Social and economic geography topic list of research papers
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Changing climate and its impacts on Assam, Northeast India2016 / Debojyoti Das
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Aligning Transnational Climate Action with International Climate Governance: The Road from Paris2016 / Sander Chan, Clara Brandi, Steffen Bauer
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Housing renovation priority in the fabric texture of the city using the analytic hierarchy model (AHP) and geographic information system (GIS): A case study of Zanjan City, Iran
Abstract Housing is one of the most basic needs of humans, communities and civilizations. In complex societies, the renovation of housing to ensure on-going quality and standards of living is a major issue, causing the institution of urban planners...
2016 / Soleiman Foroughi, Mezgeen Abdulrahman Rasol -
Local buzz, global pipelines, or simply too much buzz? A critical study
Abstract The conceptual framework of local buzz and global pipelines has received much attention. It suggests that regional collaboration (local buzz) in particular will induce value creation if combined with international collaboration (global...
2016 / Jarle Aarstad, Olav A. Kvitastein, Stig-Erik Jakobsen -
Emptying the future: On the environmental politics of anticipation
Abstract Anticipation may be seen as structured by images and representations, an approach that has informed recent work in science and technology studies on the sociology of expectations. But anticipation, as a capacity or characteristic, is not...
2016 / Christopher Groves -
The Benefits of Long-Term Pavement Performance (LTPP) Research to Funders
Abstract Long-term pavement performance (LTPP) monitoring has been conducted in Australia for over 20 years. This research was funded by Austroads (representing federal, state and territory road agencies, local government and the New Zealand road...
2016 / Tim Martin, Lith Choummanivong -
Climigration? Population and climate change in Arctic Alaska2016 / Lawrence C. Hamilton, Kei Saito, Philip A. Loring, Richard B. Lammers, Henry P. Huntington
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Safety in numbers for cyclists—conclusions from a multidisciplinary study of seasonal change in interplay and conflicts
Abstract In many European countries, it is a political goal that future growth in local travel should be absorbed by sustainable transport modes. Concerns that increased walking and cycling produce more accidents have been countered by the “safety...
2016 / A. Fyhri, H.B Sundfør, T. Bjørnskau, A. Laureshyn -
INFRASTRUCTURE AND ITS ROLE IN BRAZIL'S DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
Abstract This article considers the relationship between growth and infrastructure spending in the Brazilian context and the nature and causes of infrastructural underinvestment. The paper begins by considering the relationship between...
2016 / Edmund Amann, Werner Baer, Thomas Trebat, Juan Villa Lora -
Street Network Design for a Sustainable Mobility System
Abstract An urban network's shape and characteristics can have high influence on many mobility aspects, such as travel distance, mode choice and safety. For example, can a tram be a real competition to the car? Definitely yes if the car is stuck in...
2016 / Jeremi Rychlewski -
Climate change adaptation and urbanism: A developing agenda for Lisbon within the twenty-first century2013 / João Pedro Costa, João Figueira de Sousa, Maria Matos Silva, Andre Santos Nouri
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BEYOND ACCOUNTABILITY: POLITICAL LEGITIMACY AND DELEGATED WATER GOVERNANCE IN AUSTRALIA2015 / MATTHEW WOOD
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Assessment of Urban Mobility Needs, Gaps and Priorities in Mediterranean Partner Countries
Abstract Improving urban mobility and reaching the goal of sustainability is a key priority for the European Union. To this end, substantial efforts have been undertaken in several regions within the European context regarding the investigation and...
2016 / Eleftherios Sdoukopoulos, Pinar Kose, Ayelet Gal-Tzur, Mohamed Mezghani, Maria Boile, et al. -
Analysis of Household Survey Sample Size in Trip Modelling Process
Abstract Large cities are developing sophisticated trip models that consist of demand and supply part. Since supply model is quite easy to obtain and develop, demand model needs more input data. In particular Comprehensive Travel Surveys (CTS) are...
2016 / Tomasz Kulpa, Andrzej Szarata -
Modelling residential electricity demand in the GCC countries
Abstract This paper aims at understanding the drivers of residential electricity demand in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries by applying the structural time series model. In addition to the economic variables of GDP and real electricity prices, ...
2016 / Tarek N. Atalla, Lester C. Hunt -
Learning from Sustained Success: How Community-Driven Initiatives to Improve Urban Sanitation Can Meet the Challenges
Summary Past research by one of the authors of this paper has identified four key institutional challenges that community-driven initiatives to improve sanitation in deprived urban settlements face: the collective action challenge of improving...
2016 / Gordon McGranahan, Diana Mitlin -
A Critical Review of New Mobility Services for Urban Transport
Abstract The growing pressure on urban passenger transport systems has increased the demand for new and innovative solutions to increase its efficiency. One approach to tackle this challenge has been the slow but steady shift towards shared mobility ...
2016 / Maria Kamargianni, Weibo Li, Melinda Matyas, Andreas Schäfer -
Assessment of the vulnerability of industrial parks to flood in South Korea2016 / JiEun Ryu, Dong Kun Lee, Chan Park, Yoonjung Ahn, Seehyung Lee, et al.
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Urban Road Pricing: A Comparative Study on the Experiences of London, Stockholm and Milan
Abstract Urban road pricing schemes have been designed in order to reduce externalities generated by traffic. Main impacts regard: time loss due to congestion, local pollution, noise, contribution to climate change caused by emissions of GHGs,...
2016 / Edoardo Croci -
Urban transport and community severance: Linking research and policy to link people and places
Abstract Urban transport infrastructure and motorised road traffic contribute to the physical or psychological separation of neighbourhoods, with possible effects on the health and wellbeing of local residents. This issue, known as "community...
2016 / Paulo Rui Anciaes, Sadie Boniface, Ashley Dhanani, Jennifer S. Mindell, Nora Groce