Social and economic geography topic list of research papers
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Home Making in Low-Cost Housing Area
Abstract Studies assessing the conditions of low cost housings have mostly focused on satisfaction levels and subjective perception of quality particularly with regard to the dwelling units or the larger neighbourhood characteristics. However,...
2012 / Azhan Abdul Aziz, Abdullah Sani Ahmad -
Walkable Environment in Increasing the Liveability of a City
Abstract This paper explains how walkable environment leads to the livable environment of a city. Livability is a concept that has been practiced worldwide. It is equivalent to the quality of living in a city and is determined by many elements. One...
2012 / Shuhana Shamsuddin, Nur Rasyiqah Abu Hassan, Siti Fatimah Ilani Bilyamin -
Forty Years after Lee's Requiem: Are We beyond the Seven Sins?2014 / Marco Te Brömmelstroet, Peter Pelzer, Stan Geertman
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Autoregressive nonlinear time-series modeling of traffic fatalities in Europe2011 / George Yannis, Constantinos Antoniou, Eleonora Papadimitriou
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Exploring the correspondence between regional forms of governance and regional identity: The case of Western Europe2010 / M. Antonsich
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Location of Freight Consolidation Centres Serving the City and Its Surroundings
Abstract This paper investigates small road haulier's spatial location and road network accessibility in relation to proposed freight consolidation centres (FCCs). For many decades, the overall load factor in freight vehicles has decreased; smaller...
2012 / Jerry Olsson, Johan Woxenius -
Data-driven Modeling of Airlines Pricing
Abstract The popularity of travelling by airplanes is constantly growing. Much of existing research describe the global flight market. At the same time, Russian air market is characterized by its peculiarities that have to be identified to build...
2015 / Anastasia Lantseva, Ksenia Mukhina, Anna Nikishova, Sergey Ivanov, Konstantin Knyazkov -
Barriers and Facilitators to Community Mobility for Assistive Technology Users2012 / Natasha Layton
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The Role of Amphibious Warfare in British Defence Policy, 1945-562007 / Jon Sumida, Ian Speller
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‘Running a studio's a silly business’: work and employment in the contemporary recording studio sector2013 / Allan Watson
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Worlds in Space: American Religious Pluralism in Geographic Perspective2012 / B. E. Carroll
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Political applications of the geoweb: citizen redistricting2013 / Jeremy W Crampton
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Constructing the Migration-(In)Security Nexus. Aspects of Urban Geopolitics
Abstract This article analyses the dynamics of the urban geopolitics within the wider framework of permanently constructing the (more or less imagined) migration-(in)security nexus, which might have, at turn, its boomerang effects, leading to...
2015 / Adrian Cosmin Basarabă, Maria-Mihaela Nistor -
The role of remote engagement in supporting boundary chain networks across Alaska
Abstract Boundary organizations serve multiple roles in linking science and decision making, including brokering knowledge, supporting local- and cross-level networks, facilitating the co-production of knowledge, and negotiating conflict. Yet they...
2015 / Nathan P. Kettle, Sarah F. Trainor -
Poetics and Politics of the European Capital of Culture Project
Abstract The European Capital of Culture (ECoC) project was designed to promote European identity and integration. Hosting cities have since carried a variety of visions and objectives, ranging from the improvement of material infrastructure and...
2014 / Can-Seng Ooi, Lars Håkanson, Laura LaCava -
Spatially uneven development and low carbon transitions: Insights from urban and regional planning
Abstract The ageing of existing energy system infrastructure, the threat of climate change and uncertainty in the movement of energy prices have resulted in a widespread agreement on the need for a transition to a low carbon energy system. Yet the...
2015 / Nazmiye Balta-Ozkan, Tom Watson, Elisabetta Mocca -
Pluralising climate change solutions? Views held and voiced by participants at the international climate change negotiations
Abstract Intergovernmental organisations have developed into important sites of normative contestation where increasingly non-state actors participate. A common puzzle is however whether engaged non-state actors represent already strong and...
2014 / Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Mattias Hjerpe, Katarina Buhr -
The political sustainability of climate policy: The case of the UK Climate Change Act
Abstract This paper assesses the forces working for and against the political sustainability of the UK 2008 Climate Change Act. The adoption of the Act is seen as a landmark commitment to action on climate change, but its implementation has not been ...
2013 / Matthew Lockwood -
Assessment of Campus Bus Service Efficacy: An Application towards Green Environment
Abstract Environmental issues on public transport and greening the campus for sustainability have been the priorities for Malaysian public universities, particularly in ensuring the efficiency and effectiveness of the bus service. The study focused...
2013 / Rugayah Hashim, Shireen Haron, Sabariah Mohamad, Farihah Hassan -
Accessibility and Local Development: Interaction between Cross-border Accessibility and Local Development in Portugal and Spain
Abstract One of de EU major concerns is cohesion and cross-border regional development. Usually cross-border regions are less dynamic, acting as bottlenecks mainly in peripheral territories. This paper is focused on the Portuguese-Spanish border...
2014 / Maria João Fontes, Anabela Ribeiro, Jorge Silva