sustainability agenda
Abstract The objective of this paper is to gain a clearer understanding of the strategic relationship between a series of studies addressing the sustainability agenda. The analysis uses qualitative and quantitative data derived from two studies: the ...
2013 / Paulus Teguh Aditjandra -
Book Review2010 / Irina van Aalst, Tim Schwanen