Social and economic geography topic list of research papers
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The haptic pleasures of ground-feel: The role of textured terrain in motivating regular exercise
Abstract This paper explores the role that somatic or bodily touch-based experience of ground surface textures plays in securing a commitment to health-giving exercise practices, and argues that ground-feel is a neglected and underrated dimension of ...
2016 / Katrina M. Brown -
Cycling near misses: Their frequency, impact, and prevention
Abstract This paper explores cyclists’ experiences of non-injury incidents, arguing that these are important for cycling experience and uptake as well as for injury prevention. It discusses different types of non-injury incident collected in a...
2016 / Rachel Aldred -
Strategic entrepreneurship and knowledge spillovers: spatial and aspatial perspectives2016 / Sam Tavassoli, Lars Bengtsson, Charlie Karlsson
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Spaces of the Elderly Based on the Living Arrangement (Case Study: Banyumanik Public Housing)
Abstract Along with the growth of the elderly population in urban areas, housing being important because the elderly in some countries use most of their time at home (Schulz, 2006). This paper aims to determine how the elderly use spaces in their...
2016 / Wijayanti, Bambang Setioko, Edward Endrianto Pandelaki -
Benchmarking Integrated Infrastructure Planning Across Europe – Moving Forward to Vital Infrastructure Networks and Urban Regions
Abstract Achieving a smart green and integrated transport system is key to sustaining and developing the economic, social and environmental vitality of urban Europe. Within this context the challenge is to deliver the next generation of...
2016 / Jos Arts, Tertius Hanekamp, Raymond Linssen, Jasper Snippe -
Planning post-summurbia: From spontaneous pragmatism to collaborative planning?2016 / Mari Nuga, Pille Metspalu, Anette Org, Kadri Leetmaa
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UNIETD – Assessment of Third Party Data as Information Source for Drivers and Road Operators
Abstract The paper deals with the assessment of third party data such as crowd sourced/social media and floating vehicle data as information source for road operators in addition to traditional infrastructure-based techniques. For purposes of...
2016 / Daniel Elias, Friedrich Nadler, Ian Cornwell, Susan Grant-Muller, Thomas Heinrich -
The Cultural Project for the Inclusive Metropolitan City
Abstract To design an inclusive metropolitan context leads to configure actions, thoughts, links between space and society based on a holistic and integrated approach to development and optimization of the urban and social capital. It means...
2016 / Concetta Fallanca -
What Happens Beneath the Surface? Evidence and Insights into Changes in Urban Travel Behaviour in Germany
Abstract The Technische Universität Dresden has conducted the largest German household survey in terms of sample size, “Mobility in Cities – SrV”, at five-year intervals since 1972. The survey methodology has remained comparable over the years,...
2016 / Rico Wittwer, Stefan Hubrich -
A plant-level analysis of the spill-over effects of the German Energiewende
Abstract In order to analyse international effects of national energy policies, we investigate the spill-over effects of the German Energiewende on the Dutch power market, which is closely connected to the German market. We estimate the impact of...
2016 / Machiel Mulder, Bert Scholtens -
Beyond public acceptance of energy infrastructure: How citizens make sense and form reactions by enacting networks of entities in infrastructure development
Abstract This article adds to the growing insight into public acceptance by presenting a novel approach to how citizens make sense of new energy infrastructure. We claim that to understand public acceptance, we need to go beyond the current thinking ...
2016 / Sara Bjørn Aaen, Søren Kerndrup, Ivar Lyhne -
The gender turnaround: Young women now travelling more than young men
Abstract Daily travel mobility is on a downward trend in several developed economies, including the UK. This paper examines how mobility trends are differentiated by gender and birth cohort. Over the last decade, young adult women in Britain have...
2016 / Sara Tilley, Donald Houston -
Longitudinal Analysis of Car Ownership and car Travel Demand in the Paris Region using a Pseudo-panel Data Approach
Abstract We are interested in this paper to the longitudinal analysis of car ownership (number of cars per household) and car travel demand (the number of trips made by car per household and per day) in the Paris metropolitan area. The aim is to...
2016 / Benoît Cornut -
Deprivation, Diet, and Food-Retail Access: Findings from the Leeds ‘Food Deserts' Study2003 / Neil Wrigley, Daniel Warm, Barrie Margetts
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‘Western’ professional ethics challenged by foreign acquisitions: German managers’ patterns of interpretation surrounding Chinese and Indian investors
Abstract In times of globalisation managers are often involved in crossborder acquisitions. This contribution analyses how German managers interpret their new business partners after acquisition of their companies by foreign investors from China and ...
2016 / Martina Fuchs, Martin Schalljo -
Population distribution and urbanization on both sides of the Hu Huanyong Line: Answering the Premier’s question2016 / Mingxing Chen, Yinghua Gong, Yang Li, Dadao Lu, Hua Zhang
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Residential mobility across the life course: Continuity and change across three cohorts in Britain
Abstract Although a buoyant literature has emerged examining residential mobility across sections of the life course, a full life course perspective has remained lacking. This paper exploits an as yet under-used data source – the English...
2016 / Jane Falkingham, Jo Sage, Juliet Stone, Athina Vlachantoni -
Diverse cities or the systematic paradox of Urban Scaling Laws
Abstract Scaling laws are powerful summaries of the variations of urban attributes with city size. However, the validity of their universal meaning for cities is hampered by the observation that different scaling regimes can be encountered for the...
2016 / Clémentine Cottineau, Erez Hatna, Elsa Arcaute, Michael Batty -
A Need for New Methods in the Paradigm Shift from Mobility to Sustainable Accessibility
Abstract Planning of the transport system is usually based on forecasting of future traffic volumes. The forecast is based on current trends in the society, predictions of future economic growth and costs of transport. In all parts of Europe these...
2016 / Håkan Johansson, Kjell Ottar Sandvik, József Zsidákovits, Grzegorz Łutczyk -
Enhancing Utilitarian Cycling: A Case Study
Abstract An increase in utilitarian cycling could have many benefits for society as well as the individual. Today, cycling is however used for only a small share of everyday trips. Several studies have identified factors that facilitate or hinder an ...
2016 / Helena Strömberg, I.C. MariAnne Karlsson