Social and economic geography topic list of research papers
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Using social–ecological syndromes to understand impacts of international seafood trade on small-scale fisheries
Abstract Globalization has increased the speed and flow of people, information, and commodities across space, integrating markets and increasing interdependence of geographically dispersed places worldwide. Places historically driven by largely...
2015 / B.I. Crona, T. Van Holt, M. Petersson, T.M. Daw, E. Buchary -
Sea basin maritime spatial planning: A case study of the Baltic Sea region and Poland
Abstract This paper reviews the development of sea basin maritime spatial planning (MSP) through the concerted efforts of several coastal nations based on the case of the Baltic Sea Region. Additionally, the readiness of Poland to assume its place...
2014 / Jacek Zaucha -
Applying a mixed method of quantitative and qualitative design in explaining the travel motivation of film tourists in visiting a film-shooting destination
Abstract This study aims to: 1) describe the travel motivations of the types of film tourists proposed by Macionis (2004), specifically, serendipitous tourists, specific film tourists, and general film tourists, in visiting a film-induced tourist...
2014 / Bongkosh Rittichainuwat, Suphaporn Rattanaphinanchai -
Role of bazaars as a unifying factor in traditional cities of Iran: The Isfahan bazaar
Abstract A city is a vital organism that lives and grows like other organisms. Therefore, implementing development plans that would provide a sense of unity and integration in relation to the city as a whole is necessary. Traditional Iranian...
2014 / Mohammadreza Pourjafar, Masoome Amini, Elham Hatami Varzaneh, Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad -
Tour-based Departure Time Models for Work and Non-work Tours of Workers
Abstract Timing of trips and tours play a very important role in travel demand modeling. To deal with issues related to congestion, the planner must have a clear understanding of the timing of travel patterns. In the literature, there is very little ...
2013 / B. Vishnu, Karthik K. Srinivasan -
Stakeholder Perceptions on Carbon Capture and Storage Technologies in Finland- economic, Technological, Political and Societal Uncertainties
Abstract Success of individual CCS projects as well as integration of CCS into larger energy systems depend on institutional and organizational support from a variety of contexts. We map stakeholder perceptions from an institutional perspective and...
2013 / Laura Kainiemi, Arho Toikka, Mika Jarvinen -
The Experience of Diversity in Open Spaces of Two Historical Towns in Malaysia
Abstract This paper explores diversity of open space as one of the salient parameters for good public place making in the built environment. Two open spaces in colonial towns of Taiping and Georgetown were selected as study sites. This paper is...
2013 / Nor Zalina Harun, Mazlina Mansor, Ismail Said -
Examining the Influence of Urban form and Land Use on Bus Ridership in Montreal
Abstract The prevalence of sub urban life in North American cities in the recent decades has resulted in increased private vehicle usage while reducing public transportation system usage. An oft suggested alternative to reduce the negative...
2013 / Vincent Chakour, Naveen Eluru -
ROAD ACCIDENTS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC2014 / Josef MIKULÍK
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Stochastic Regional Convergence in China: The Role of Regional Clusters in a Nonlinear Perspective (1952-2007)2014 / Maria Jesus Herrerias, Javier Ordóñez
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Promoting Traditions of Multicultural Communities as a Tool for Social Cohesion in Trieste, Italy
Abstract We live in an interdependent world where boundaries are loose and people travel and move from one place to the other. This has as a result, societies to be consisted of many different groups, which live together in their everyday lives, are ...
2014 / Eugenia Bitsani -
Human Geography: Semiotics of Landscape in Jhumpa Lahiri's Narratives
Abstract Through Jhumpa Lahiri's immigrant stories, we are exposed to unending visual constructions which remind us that geography speaks loud in the art world. This paper seeks to address this point besides revealing the specificity of geographical ...
2014 / Hassan Rouhvand -
Are wildcard events on infrastructure systems opportunities for transformational change?
Abstract Infrastructure systems face a number of pressing challenges relating to demographics, environment, finance and governance pressures. Furthermore, infrastructure mediates the way in which everyday lives are conducted; their form and function ...
2015 / C.L. Walsh, S. Glendinning, V. Castán-Broto, E. Dewberry, M. Powell -
Stakeholder engagement in climate change policymaking in American cities2015 / Duran Fiack, Sheldon Kamieniecki
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Neglected increases in rural road traffic mortality in China: findings based on health data from 2005 to 20102013 / Yuanxiu Huang, Danping Tian, Lin Gao, Li Li, Xin Deng, et al.
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A broadened typology on energy and security
Abstract A broadened typology describing the interconnection between energy and security is developed in this paper, with the aim of improving understanding of the relationship between energy and security by applying different research and policy...
2013 / Bengt Johansson -
Migration of Senegalese fishers: a case for regional approach to management2012 / Thomas Binet, Pierre Failler, Andy Thorpe
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Queer ecology: nature, sexuality, and heterotopic alliances2012 / Matthew Gandy
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Materialist returns: practising cultural geography in and for a more-than-human world2006 / Sarah Whatmore
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The Romanian Literature after 1990. Conceptual and Directional Modifications in the Critical Discourse
Abstract The essential political changes occurring after the 22nd of December 1989 in Romania resulted in significant transformations in the field of literature as well, under the aspect of thematic adaptations to the new reality, as well as in...
2013 / Nicolae Ioana