Social and economic geography topic list of research papers
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Public transport and health outcomes in rural sub-Saharan Africa – A synthesis of professional opinion
Abstract Much of the recent transport focus in rural sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has been on road building and upgrading as opposed to the provision of public transport. The literature reveals evidence of significant negative public health outcomes...
2016 / Steven Jones, Moses Tefe, Samwel Zephaniah, Elsa Tedla, Seth Appiah-Opoku, et al. -
Cross-border trade in electricity
Abstract This paper develops a novel economic theory of two-way trade in a homogenous good, electricity. In this model of ‘reciprocal load smoothing,’ international trade provides insurance. As electricity demand is stochastic and correlated across...
2016 / Werner Antweiler -
A review of the rural-digital policy agenda from a community resilience perspective
Abstract This paper utilises a community resilience framework to critically examine the digital-rural policy agenda. Rural areas are sometimes seen as passive and static, set in contrast to the mobility of urban, technological and globalisation...
2016 / Elisabeth Roberts, Brett Anne Anderson, Sarah Skerratt, John Farrington -
Moving consensus and managing expectations: media and REDD+ in Indonesia2015 / Tim Cronin, Levania Santoso, Monica Di Gregorio, Maria Brockhaus, Sofi Mardiah, et al.
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Networks, power and knowledge in the planning system: A case study of energy from waste
Abstract Understanding the nature of power relations has been integral to debates in planning theory and planning practice since the 1960s. Current theoretical approaches to planning and power have evolved to a state of pluralism which impacts upon...
2016 / Nick Hacking, Andrew Flynn -
The influence of gender on entrepreneurial intention: The mediating role of perceptual factors
Summary The empirical evidence devoted to analyze the impact of perceptual factors in explaining the differences in the entrepreneurial intention of men and women is still limited and not entirely conclusive (Shinnar et al., 2012; Wilson et al.,...
2016 / Carmen Camelo-Ordaz, Juan Pablo Diánez-González, José Ruiz-Navarro -
Reducing isocyanate exposure and asthma risk in motor vehicle repair2015 / Mark Piney, Diane Llewellyn, Rachel O'Hara, John Saunders, John Cocker, et al.
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Workshop Synthesis: Respondent/Survey Interaction in a World of Web and Smartphone Apps
Abstract Web and smartphone surveys are increasingly being used to collect travel information. This workshop explored respondent interaction with these tools, covering a range of research concerns. While smartphone surveys facilitate real-time...
2015 / João de Abreu e Silva, Mark Davis -
Big Data Are All the Rage—For Mountains, Too2015 / Erin Gleeson, Gregory B. Greenwood
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Europe’s twenty-first century challenge: climate change, migration and security2016 / Michael Werz, Max Hoffman
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Geoengineering, Scientific Community, and Policymakers: A New Proposal for the Categorization of Responses to Anthropogenic Climate Change2016 / J. C. Pereira
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Localized practices and globalized futures: challenges for Alaska coastal community youth2015 / Marie E Lowe
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Moving Away from flat Solar Panels to PVtrees: Exploring Ideas and People's Perceptions
Abstract Photovoltaic Trees (PVTrees) are artificial solar structures that look like sculptural trees and exist from small scale (size of a bonsai tree) to large scale (about the size of a wind turbine). The aesthetics of solar trees differ and they ...
2015 / Elisavet Dimitrokali, Jamie Mackrill, Graham Jones, Yorck Ramachers, Rebecca Cain -
Able but not willing? Exploring divides in digital versus physical payment use in China2016 / Ashley D. Lloyd, Mario Antonioletti, Terence M. Sloan
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Trust in Scientists on Climate Change and Vaccines2015 / L. C. Hamilton, J. Hartter, K. Saito
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Intensive travel time: an obligation or a choice?2016 / Iragaël Joly, Stéphanie Vincent-Geslin
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Workshop Synthesis: Conducting Travel Surveys using Portable Devices - Role of Technology in Travel Surveys
Abstract The aim of this paper is to synthesize discussions of a workshop that was developed as part of the ISCTSC10 conference. Workshop attendees discussed the role of technologies such as GPS, smartphones and life-logging cameras in travel...
2015 / Kouros Mohammadian, Stacey Bricka -
Facilitating the Selection of City Logistics Measures through a Concrete Measures Package: A Generic Approach
Abstract Urban areas represent great challenges for freight transport in terms of level of service, and economic and environmental impacts. Public authorities do not have good track record in selecting the proper measures to address city logistics...
2016 / Konstantinos Papoutsis, Eftihia Nathanail -
Not just another crapshoot development: the challenges and opportunities of modelling after Las Vegas and Macao as an economic development strategy in the 21st century2015 / Paul Vinod Khiatani
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Jives, jeans and Jewishness? Moral geographies, atmospheres and the politics of mixing at the Jewish Lads Brigade & Club 1954-19692016 / S. Mills