Social and economic geography topic list of research papers
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Limits for successful cross-border governance of environmental (and spatial) development: the Lake Constance Region
Abstract Cross-border regions are multi-actor and multi-level spaces. Without any formal competencies they are exclusively based on cooperation between widely self-organized systems (regions). Thus, cross-border governance is facing multiple...
2011 / Roland Scherer, Kristina Zumbusch -
A survey of urban climate change experiments in 100 cities
Abstract Cities are key sites where climate change is being addressed. Previous research has largely overlooked the multiplicity of climate change responses emerging outside formal contexts of decision-making and led by actors other than municipal...
2012 / Vanesa Castán Broto, Harriet Bulkeley -
Rethinking the conceptual terrain of AIDS scholarship: lessons from comparing 27 years of AIDS and climate change research2009 / May Chazan, Michael Brklacich, Alan Whiteside
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Unsustainable varieties of capitalism along the Thailand–Malaysia border? The role of institutional complementarities in regional development2008 / Edo Andriesse, Guus van Westen
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Suitability of Planning Guidelines for Children Playing Spaces
Abstract The paper will discuss an on-going research on Shah Alam City Council's planning guidelines for the provision of playgrounds and playing fields. This paper sets the question of the suitability and the adequacy of this planning guideline...
2012 / Muhammad Faez Mohd Latfi, Hafazah Abdul Karim -
Flow Management of Passengers and Goods Coexisting in the Urban Environment: Conceptual and Operational Points of View
Abstract Our research aims to define a model which constitutes a first framework to plan and to control both passengers and goods flows in the urban environment. It focuses on the sharing concept which means to make a joint use of transport...
2012 / Anna Trentini, Nicolas Malhene -
Space and Hyperspace in Fictional Dimension
Abstract Space and time, their expansions and/or their limitations, have been intriguing people for millennia. Issues relative to the character of space and time have indeed been central to philosophy from its inception. In literary investigations...
2013 / Shahram Afrougheh, Kyoumars Azizi, Hossein Safari -
Productive efficiency of public and private solid waste logistics and its implications for waste management policy
Abstract This paper measures the productive efficiency of municipal solid waste (MSW) logistics by applying data envelopment analysis (DEA) to cross-sectional data of prefectures in Japan. Either through public operations or by outsourcing to...
2013 / Daisuke Ichinose, Masashi Yamamoto, Yuichiro Yoshida -
The ethics of using engineering to enhance athletic performance
Abstract Advances in sports engineering have been shown to contribute to the general trend in improving athletic performance. Whilst the advances made by sports engineers have made sport safer, more enjoyable and more accessible, they have also...
2010 / David James -
Space, chance, time: walking backwards through the hours on the left and right banks of Paris2005 / Jill Fenton
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Resistance, Regulation and Rights: The Changing Status of Polish Women's Migration and Work in the 'New' Europe2007 / A. Coyle
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Urbanization in Poland: Tendencies and Transformation2007 / D. Szymanska, A. Matczak
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IMMIGRATION AND HOUSING BOOMS: EVIDENCE FROM SPAIN*2012 / Libertad Gonzalez, Francesc Ortega
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Global or local construction materials for post-disaster reconstruction? Sustainability assessment of 20 post-disaster shelter designs
Abstract This data article presents the life cycle inventories of 20 transitional shelter solutions. The data was gathered from the reports 8 shelter designs [1]; 10 post-disaster shelter designs [2]; the environmental impact of brick production...
2015 / E. Zea Escamilla, G. Habert -
Factors influencing local decisions to use habitats to protect coastal communities from hazards
Abstract Coastal hazard mitigation policy in the US has historically focused on construction of hardened, or gray, infrastructure. Recently, there is increased public interest and policy supporting the use of habitats, or natural infrastructure...
2015 / Dana Kochnower, Sheila M.W. Reddy, Reinhard E. Flick -
The concept of triple Helix extended model in Lodz in the light of own work2015 / Justyna Trippner-Hrabi
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Effect of Bicycle Friendly Roadway Infrastructure on Bicycling Activities in Urban India
Abstract Bicycling is considered as one of the most efficient mode of sustainable transportation for shorter commutes. European countries such as the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany are the global leaders in this context with their high level of...
2013 / Samyajit Basu, Vinod Vasudevan -
Analysing Uncertainties for CCS: From Historical Analogues to Future Deployment Pathways in the UK
Abstract Whilst carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies are now in the demonstration phase, they are still characterised by a range of technical, economic, policy, social and legal uncertainties. This paper presents the results of an...
2013 / Hannah Chalmers, Jon Gibbins, Rob Gross, Stuart Haszeldine, Phil Heptonstall, et al. -
Service Coverage Factors Affecting Bus Transit System Availability
Abstract Over the last few years, transportation policies have aimed to shift transport demand from private car to transit systems. To achieve this objective, supplied transit services must be available to as many users as possible. Access to...
2014 / Laura Eboli, Carmen Forciniti, Gabriella Mazzulla -
A spatial microsimulation approach for the analysis of commuter patterns: from individual to regional levels
Abstract The daily trip to work is ubiquitous, yet its characteristics differ widely from person to person and place to place. This is manifested in statistics on mode and distance of travel, which vary depending on a range of factors that operate...
2013 / Robin Lovelace, Dimitris Ballas, Matt Watson