Social and economic geography topic list of research papers
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Multinational patterns of seasonal asymmetry in human movement influence infectious disease dynamics2017 / Amy Wesolowski, Elisabeth zu Erbach-Schoenberg, Andrew J. Tatem, Christopher Lourenço, Cecile Viboud, et al.
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Scales of Disconnection: Mismatches Shaping the Geographies of Emerging Energy Landscapes2014 / Charles R. Warren
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Investigating the spatio-temporal changes in major activity centres in the Sydney metropolitan area
Abstract Every assessment of urban spatial structure requires determining the importance of activity centres. This paper gives an attempt to analyse the spatial and temporal changes experienced by major activity centres in the Sydney metropolitan...
2017 / Alireza Salahi Moghadam, Ali Soltani, Bruno Parolin -
Trends in local newspaper reporting of London cyclist fatalities 1992-2012: the role of the media in shaping the systems dynamics of cycling
Abstract Background Successfully increasing cycling across a broad range of the population would confer important health benefits, but many potential cyclists are deterred by fears about traffic danger. Media coverage of road...
2015 / Alex Macmillan, Alex Roberts, James Woodcock, Rachel Aldred, Anna Goodman -
Public values for energy system change
Abstract In this paper we discuss the importance of framing the question of public acceptance of sustainable energy transitions in terms of values and a ‘whole-system’ lens. This assertion is based on findings arising from a major research project...
2015 / Christina Demski, Catherine Butler, Karen A. Parkhill, Alexa Spence, Nick F. Pidgeon -
Scenarios as a scholarly methodology to produce “interesting research”
Abstract Recent debates identified the insufficient production of “interesting research”, namely research that is innovative and develops theory while being both usable and rigorous. We propose that scenarios methodology as a scholarly form of...
2015 / Rafael Ramirez, Malobi Mukherjee, Simona Vezzoli, Arnoldo Matus Kramer -
Independent mobility on the journey to school: A joint cross-sectional and prospective exploration of social and physical environmental influences
Abstract Background Despite related physical/mental health benefits, children′s independent mobility for school travel (i.e. walking/cycling without adult accompaniment) has declined in recent decades. ...
2014 / Alison Carver, Jenna R. Panter, Andrew P. Jones, Esther M.F. van Sluijs -
Car dependent practices: Findings from a sequence pattern mining study of UK time use data
Abstract This paper identifies three main understandings of the notion of ‘car dependence’ in transport research: a micro-social understanding (dependence as an attribute of individuals), a macro approach (attribute of societies or local areas as...
2016 / Giulio Mattioli, Jillian Anable, Katerina Vrotsou -
Challenges to scenario-guided adaptive action on food security under climate change
Abstract This paper examines the development and use of scenarios as an approach to guide action in multi-level, multi-actor adaptation contexts such as food security under climate change. Three challenges are highlighted: (1) ensuring the...
2014 / Joost M. Vervoort, Philip K. Thornton, Patti Kristjanson, Wiebke Förch, Polly J. Ericksen, et al. -
Articulated sovereignty: Extending Mozambican state power through the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park1
Abstract Since its inception in 2001 and subsequent integration into the tri-national Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park (GLTP), Mozambique's Limpopo National Park (LNP) has been progressively transformed into a functioning wildlife park. Standing...
2013 / Elizabeth Lunstrum -
A qualitative geographical information systems approach to explore how older people over 70 years interact with and define their neighbourhood environment
Abstract A growing body of literature explores the relationship between the built environment and health, and the methodological challenges of understanding these complex interactions across the lifecourse. The impact of the neighbourhood...
2015 / Sarah Milton, Triantafyllos Pliakas, Sophie Hawkesworth, Kiran Nanchahal, Chris Grundy, et al. -
A nexus perspective on competing land demands: Wider lessons from a UK policy case study
Abstract As nations develop policies for low-carbon transitions, conflicts with existing policies and planning tools are leading to competing demands for land and other resources. This raises fundamental questions over how multiple demands can best...
2016 / Maria Sharmina, Claire Hoolohan, Alice Bows-Larkin, Paul J. Burgess, James Colwill, et al. -
A new concept for creating the basic map2015 / Zenon Parzyński
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Informal m-health: How are young people using mobile phones to bridge healthcare gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Abstract The African communications ‘revolution’ has generated optimism that mobile phones might help overcome infrastructural barriers to healthcare provision in resource-poor contexts. However, while formal m-health programmes remain limited in...
2015 / Kate Hampshire, Gina Porter, Samuel Asiedu Owusu, Simon Mariwah, Albert Abane, et al. -
Stocks and flows of natural and human-derived capital in ecosystem services
Abstract There is growing interest in the role that natural capital plays in underpinning ecosystem services. Yet, there remain differences and inconsistencies in the conceptualisation of capital and ecosystem services and the role that humans play...
2015 / L. Jones, L. Norton, Z. Austin, A.L. Browne, D. Donovan, et al. -
Implementing systematic review techniques in chemical risk assessment: Challenges, opportunities and recommendations
Abstract Systematic review (SR) is a rigorous, protocol-driven approach designed to minimise error and bias when summarising the body of research evidence relevant to a specific scientific question. Taking as a comparator the use of SR in...
2015 / Paul Whaley, Crispin Halsall, Marlene Ågerstrand, Elisa Aiassa, Diane Benford, et al. -
Including congestion effects in urban road traffic CO2 emissions modelling: Do Local Government Authorities have the right options?
Abstract Tailpipe emissions from vehicles on urban road networks have damaging impacts, with the problem exacerbated by the common occurrence of congestion. This article focuses on carbon dioxide because it is the largest constituent of road traffic ...
2016 / Matt Grote, Ian Williams, John Preston, Simon Kemp -
Spatial scale, time and process in mega-events: The complexity of host community perspectives on neighbourhood change
Abstract A focus on the ‘mega’ aspect of hallmark events can divert attention from the micro – those local communities who are most impacted by the event. Similarly, attention to the ‘event’ aspect underplays the long process of bidding and...
2016 / Julie Clark, Ade Kearns, Claire Cleland -
A multi-method approach for analysing the potential employment impacts of material efficiency
Abstract Material efficiency, reducing the amount of new material inputs per given level of service or output, can improve both the resource efficiency of an economy and reduce demand for energy and GHG emissions intensive materials. It requires a...
2016 / Simone Cooper, Alexandra C.H. Skelton, Anne Owen, Danielle Densley-Tingley, Julian M. Allwood -
Explaining trends in alcohol-related harms in Scotland, 1991–2011 (I): the role of incomes, effects of socio-economic and political adversity and demographic change
Abstract Objective This paper tests the extent to which differing trends in income, demographic change and the consequences of an earlier period of social, economic and political change might explain differences in the magnitude...
2016 / G. McCartney, J. Bouttell, N. Craig, P. Craig, L. Graham, et al.