Social and economic geography topic list of research papers
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Studying the preoccupations that prevent people from going into green space
Abstract That urban green space can provide opportunities for psychological restoration which could prove valuable in promoting public health now seems relatively well established. What is less clear is whether many of us will continue to avail...
2012 / Russell Hitchings -
Sharing learnings from carbon capture and storage demonstration projects in Canada
Abstract Climate change is one of the most important public policy issues of our time. Reconciling the world’s ongoing reliance on fossil fuels with the need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is one of our greatest challenges. Canada is...
2011 / Milenka Mitrović, Brianne Rossi -
Towards a decision making model for city break travel2011 / Gerard Dunne, Sheila Flanagan, Joan Buckley
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Should the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change recognize climate migrants?2012 / Christine Gibb, James Ford
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Conservation and modern architecture. Fortune and misfortune of the School of Mathematics at Rome University (G. Ponti, 1932–1935)
Abstract The framework of the Italian restoration doctrine is based on the reception and transmission of the memory of the past. However, interventions in modern architecture represent a radical drift in the sense that they mostly consist of...
2015 / Simona Salvo -
Understanding Stakeholder Attitudes to CCS in Victoria, Australia
Abstract This research was designed to understand how Victorian residents perceive and accept potential carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. In total twelve focus group sessions were conducted across Bairnsdale, Traralgon and Melbourne,...
2014 / Peta Ashworth, Talia Jeannereta Lygia Romanach, Namiko Ranasinghe -
The apparent ineffectiveness of bicycle helmets: A case of selective citation2013 / Jake Olivier
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The evolving domain of entrepreneurship research2013 / Bo Carlsson, Pontus Braunerhjelm, Maureen McKelvey, Christer Olofsson, Lars Persson, et al.
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Study on Network Public Opinion Dissemination and Coping Strategies in Large Fire Disasters
Abstract Large fire disasters have the characteristics of unpredictability, great harmfulness and high profile, and they are easy to become a hot topic on the Internet and develop into public opinion in a short time. If not handled properly, the...
2014 / Ya-ping Ma, Xue-ming Shu, Shi-fei Shen, Jiang Song, Gang Li, et al. -
Money for nothing: How firms have financed R&D-projects since the Industrial Revolution
Abstract We investigate the long-run historical pattern of R&D-outlays by reviewing aggregate growth rates and historical cases of particular R&D projects, following the historical-institutional approach of Chandler (1962), North (1981) and...
2013 / Gerben Bakker -
Trucks and Bikes: Sharing the Roads
Abstract More cycling in urban areas could alleviate congestion that would benefit logistics operations as well as provide health and environmental benefits to the community at large. However, cycling within many Australian cities is currently being ...
2014 / Warwick Pattinson, Russell G. Thompson -
Reduced street lighting at night and health: A rapid appraisal of public views in England and Wales
Abstract Financial and carbon reduction incentives have prompted many local authorities to reduce street lighting at night. Debate on the public health implications has centred on road accidents, fear of crime and putative health gains from reduced...
2015 / Judith Green, Chloe Perkins, Rebecca Steinbach, Phil Edwards -
Mental models of sea-level change: A mixed methods analysis on the Severn Estuary, UK
Abstract Global average sea levels are expected to rise by up to a metre by the end of the century. This long-term rise will combine with shorter-term changes in sea level (e.g. high tides, storm surges) to increase risks of flooding and erosion in...
2015 / Merryn Thomas, Nick Pidgeon, Lorraine Whitmarsh, Rhoda Ballinger -
Are We Scorpions?2006 / Simon A. Mason
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Celebrating Mountain Women: Moving Mountains, Moving Women2006 / Anita Anand, Ojaswi Josse
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COOPERATIVE FIRMS AND THE CRISIS: EVIDENCE FROM SOME ITALIAN MIXED OLIGOPOLIES2013 / Flavio DELBONO, Carlo REGGIANI
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Role of connected mobility concept for twenty-first-century cities—Trial approach for conceptualization of connected mobility through case studies
Abstract This paper discusses the concept of mobility in twenty-first-century cities. Although the issues with which cities now grapple are vastly different from the problems that they confronted in the twentieth century, we continue to live on a...
2014 / Fumihiko Nakamura -
Climate change and the city: Building capacity for urban adaptation
Abstract The significant shifts in climate variables projected for the 21st century, coupled with the observed impacts of ongoing extreme weather and climate events, ensures that adaptation to climate change is set to remain a pressing issue for...
2014 / Jeremy G. Carter, Gina Cavan, Angela Connelly, Simon Guy, John Handley, et al. -
Harmonizing the Planning Process with the National Visions and Plans on Sustainable Transport: The Case of Sweden
Abstract Governing of the transport system involves a multifold of actors and levels of decision making. The gap between national targets and local counteracting decisions often is vast. Based on a systematic review of documents and interviews the...
2012 / Lena Smidfelt Rosqvist, Hanna Wennberg -
School Commuting and the Impact of Cultural Differences: The Israeli Case
Abstract This paper's focus is on school commuting and related activity patterns in Israel. This topic of school travel is a relatively neglected area in the transportation literature. It may contribute only little to today's most envisaged...
2011 / Wafa Elias, Rachel Katoshevski-Cavari