Social and economic geography topic list of research papers
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Small towns in Poland - barriers and factors of growth
Abstract The paper focuses mainly on the factors influencing the growth of a small town by giving the rank of all small towns in Poland. In addition, the author stresses the role of the land ownership structure for the future development of towns. ...
2011 / Agnieszka Kwiatek - Sołtys -
Parsing density changes: an outcome-oriented growth management policy analysis2012 / Jae Hong Kim, Brian Deal, Arnab Chakraborty
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Level of Service Estimation at Traffic Signals Based on Innovative Traffic Data Services and Collection Techniques
Abstract The objective of this paper is to present an integrated two-stage concept for level of service estimation at traffic signals in an urban road network based on innovative traffic data services and collection techniques. The paper starts with ...
2012 / Steffen Axer, Jannis Rohde, Bernhard Friedrich -
Diversity for Better Quality of Community Life: Evaluations in Famagusta Neighbourhoods
Abstract Physical qualities that create diversity in uses and users are the basis of well-functioning of the neighbourhood environment. However, since the Modernist period, there have been obvious shortcomings in planners’ contribution to the...
2012 / Sanaz Saeidi, Derya Oktay -
Association of neighbourhood residence and preferences with the built environment, work-related travel behaviours, and health implications for employed adults: Findings from the URBAN study
Abstract Although the neighbourhoods and health field is well established, the relationships between neighbourhood selection, neighbourhood preference, work-related travel behaviours, and transport infrastructure have not been fully explored. It is...
2012 / Hannah M. Badland, Melody Oliver, Robin A. Kearns, Suzanne Mavoa, Karen Witten, et al. -
Special units for young people on the autistic spectrum in mainstream schools: sites of normalisation, abnormalisation, inclusion, and exclusion2012 / Louise Holt, Jennifer Lea, Sophie Bowlby
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Book review: Lilie Chouliaraki, The Spectatorship of Suffering. London: Sage, 2006. 237 pp. ISBN 13: 9--78076--197039--2 (hbk) 60.00; ISBN 13: 9--78076--197040--8 (pbk), 19.992007 / B. Blaagaard
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The national system of innovation concept: An ontological review and critique2012 / Sibusiso T. Manzini
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Labour standards and capacity in global subcontracting chains: evidence from a construction MNC2011 / Steve Davies, Nikolaus Hammer, Glynne Williams, Rajeswari Raman, Clair Siobhan Ruppert, et al.
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Air transport liberalisation in the European Union and its impact on development of the civil aviation sector in Poland2010 / Renata Pisarek
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How Circular is the Global Economy?: An Assessment of Material Flows, Waste Production, and Recycling in the European Union and the World in 20052015 / Willi Haas, Fridolin Krausmann, Dominik Wiedenhofer, Markus Heinz
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Agglomeration, accessibility and productivity: Evidence for large metropolitan areas in the US2016 / P. C. Melo, D. J. Graham, D. Levinson, S. Aarabi
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Changes in Land use, Transport System and Traffic Mobility in Gifu City During the 1980s and 1990s
Abstract In this report, we examine changes in land use, the transport system and traffic mobility in Gifu City during the 1980s and 1990s using historical maps, socio-economic statistics and personal trip survey data. During this period, Japan...
2014 / Min Guo, Fumitaka Kurauchi -
Fire Safety Design for Tall Buildings
Abstract In any subject area related to the provision of safety, failure is typically the most effective mechanism for evoking rapid reform and an introspective assessment of the accepted operating methods and standards within a professional body....
2013 / Adam Cowlard, Adam Bittern, Cecilia Abecassis-Empis, José Torero -
Urban Logistics by Rail and Waterways in France and Japan
Abstract This article aims to identify some commonalities and differences in intermodal freight in France and Japan, focusing on urban zones. This comparison puts into perspective two spatial situations linked with land pressure. It helps us...
2014 / Diana Diziain, Eiichi Taniguchi, Laetitia Dablanc -
Accessibility Planning Tools for Sustainable and Integrated Land Use/Transport (LUT) Development: An Application to Rome
Abstract The paper fits into the themes of sustainable accessibility planning in urban areas, that can be defined as the integration of transport and land use planning to achieve sustainable development. In particular the study proposes a tool to...
2013 / Pierluigi Coppola, Enrica Papa -
What is climate change scepticism? Examination of the concept using a mixed methods study of the UK public
Abstract The holding of doubts about climate change is often referred to as ‘scepticism’. However, there has been a lack of clarity in previous work as to what exactly this scepticism comprises. We integrate data obtained from discussion groups and...
2013 / Stuart Bryce Capstick, Nicholas Frank Pidgeon -
Be Part of the Story: A popular geopolitics of war comics aesthetics and Royal Air Force recruitment
Abstract This paper provides an analysis of images associated with the British Royal Air Force's recent ‘Be Part of the Story’ war comic-styled military recruiting campaign. Set around literatures in popular geopolitics, the paper builds on the...
2014 / Matthew F. Rech -
A grassroots sustainable energy niche? Reflections on community energy in the UK
Abstract System-changing innovations for sustainability transitions are proposed to emerge in radical innovative niches. ‘Strategic Niche Management’ theory predicts that niche-level actors and networks will aggregate learning from local projects,...
2014 / Gill Seyfang, Sabine Hielscher, Tom Hargreaves, Mari Martiskainen, Adrian Smith -
Can We Reduce the Access by Motorcycles to Mass Transit Systems in Future Hanoi?
Abstract Whether or not the number of short-distance trips by motorcycles can be reduced still remains as an ill-answered question, especially in motorcycle dependent cities. Introducing mass transit systems in such cities may reduce long-distance...
2014 / Minh Tu Tran, Junyi Zhang, Akimasa Fujiwara