Social and economic geography topic list of research papers
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Translating active living research into policy and practice: One important pathway to chronic disease prevention2015 / Billie Giles-Corti, James F Sallis, Takemi Sugiyama, Lawrence D Frank, Melanie Lowe, et al.
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Sustainable Development in Island Communities: The Case Study of Postira2014 / Željka Tonković, Jelena Zlatar
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Lisbon’s Establishment-based Freight Survey: revealing retail establishments’ characteristics, goods ordering and delivery processes2015 / André Romano Alho, João de Abreu e Silva
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Does a Mobile Depot Make Urban Deliveries Faster, More Sustainable and More Economically Viable: Results of a Pilot Test in Brussels
Abstract A Mobile Depot (MD) is a trailer fitted with a loading dock, warehousing facilities and an office. The trailer is used as a mobile inner city base from where last-mile deliveries and first-mile pick-ups are done with electrically supported...
2014 / Sara Verlinde, Cathy Macharis, Lauriane Milan, Bram Kin -
Failing entrepreneurial governance: From economic crisis to fiscal crisis in the city of Dongguan, China
Abstract This paper analyzes the recent fiscal crisis among villages in the city of Dongguan. The city has been an exemplar of export-oriented growth in China. Rapid economic development has been attributed to local state entrepreneurial governance...
2014 / Desheng Xue, Fulong Wu -
A probabilistic approach to combining smart meter and electric vehicle charging data to investigate distribution network impacts
Abstract This work uses a probabilistic method to combine two unique datasets of real world electric vehicle charging profiles and residential smart meter load demand. The data was used to study the impact of the uptake of Electric Vehicles (EVs) on ...
2015 / Myriam Neaimeh, Robin Wardle, Andrew M. Jenkins, Jialiang Yi, Graeme Hill, et al. -
Exploring the transition potential of renewable energy communities
Abstract Renewable energy communities are grassroots initiatives that invest in ‘clean energy’ in order to meet consumption needs and environmental goals and thereby – often unwittingly – conduce to the spread of renewables. Our aim in the present...
2015 / Gabriella Dóci, Eleftheria Vasileiadou, Arthur C. Petersen -
The evolution of green jobs in Scotland: A hybrid approach
Abstract In support of its ambitious target to reduce CO2 emissions the Scottish Government is aiming to have the equivalent of 100% of Scottish electricity consumption generated from renewable sources by 2020. This is, at least in part, motivated...
2015 / Kevin Connolly, Grant J Allan, Stuart G McIntyre -
Location Intelligence Application in Digital Data Activity Dimensioning in Smart Cities
Abstract Cities around the globe are now following the “smart” trend. Smart cities are complex systems of systems that rely on IT to improve their efficiency in terms of economics or sustainability. Many of the activities involved in this context...
2014 / Michael Jensen, Jose Gutierrez, Jens Pedersen -
Social impacts and equity issues in transport: an introduction2012 / Karen Lucas, Peter Jones
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The heartland no more: Russia’s weakness and Eurasia’s meltdown
Abstract The Eurasian region continues to disintegrate, and neither Russia nor the West has been able to arrest the destabilizing dynamics. Evidence of rising instability throughout the region include the August 2008 Russia-Georgia war, terrorist...
2011 / Andrei P. Tsygankov -
Selected social phenomena following the extraction of mineral resources2015 / Paweł Kocoń
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The Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act (TURA): An innovative strategy for assessing carcinogen use
Abstract The state of Massachusetts enacted the Toxic Use Reduction Act (TURA) in 1989. The law requires that users of toxic chemicals evaluate and plan for pollution prevention. Data indicate that shipment of toxic chemicals as product have been...
2011 / M. Ansaldi, K.S. Farah -
Widening the Use of the FOT Methodology Development Based on Experiences from the TeleFOT Project
Abstract The TeleFOT project investigates the impacts of functions brought to the driver by nomadic and aftermarket devices and the methodology chosen is Field Operational Tests (FOTs). The FESTA Handbook was used as the first approach for the...
2012 / Stig E.R. Franzén, MariAnne Karlsson, Andrew P. Morris, Ruth Welsh -
Geography and the matter of waste mobilities2011 / Anna R Davies
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Innovation, Sustainability and ICT
Abstract Is the Innovation Society sustainable? We argue that the way in which our society organizes its innovation processes generates endogenous crises, and the ideology that sustains this organization makes it difficult to confront this...
2011 / David A. Lane, Sander van der Leeuw, Chris Sigaloff, Filippo Addarii -
Metal free factories: Straddling worker rights and consumer safety?
Abstract The Sri Lankan apparel sector positions itself as the “World’s #1 Ethically Sourced Destination”, where it is striving to make the “Made in Sri Lanka” label synonymous with quality and reliability, plus social and environmental...
2013 / Kanchana N. Ruwanpura -
Living on a building site: Young people’s experiences of emerging ‘Sustainable Communities’ in England
Abstract This paper examines experiences of young people (9–16) who live in new communities that are under construction. In the context of large-scale housing developments, built in England after 2000, it analyses various ways in which young people...
2013 / Peter Kraftl, Pia Christensen, John Horton, Sophie Hadfield-Hill -
By Community or Design? Age-restricted Neighbourhoods, Physical Design and Baby Boomers' Local Travel Behaviour in Suburban Boston, US2012 / C. Zegras, J. S. Lee, E. Ben-Joseph
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The Software Slump?: Digital Music, the Democratisation of Technology, and the Decline of the Recording Studio Sector within the Musical Economy2009 / Andrew Leyshon