Social and economic geography topic list of research papers
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Building Freight-friendly Environment
Abstract This study uses data collected from pole-mounted portable video recorders to shed light on delivery vehicle activities and their interactions and impacts on other stakeholders who share urban space. Data were collected at over 60 locations...
2016 / Kazuya Kawamura, P.S. Sriraj -
People, oceans and scale: governance, livelihoods and climate change adaptation in marine social–ecological systems
This article explores several key ingredients for successful and sustainable interactions of people and oceans, based on an integrative social–ecological systems perspective. Several key themes are examined: governance and decision-making, livelihoods and...
2012 / Anthony Charles -
Four Types of Diaspora Mobilization: Albanian Diaspora Activism For Kosovo Independence in the US and the UK2012 / Maria Koinova
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The effects of mergers and acquisitions on the firm size distribution2008 / Elena Cefis, Orietta Marsili, Hans Schenk
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Understanding urban freight activity – key issues for freight planning
Abstract Using information gathered from some 30 UK surveys undertaken over the last 15years, this paper provides planners with an understanding of road-based urban retail freight transport activity. The findings suggest that the average High Street ...
2012 / Tom Cherrett, Julian Allen, Fraser McLeod, Sarah Maynard, Adrian Hickford, et al. -
Performing democracy and violence, agonism and community, politics and not politics in Sri Lanka
Abstract The paper examines the construction of the political as a space of contestation in Sri Lanka. Empirically, the article draws on two different field projects, one locating in a Sinhala village in the south of the country in the early 1980s,...
2012 / Jonathan Spencer -
New regional geographies of the world as practised by leading advanced producer service firms in 20102012 / Peter J Taylor, Ben Derudder, Michael Hoyler, Pengfei Ni
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The Impact of EU's R&D Focused Policy on the Innovation Edge of Mobile Industry
Abstract The EU has undergone through hard times in the ICT industry on which it has achieved the worldwide reputation through the rise of Nokia. While Apple and Google have fortified their global equities through total innovation vertically. This...
2012 / Daesung Seo, Hae-du Hwang -
Indicator Framework for Measuring Sustainability of Transport in the City
Abstract The aim of the work presented in this paper was to elaborate a framework of indicators to monitor sustainability of transport in Swedish cities. The framework covers Efficiency, Accessibility, Safety, Liveability, Emissions and Resource...
2012 / Zsuzsanna Toth-Szabo, András Várhelyi -
Social Sustainability and New Communities: Moving from Concept to Practice in the UK
Abstract Social sustainability is an emerging field of urban planning policy and practice. While a social dimension to sustainability is now widely accepted as important (alongside environmental and economic dimensions) it is under - theorized and...
2013 / Saffron Woodcraft -
The Interaction between Land Use and Transport Planning: A Methodological Issue
Abstract The interaction between Land Use and Transport Planning is not an issue clear and scientifically solved, probably due to the nature of the interactions or more likely for the methods used to analyze this topic. The paper aims to introduce...
2012 / P. Colonna, N. Berloco, G. Circella -
Opportunity in Leftover Spaces: Activities Under the Flyovers of Kuala Lumpur
Abstract Existences of public spaces in cities are essentials for social interactions to take place, fostering creation of sustainable, safe and livable cities. Although public spaces are often designed for certain activities, existence of unplanned ...
2013 / Nurulhusna Qamaruz-Zaman, Zalina Samadi, Nik Farhanah Nik Azhari -
Tactical Urbanism “A Pop-up Local Change for Cairo's Built Environment”
Abstract “Tactical urbanism” is a low cost - temporary change approach to the urban environment that can act as a pop-up solution for Cairo's built environment. Moreover, there were many case studies that offered a domestic solution for local...
2016 / Ahmed S. Abd Elrahman -
Environmental justice and the distributional deficit in policy appraisal in the UK2007 / G P Walker
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Geographies of education and the significance of children, youth and families2010 / S. L. Holloway, P. Hubbard, H. Jons, H. Pimlott-Wilson
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Global Poverty: The Co-Production of Knowledge and Politics2006 / A. L. St Clair
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Pedestrian Quality of Service: Lessons from Maracanã Stadium
Abstract Based on an extensive literature review, this article identifies the attributes that define the pedestrians quality of service, and based on interviews conducted with spectators at the three matches of the FIFA Confederations Cup that were...
2014 / Josefina Florez, Juliana Muniz, Licinio Portugal -
Need for a Holistic Assessment of Urban Mobility Measures – Review of Existing Methods and Design of a Simplified Approach
Abstract The lack of suitable tools to assess sustainable mobility measures’ costs, benefits and overall impacts is a significant factor impeding their implementation. Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is often applied to large-scale infrastructure...
2014 / Hanna Hüging, Kain Glensor, Oliver Lah -
Prioritising indicators of cumulative socio-economic impacts to characterise rapid development of onshore gas resources
Abstract Rapid development of coal seam gas (CSG) extraction in Australia has been accompanied by significant socioeconomic impacts. Measures of these impacts, which are needed for planning and policy processes, can be captured in terms of...
2014 / Vikki Uhlmann, Will Rifkin, Jo-Anne Everingham, Brian Head, Kylie May -
Remaking the material fabric of the city: ‘Alternative’ low carbon spaces of transformation or continuity?
Abstract This article is about re-making the material fabric of the city and the role that space plays in this. There are many ways of understanding the remaking of the city, including a range of often diverse ‘alternative’ initiatives which are...
2015 / Mike Hodson, Elisa Burrai, Catherine Barlow