Social and economic geography topic list of research papers
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Regional integration in Central Asia: From knowing-that to knowing-how
Abstract The paper examines regional integration in Central Asia in the context of two types of knowledge, that is, knowing-that and knowing-how. While knowing-that prioritizes representational (i.e. “talking”) practices of actors to explain...
2017 / Ulugbek Azizov -
Affordable and Common Modes of Transportation in Developing Cities and Their Effect on the Sustainability of Streets
Abstract Sustainable transportation – or green transportation – is an important field in terms of generating a healthy environment and upgrading city planning. Street design and modes of transportation are the two main factors that can affect the...
2017 / Nabil Mohareb, Mary Felix -
Biking practices and preferences in a lower income, primarily minority neighborhood: Learning what residents want
Abstract This paper examines if, in a lower-income minority neighborhood, bicycling practices and bicycle-environment preferences of Blacks and Hispanics were different from Whites. During the summer of 2014, surveys were mailed to 1537 households...
2017 / Anne C. Lusk, Albert Anastasio, Nicholas Shaffer, Juan Wu, Yanping Li -
Integrated strategies to accelerate the adoption of cycling for transportation
Abstract This study synthesizes academic social psychological behaviour change literature with reports on the practical, community-based application of cycling programs. We identify the combination of psychological tools demonstrated to lead to...
2017 / Beth Savan, Emma Cohlmeyer, Trudy Ledsham -
Linking regional stakeholder scenarios and shared socioeconomic pathways: Quantified West African food and climate futures in a global context
Abstract The climate change research community’s shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) are a set of alternative global development scenarios focused on mitigation of and adaptation to climate change. To use these scenarios as a global context that is ...
2017 / Amanda Palazzo, Joost M. Vervoort, Daniel Mason-D’Croz, Lucas Rutting, Petr Havlík, et al. -
ATM performance measurement in Europe, the US and China
Abstract Air traffic management (ATM) performance and the metrics used in its assessment are investigated for the first time across the three largest ATM world regions: Europe, the US and China. The market structure and flow management practices of...
2017 / Andrew Cook, Seddik Belkoura, Massimiliano Zanin -
Immigrants and Immigration Policy in Ageing Finland2011 / Anna Łobodzińska
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Investigating the Correlation between Transportation Social Need and Accessibility: the Case of Catania
Abstract The development of cities and transportation systems of the last few years made possible to expand the range of individuals, giving them the opportunity to locate their residence far away from the places where they carry out daily...
2018 / Nadia Giuffrida, Matteo Ignaccolo, Giuseppe Inturri, Yodan Rofè, Giovanni Calabrò -
Is anyone out there? Exploring Saskatchewan’s civil society involvement in hydraulic fracturing
Abstract No Canadian province has fewer regulations surrounding the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) than Saskatchewan. Other provinces – and some US jurisdictions and foreign countries – have banned fracking or chosen to...
2017 / Andrea Olive, Katie Valentine -
From Big Society to Shared Society? Geographies of social cohesion and encounter in the UK’s National Citizen Service2017 / Sarah Mills, Catherine Waite
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Tourist Evaluation of Religious Buildings in Montenegro2017 / Maria Popović
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Living with conflicts in Ghana's Prestea mining area: Is community engagement the answer?
Abstract Large scale mines acknowledge that their continuous existence in indigenous communities is threatened without the cooperation and support of local people. In recent times, large-scale mines have attempted to secure Social License to Operate ...
2017 / Obed Adonteng-Kissi, Barbara Adonteng-Kissi -
Location decisions of non-bank financial foreign direct investment: Firm-level evidence from Europe2017 / Ronald B. Davies, Neill Killeen
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Cities as world-political actors? The “tax haven-free” cities initiative and the politics of public procurement2017 / Matti Ylönen
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Austrian climate policies and GHG-emissions since 1990: What is the role of climate policy integration?
Abstract In 1990 Austria has committed to the Kyoto-protocol and later to the Paris Agreement. Since then, it has developed two climate strategies, has passed its first climate protection act, has adopted a strategy for adaptation to climate change...
2017 / Maria Niedertscheider, Willi Haas, Christoph Görg -
The continental divide? Economic exposure to Brexit in regions and countries on both sides of The Channel2017 / Wen Chen, Bart Los, Philip McCann, Raquel Ortega-Argilés, Mark Thissen, et al.
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Racial coastal formation: The environmental injustice of colorblind adaptation planning for sea-level rise
Abstract The United States’ deeply racialized history currently operates below the surface of contemporary apolitical narratives on vulnerability mitigation and adaptation to sea-level rise. As communities, regulatory agencies, and policy-makers...
2017 / R. Dean Hardy, Richard A. Milligan, Nik Heynen -
Amenity Migration in Postsocialist Metropolis: The Case of Rīga Agglomeration2008 / Māris Bērziņš, Zaiga Krišjāne
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Documenting deaths in the Syrian war2017 / Hani Mowafi, Jennifer Leaning
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Optimising recreation services from protected areas – Understanding the role of natural values, built infrastructure and contextual factors
Abstract Effective management of recreation within protected areas requires a comprehensive understanding of the drivers of site visitation. To date, large multi-site studies that compare recreation demand for protected areas in response to...
2017 / E.C. Heagney, J.M. Rose, A. Ardeshiri, M. Kovač