Social and economic geography topic list of research papers
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Cultural Sustainability and Islamic Perspectives in Introducing a Cohesive Retirement Village for Muslims
Abstract The growing elderly population indicated a shift in the cultural context in Malaysia and the needs of elderly care facilities. This paper looks at the cultural sustainability issues and Islamic perspectives requirements through a review on...
2013 / Noor Hanita Abdul Majid, Mohd Hazwan Hamidi, Zuraini Denan -
Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Alternative Passenger Vehicles2014 / Nuri Onat, Murat Kucukvar, Omer Tatari
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New ruralities – old gender dynamics? A reflection on high-value crop agriculture in the light of the feminisation debates2014 / S. Bieri
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New cities between sustainability and real estate investment: A case study of New Cairo city
Abstract Urban development differs from one country to another. The various aims and ways differ according to the different economical, social and environmental situations. Many countries followed the policy of establishing new cities in the aim of...
2015 / Reham M. Hafez -
Nature of urban interventions in changing the old center of a globalizing Doha
Abstract Doha, Qatar is continuously positioning itself at the forefront of international urbanism with different qualities of expression in terms of economy, culture, and global outlook, and is characterized by fast-tracked urban development...
2014 / Remah Y. Gharib, Ashraf M. Salama -
Gambling on land fill and infrastructure to reposition Macao in the Pearl River Delta2015 / John Zacharias
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Bicycle Sharing Systems Demand
Abstract One of the problems in bicycle sharing systems design is the estimation of the potential demand to the service, especially in countries where this type of systems is not yet implemented. The main objective of this methodology is to relate...
2014 / Inês Frade, Anabela Ribeiro -
Inclusiveness and exclusion: trust networks at the origins of European cities2010 / Wim Blockmans
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Intersectionality and gender mainstreaming in international health: Using a feminist participatory action research process to analyse voices and debates from the global south and north
Abstract Critiques of gender mainstreaming (GM) as the officially agreed strategy to promote gender equity in health internationally have reached a critical mass. There has been a notable lack of dialogue between gender advocates in the global north ...
2011 / Rachel Tolhurst, Beryl Leach, Janet Price, Jude Robinson, Elizabeth Ettore, et al. -
The world according to iTunes: mapping urban networks of music production2012 / ALLAN WATSON
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Theoretical Aspects of Identity Discourse in Post-Totalitarian Cultures
Abstract The issue of cultural identity and its forms of representation mirroring the relation between a specific national space and its essential cultural patterns should be placed in the contemporary multicultural dynamics, which has stirred...
2013 / Nicoleta Ifrim -
‘TWO MILLION NET NEW JOBS': A RECONSIDERATION OF THE RISE IN EMPLOYMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA, 1995-20032010 / DANIELA CASALE, COLETTE MULLER, DORRIT POSEL
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Building adaptive capacity in South East Queensland, Australia2013 / Noni Keys, Marcus Bussey, Dana C. Thomsen, Timothy Lynam, Timothy F. Smith
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Vitality of Flats Outdoor Space
Abstract Minimum internal dwelling space of low-cost walk-up flats forces life to spill outdoor involving daily mundane activities affecting neighborhood social vitality. In design, this affordance of such ‘marginal’ outdoor spaces has been...
2012 / Azhan Abdul Aziz, Abdullah Sani Ahmad, Tajul Edrus Nordin -
A simple human vulnerability index to climate change hazards for Pakistan2012 / Fazal Ali Khan, Ali Salman
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Partnerships for progress in active living: From research to action2012 / Jason A. Mendoza, Jo Salmon, James F. Sallis
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Deliberative democratization across borders: participation and deliberation in regional environmental governance
Abstract This contribution is based on a set of reflections presented at the REGov Workshop. These reflections were offered as part of a panel discussion around the topic “Environmental regionalization, democracy, and civil society.” Additional...
2011 / Andreas Klinke -
Foreign trade and early industrialisation in the Habsburg Monarchy and the United Kingdom — Two extremes in comparison
Abstract The concept of socio–ecological transitions is used to analyse the quantitative importance of physical imports and exports for the Habsburg Empire and the United Kingdom in the 19th and early 20th centuries. For the Habsburg Empire, a new...
2010 / Simone Gingrich -
Characteristic of Public Small Park Usage in Asia Pacific Countries: Case Study in Jakarta and Yokohama City
Abstract This study concerned with the phenomenon of low use, and abandoned public small parks in Jakarta City particularly in neighborhood level. Learning from Yokohama, community participation into park management system becomes the key feature...
2012 / Sari Mutiara, Kinoshita Isami -
Urban Aboriginal mobility in Canada: Examining the association with health care utilization
Abstract In recent decades, Indigenous peoples across the globe have become increasingly urbanized. Growing urbanization has been associated with high rates of geographic mobility between rural areas and cities, as well as within cities. In Canada,...
2012 / Marcie Snyder, Kathi Wilson