Social and economic geography topic list of research papers
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Rentier nation: Landlordism, patronage and power in Guyana’s gold mining sector
Abstract The consequences are examined of the revision of Guyana's Mining Act in 1989 that was intended to allow access to international mining companies while safeguarding national interests. One outcome was the acquisition of over 75% of...
2016 / Janette Bulkan, John Palmer -
Interdependent, imagined, and embodied mobilities in mobile social space: Disruptions in ‘normality’, ‘habit’ and ‘routine’
Abstract This article draws on ethnographic research of everyday mobilities to further understanding of interdependent mobilities practices in relation to normality, habit and routine. The contention here is that a rethinking of ‘normality’, ‘habit’ ...
2016 / Lesley Murray, Karolina Doughty -
Mutualistic Social Relationship Between Tamil and Chinese Communities in the Formation of Social Space in Kampung Keling Medan
Abstract This study shows the unique relationship between the local Tamil community and Chinese newcomer community in Kampung Keling. The locality brought by Tamil community in their everyday life space and modernity brought by Chinese community in...
2016 / Morida Siagian -
Patterns of motorization development and next-generation mobility systems
Abstract This paper discusses the appropriateness of the “3-stage urban transport policy development cycle” hypothesis proposed by Professor Peter Jones and the importance of both local development context and motorization transport culture in...
2016 / Katsutoshi Ohta -
Settlement Adaptation by Reshaping Dwellings in the Degrading Area at Genuk Disctrict of Semarang City, Indonesia
Abstract Research area is located in Genuk District, the North part of Semarang city, this area was degraded due to inadequate environmental support capacity. It is polluted, regularly flooded rob, and become worse due to land subsidence. However,...
2016 / Parfi Khadiyanta, Santi Dewantari -
Beyond the Big City: The Question of Size in Planning for Urban Sustainability
Abstract This paper develops a theory of size (distinct from scale) as a means to better understand how urban contexts shape and are shaped by various aspects of sustainability and livability. After considering the question of size in a broad...
2016 / Henry Way -
Travel Behavior Profiling Using a Trip Planner
Abstract The article addresses a solution based on an empirical example proposed for planning of transport system elements through application of a sufficiently extensive trip planner. The tool described, i.e. GTPlanner, developed under...
2016 / Grzegorz Sierpiński, Marcin Staniek, Ireneusz Celiński -
Broadband and the creative industries in rural Scotland
Abstract The creative industries potentially contribute much to the social and economic viability of rural regions. This paper explores the role that broadband connectivity plays in the development of professional and creative practices. In...
2016 / Leanne Townsend, Claire Wallace, Gorry Fairhurst, Alistair Anderson -
Bicycling crashes on streetcar (tram) or train tracks: mixed methods to identify prevention measures2016 / Kay Teschke, Jessica Dennis, Conor C. O. Reynolds, Meghan Winters, M. Anne Harris
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A Survey-based Analysis of Traffic Behaviour of Short Vacationers and Same-day Visitors
Abstract Traffic performance of leisure traffic has increased over the last years. Leisure traffic can be distinguished into common and uncommon leisure traffic. Common leisure traffic includes regular and routinised mobility whereas uncommon...
2016 / Dominik Bieland, Carsten Sommer, Claudia Witte -
Affective nationalism: Issues of power, agency and method2016 / M. Antonsich, M. Skey
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The Economic Impact of Landslides and Floods on the Road Network
Abstract Even in the absence of serious injuries and fatalities, landslide and flood events can have significant socio-economic impacts. These include the severance of access to and from relatively remote communities for services and markets for...
2016 / Mike G. Winter, Barbara Shearer, Derek Palmer, David Peeling, Clare Harmer, et al. -
Functionally Hierarchical Road Classification Considering the Area Characteristics for the Performance-oriented Road Planning
Abstract Functional hierarchy of road network classifies individual roads into several levels by taking account of the priority for mobility, access or residential functions, in order to manage traffic efficiently by segregating through traffic from ...
2016 / Azusa Goto, Hideki Nakamura -
An exploratory policy analysis of electric vehicle sales competition and sensitivity to infrastructure in Europe
Abstract This research contributes to discussions about policy interventions to stimulate the transition of vehicle technology. Concentrating on passenger cars, an extensive system dynamics based market agent model of powertrain technology...
2016 / Gillian Harrison, Christian Thiel -
Spaces of encounter and attitudes towards difference: A comparative study of two European cities
Abstract Scholars have been increasingly interested in how everyday interactions in various places with people from different ethnic/religious background impact inter-group relations. Drawing on representative surveys in Leeds and Warsaw (2012), we...
2016 / Aneta Piekut, Gill Valentine -
Limits to Vehicle Emission Control: A Case of Guangzhou
Abstract Despite the seriousness of the problem, the city government does not wield much power in its attempt to reduce exhaust gases. While vehicle emissions are the main source of local pollution, they have regional environmental consequences. So...
2016 / Anna Ka-yin Lee -
State hydrocarbon rents, authoritarian survival and the onset of democracy: Evidence from a new dataset2016 / V. Lucas, T. Richter
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Exposure-based Road Traffic Fatality Rates by Mode of Travel in France
Abstract Travel practices are changing: bicycle and motorized two-wheeler (MTW) use are rising in some of France's large cities. These are cheaper modes of transport and therefore attractive at a time of economic crisis, but they also allow their...
2016 / Mohamed Mouloud Haddak -
Estimating uncertainty in spatial microsimulation approaches to small area estimation: A new approach to solving an old problem
Abstract A wide range of user groups from policy makers to media commentators demand ever more spatially detailed information yet the desired data are often not available at fine spatial scales. Increasingly, small area estimation (SAE) techniques...
2016 / A. Whitworth, E. Carter, D. Ballas, G. Moon -
Women, Weather, and Woes: The Triangular Dynamics of Female-Headed Households, Economic Vulnerability, and Climate Variability in South Africa
Summary Existing gender inequality is believed to be heightened as a result of weather events and climate-related disasters that are likely to become more common in the future. We show that an already marginalized group—female-headed households in...
2016 / Martin Flatø, Raya Muttarak, André Pelser