Social and economic geography topic list of research papers
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Can it Happen Again? Planning Support, Lee's Requiem and the Rise of the Smart Cities Movement2014 / Michael Batty
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To share or not to share: Drivers and barriers for sharing data via online amateur weather networks
Summary Increasing attention is being paid to the importance and potential of crowd-sourced data to complement current environmental data-streams (i.e. in-situ observations and RS data). In parallel, the diffusion of Information Communication...
2016 / Mohammad Gharesifard, Uta Wehn -
Employment status transitions and shifts in daily activity-travel behavior with special focus on shopping duration2015 / Soora Rasouli, Harry Timmermans, Peter van der Waerden
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The Purchasing Behavior of Public Organizations and its Impact on City Logistics
Abstract This paper presents three studies on public procurement and its impact on city logistics. The studies aimed to give an insight into the transport volume related to the delivery of products and services - at a university in Newcastle, two...
2016 / Susanne Balm, Walther Ploos van Amstel, Jeroen Habers, Paulus Aditjandra, Thomas H. Zunder -
Modelling complex systems of heterogeneous agents to better design sustainability transitions policy
Abstract This article proposes a fundamental methodological shift in the modelling of policy interventions for sustainability transitions in order to account for complexity (e.g. self-reinforcing mechanisms, such as technology lock-ins, arising from ...
2016 / Jean-Francois Mercure, Hector Pollitt, Andrea. M. Bassi, Jorge. E Viñuales, Neil R. Edwards -
Governing cities for sustainable energy: The UK case
Abstract The dependence of cities on intensive consumption of energy from fossil fuels is a major cause of climate disruption, and there is increasing interest in the potential for city governments to facilitate a transition to sustainable energy....
2015 / Janette Webb, David Hawkey, Margaret Tingey -
Efficiency of municipal legislative chambers
Abstract A novel study of Brazilian city council efficiency using the non-parametric estimator FDH (free disposal hull) with bias correction is presented. In regional terms, study results show a concentration of efficient councils in the southern...
2015 / Alexandre Manoel Angelo da Silva, Roberta da Silva Vieira, Angelo José Mont’alverne Duarte -
Recognizing Indigenous Water Cultures and Rights in Mine Water Management: The Role of Negotiated Agreements
Abstract A social licence to operate is increasingly important in the resources industry, particularly with respect to mining activities that might jeopardize water sources on indigenous lands. Negotiated agreements have gained popularity because...
2015 / S. Jackson, M. Barber -
Reduction of disparities in access to green spaces: Their geographic insertion and recreational functions matter
Abstract Green spaces (GS) have many functions that can moderate the climate change impact and help prevent disease and thus alleviate public health expenses in a context of aging societies. However, several socioeconomic, demographic and geographic ...
2015 / Roland Ngom, Pierre Gosselin, Claudia Blais -
Designing a knowledge co-production operating space for urban environmental governance—Lessons from Rotterdam, Netherlands and Berlin, Germany
Abstract Challenges for a sustainable urban development are increasingly important in cities because urbanization and related land take come up with negative challenges for the environment and for city residents. Searching for successful solutions...
2016 / Niki Frantzeskaki, Nadja Kabisch -
Unveiling hidden migration and mobility patterns in climate stressed regions: A longitudinal study of six million anonymous mobile phone users in Bangladesh
Abstract Climate change is likely to drive migration from environmentally stressed areas. However quantifying short and long-term movements across large areas is challenging due to difficulties in the collection of highly spatially and temporally...
2016 / Xin Lu, David J. Wrathall, Pål Roe Sundsøy, Md. Nadiruzzaman, Erik Wetter, et al. -
Life cycle environmental impacts and costs of beer production and consumption in the UK2016 / David Amienyo, Adisa Azapagic
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The residential location choice of the elderly in Korea: A multilevel logit model
Abstract The present study explores a residential movement of elderly households, which is postulated based on the probabilistic choice theory. This study intends to develop a residential location choice model integrating micro- and macro-approaches ...
2016 / Juyoung Park, Kabsung Kim -
Improving Perceived Safety for Public Health through Sustainable Development
Abstract Evaluating the contribution of perceived safety for improving quality of life and community health is crucial. Planners and designers realize the importance of improvement in wellbeing of the society that promotes public health. Public...
2016 / Deniz Deniz -
Greening the economy: interrogating sustainability innovations beyond the mainstream2010 / A. R. Davies, S. J. Mullin
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Health and climate related ecosystem services provided by street trees in the urban environment2016 / Jennifer A. Salmond, Marc Tadaki, Sotiris Vardoulakis, Katherine Arbuthnott, Andrew Coutts, et al.
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The Empowerment of the Slum Inhabitant as a Primary Agent of Low-Income Housing: Slum Upgrading in Thailand between 1980 and 2011
Abstract The period of Thai”s low-income housing development from 1980 to 2011 has been significantly formulated in the context of contradiction rather than coherence of vision, agency, and practice. Importantly there is embedded a long history of...
2016 / Kitapatr Dhabhalabutr -
Everyday life under modernist planning: A study of an ever-transforming urban area in Hong Kong2015 / Kin Wai Michael Siu, Yi Hua Huang
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Roots of inequity: How the implementation of REDD+ reinforces past injustices
Abstract The extent to which REDD+ initiatives should be a mechanism to address poverty and provide other co-benefits apart from carbon storage, is hotly debated. Here, we examine the benefit distribution policy and practice of a prominent REDD+...
2015 / Susan Chomba, Juliet Kariuki, Jens Friis Lund, Fergus Sinclair -
An integrated life cycle sustainability assessment of electricity generation in Turkey
Abstract This paper presents for the first time an integrated life cycle sustainability assessment of the electricity sector in Turkey, considering environmental, economic and social aspects. Twenty life cycle sustainability indicators (11...
2016 / Burcin Atilgan, Adisa Azapagic