Social and economic geography topic list of research papers
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The potential impacts of changes in bear hunting policy for hunting organisations in Croatia2013 / Emma J. Knott, Nils Bunnefeld, Djuro Huber, Slaven Reljić, Vesna Kereži, et al.
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Growth of Incumbent Firms and Entrepreneurship in Vietnam2012 / Enrico Santarelli, Hien Thu Tran
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Local impacts of a new urban consolidation centre – the case of Binnenstadservice.nl
Abstract A new urban consolidation centre, called Binnenstadservice.nl (‘Inner city service’), started business in April 2008 in the Dutch city of Nijmegen. The consolidation centre in Nijmegen differs from initiatives in the past, distinguishing...
2010 / Tariq van Rooijen, Hans Quak -
Comparing public spheres: Normative models and empirical measurements2012 / J. Downey, S. Mihelj, T. Konig
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Identification Processes of Culs-de-sac in Shah Alam: Preamble to Neighbourhoods’ Way of Life
Abstract Culs-de-sac in Shah Alam, have begun to take centre stage, especially in the high-end neighbourhood developments. Typically, these neighbourhoods can be easily identified. However, in contrast to developed nations, the local municipality...
2012 / Anniz Fazli Ibrahim Bajunid, Mohamed Yusoff Abbas -
Place Attachment and Continuity of Urban Place Identity
Abstract Place attachment contributes to the making of place identity. This paper focuses on place attachment and its significance in defining place identity of the main shopping streets in the city centre of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A questionnaire...
2012 / Norsidah Ujang -
A Modern Housing Solution for 700 million Families in Developing Countries
Abstract This paper describes 12 years of research at Universiti Putra Malaysia in collaboration with a practicing architect and a building material entrepreneur. Honeycomb is a town planning concept of interlocking cul-de-sac courtyards. A novel...
2012 / Mohd Peter Davis, Nurizan Yahaya, Bukryman Sabri, Anniz Fazli Ibrahim Bajunid, Chou Kan Yin, et al. -
Sample Size Calculation for Studying Transportation Modes from GPS Data
Abstract The many advantageous features of GPS-based longitudinal surveys associated with prompt recall surveys make such surveys very attractive for travel behaviour studies. However, the sample size calculation procedure for GPS-based surveys is...
2012 / Adel Bolbol, Tao Cheng, Ioannis Tsapakis, Andy Chow -
Affect, corporeality and the limits of belonging: Breastfeeding in public in the contemporary UK
Abstract The UK has some of the lowest breastfeeding duration rates in the industrialised world. This paper considers women's experiences breastfeeding in public as a factor in breastfeeding duration. Research is based on an analysis of: 11...
2012 / Kate Boyer -
Works Councils and Firm Productivity in France2010 / David Fairris, Philippe Askenazy
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Technical and Organizational Assumptions of Applying UCCs to Optimize Freight Deliveries in the Seaside Tourist Resorts of West Pomeranian Region of Poland
Abstract The West Pomeranian Province is located at the Baltic Sea coast in the west-north of Poland. This region combines the commercial role with the tourist and spa functions. Several tourist attractions of the West Pomeranian Province like clean ...
2012 / Kinga Kijewska, Stanislaw Iwan, Tomasz Kaczmarczyk -
Stating the Production of Scales: Centrally Orchestrated Regionalism, Regionally Orchestrated Centralism2008 / JOHN HARRISON
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Transitioning to Community-owned Renewable Energy: Lessons from Germany
Abstract Providing mature technologies and in-servicing markets are not enough to foster the public use of renewable energy technologies for green transformation. A promising approach is to help policy makers construct a model for identifying and...
2013 / Li Wen Li, Janine Birmele, Harald Schaich, Werner Konold -
Is active travel associated with greater physical activity? The contribution of commuting and non-commuting active travel to total physical activity in adults
Abstract Background To complement findings that active travel reduces the risk of morbidity and mortality from chronic diseases, an understanding of the mechanisms through which active travel may lead to improved health is...
2012 / Shannon Sahlqvist, Yena Song, David Ogilvie -
Les Faiseurs de montagne Les Faiseurs de montagne. Bernard Debarbieux , Gilles Rudaz . Paris, France. CNRS Editions. 2010. 373 pp. € 29.00. ISBN: 978-2-271-06985-6.2011 / Don Funnell
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Close encounters of the third kind: social housing residents and new technologies for sustainability2013 / Ritsuko Ozaki, Isabel Shaw
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Young people and the Scottish Independence Referendum2015 / Peter Hopkins
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Detecting and understanding non-compliance with conservation rules
Abstract This paper establishes the context for the special issue, “Detecting and Understanding Violations of Conservation Rules”. Illicit or non-compliant human behaviors may occur in all ecosystems and range from subsistence illegal resource...
2015 / Jennifer N. Solomon, Michael C. Gavin, Meredith L. Gore -
The geography of car ownership in Mexico City: a joint model of households’ residential location and car ownership decisions
Abstract Suburbanization and car-ownership have increased rapidly in developing-world cities over the past half-century. This study examines the relationship between income, car ownership, and suburbanization across geographies and households in...
2015 / Erick Guerra -
Broadening out and opening up technology assessment: Approaches to enhance international development, co-ordination and democratisation
Abstract Technology assessment (TA) has a strong history of helping to identify priorities and improve environmental sustainability, cost-effectiveness and wider benefits in the technology policies and innovation strategies of nation-states. At...
2013 / Adrian Ely, Patrick Van Zwanenberg, Andrew Stirling