Social and economic geography topic list of research papers
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Spatial Autoregressive Model of Commodity Housing Price and Empirical Research
Abstract Based on spatial econometric model, the article selects the panel data of eight cities around Beijing from 1998 to 2009. It tests whether there is spatial dependence among cities on commodity housing price. The main influence factors of the ...
2011 / Feng Lan, Yuan Zhang -
Environmental governance in the Baltic Sea Region and the role of non-governmental actors
Abstract This paper investigates the emergent role of environmental non-governmental actors in regional environmental governance. The Baltic Sea Region (BSR) is taken as an example where changes in environmental governance and where several...
2011 / Ieva Kapaciauskaite -
GPS Data Analysis for Understanding Urban Goods Movement
Abstract This paper aims to investigate the contribution of GPS survey techniques for urban goods movement characterization and diagnosis, more precisely the implementation and application issues related to the introduction of real-time data...
2012 / Pascal Pluvinet, Jesus Gonzalez-Feliu, Christian Ambrosini -
A comparative state-level analysis of carbon capture and storage (CCS) discourse among U.S. energy stakeholders and the public
Abstract Perceptions of the potential of emerging technologies like carbon capture and storage (CCS) are constructed not just through technical and economic processes but also through discourse, i.e. through compelling narratives about what a...
2011 / Andrea M. Feldpausch-Parker, Rumika Chaudhry, Jennie C. Stephens, Miriam Fischlein, Damon M. Hall, et al. -
Cross-border CO2 infrastructure options for a CCS demonstration in Finland
Abstract As the geographic situation of Finland seems to allow no domestic carbon sequestration, cross-border CO2 logistics is needed. In this paper, the alternative transportation options for CO2 from a Finnish capture plant case are assessed. The...
2011 / Lauri Kujanpää, Joonas Rauramo, Antti Arasto -
Sensing Human Activity: GPS Tracking2009 / Stefan van der Spek, Jeroen van Schaick, Peter de Bois, Remco de Haan
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An Evaluation of the Demand for Telework and Smart Work Centres in Rural Areas: A Case Study from Latvia2013 / Alise Vitola, Iveta Baltina
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ICIMOD's Position on Climate Change and Mountain Systems2008 / Andreas Schild
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The limits of ethicality in international markets: Imported second-hand clothing in India
Abstract Those of us living in the global north are increasingly urged to divert cast-off clothing from the local waste stream and donate it for reuse and recycling. It is argued that this is the right thing to do, since it is environmentally...
2015 / Lucy Norris -
The same mode again? An exploration of mode choice variability in Great Britain using the National Travel Survey
Abstract The main focus of travel behaviour research has been explaining differences in behaviour between individuals (interpersonal variability) with less emphasis given to the variability of behaviour within individuals (intrapersonal...
2015 / Eva Heinen, Kiron Chatterjee -
Refugee Situation Awareness: Camps and Beyond
Abstract Refugeesituations create challenging refugee situation awareness research problems.We examine these research problems through three inter-related questions: (1) How do actors that service refugee camps maintain camp activity awareness?; (2) ...
2015 / Brian Tomaszewski, Fahed Alhaj Mohamad, Yusuf Hamad -
The feasibility, costs, and environmental implications of large-scale biomass energy
Abstract What are the feasibility, costs, and environmental implications of large-scale bioenegry? We investigate this question by developing a detailed representation of bioenergy in a global economy-wide model. We develop a scenario with a global...
2015 / Niven Winchester, John M. Reilly -
Size distribution of U.S. lower tail cities
Abstract Studies that analyzed the size distribution of U.S. cities have mainly focused on the upper tail and showed that these cities adhere to Zipf’s law. However, even though a large number of cities are in the lower tail, very few studies have...
2015 / Stephen Devadoss, Jeff Luckstead -
Big Data Logistics: A health-care Transport Capacity Sharing Model
Abstract The growth of cities in the 21st century has put more pressure on resources and conditions of urban life. There are several reasons why the health-care industry is the focus of this investigation. For instance, in the UK various studies...
2015 / Rashid Mehmood, Gary Graham -
A Population Simulator and Disaggregate Transport Demand Models for Flanders
Abstract The Fourt Generation of Strategic Passenger Transport Models for Flanders are being developed to meet three objectives. It includes a Population Simulator to generate reliable population inputs for a disaggregate demand model, the demand...
2015 / Michiel de Bok, Gerard de Jong, Jaap Baak, Eveline Helder, Cindy Puttemans, et al. -
Health adaptation policy for climate vulnerable groups: a ‘critical computational linguistics’ analysis2014 / Bastian M Seidel, Erica Bell
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Community-based ecotourism: Its socio-economic impacts at Boabeng-Fiema Monkey Sanctuary, Ghana2015 / Gabriel Eshun, Joycelyn Naana Pokuaa Tonto
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Creative destruction or mere niche support? Innovation policy mixes for sustainability transitions
Abstract Recently, there has been an increasing interest in policy mixes in innovation studies. While it has long been acknowledged that the stimulation of innovation and technological change involves different types of policy instruments, how such...
2015 / Paula Kivimaa, Florian Kern -
Working time reduction policy in a sustainable economy: Criteria and options for its design
Abstract Reducing per capita consumption, particularly amongst high income groups, is often deemed necessary to reduce the environmental impacts of the global economy. Far from implying a necessary reduction in wellbeing, some research suggests this ...
2014 / Martin Pullinger -
The Concept of Privacy and the Malay Dwelling Interior Space Planning
Abstract The privacy value in spatial organisation, floor plan design and wall opening is a prime determinant in Malay Traditional Dwelling (MTD) and Low Cost Flat Dwellings (LCFD). The practices of religious beliefs would create better quality of...
2013 / Noorul Huda Mohd Razali, Anuar Talib