Social and economic geography topic list of research papers
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Method for the proposal and evaluation of urban structures for compact cities using an expert system
Abstract The world population is continually increasing, but the Japanese population is decreasing. By 2050, the Japanese population is calculated to be close to 100 million people, and by 2060, 40% of the Japanese are estimated to be aged 65 years...
2016 / Shirou Tsuboi, Shinji Ikaruga, Takeshi Kobayashi -
The Serambi: Inculcation of Socio-cultural Values in Malay Traditional Home Design
Abstract The serambi is a pronounced interior space within the Malays traditional home design, particularly for the Negeri Sembilan Malays in Rembau, the context of this exploratory case study research. This paper presents the interpretations of...
2016 / Mawar Masri, Rodzyah Mohd Yunus, Sabarinah Sh. Ahmad -
Communicating Local Culture through a Global Musical Show
Abstract The paper explores translingual and transcultural practices in the popular vocal contest “The Voice Russia”. Drawing evidence from three multilingual performances in “The Voice Russia”, it examines the strategies employed by the...
2016 / Evgeniya V. Aleshinskaya -
Sustainability framings of accommodation sharing
Abstract The existing research often overlooks the fact that accommodation sharing is not a homogeneous sector but comprises rental, reciprocal and free platforms. This paper aims to compare sustainability narratives held by operators and users of...
2016 / Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, Lucie Zvolska, Oksana Mont -
The Impact of Transport on International Trade Development2016 / Duško Pavlović, Božica Radoš
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Willingness to participate in direct load control: The role of consumer distrust
Abstract Addressing the challenge of peak demand is a major priority for energy utilities, regulators and policymakers worldwide. Against this backdrop, residential demand management solutions – including direct load control technology that allows...
2016 / Karen Stenner, Elisha R. Frederiks, Elizabeth V. Hobman, Stephanie Cook -
Comparing policy routes for low-carbon power technology deployment in EU – an energy system analysis
Abstract The optimization energy system model JRC-EU-TIMES is used to support energy technology R&D design by analysing power technologies deployment till 2050 and their sensitivity to different decarbonisation exogenous policy routes. The...
2016 / Sofia Simoes, Wouter Nijs, Pablo Ruiz, Alessandra Sgobbi, Christian Thiel -
Possibilities of Using the Data for Planning the Cycling Infrastructure
Abstract The subject of the paper is a brief description of the state of bicycle transport in the region of South Bohemia, the analysis of planning and financing its development. The aim of the paper is to outline the issue of cycling infrastructure ...
2016 / Ladislav Bartuska, Jiri Hanzl, Lenka Lizbetinova -
Applying Emotive Rhetorical Strategy to Environmental Communication in English and Latvian
Abstract Environmental communication represents the set of special codes and practices typical of different scientific domains and even of different symbolic systems, thus contributing to the formation of new transdisciplinary paradigm of...
2016 / Marina Platonova -
Framing IPhone Consumption by Chinese Mainlanders: Critical Discourse Analysis on News Coverage of China Daily and South China Morning Post
Abstract Within the context of bilateral conflicts as constructed by media coverage, this project explored the framing of mainlander's IPhone consumption in Hong Kong by two local newspapers, China Daily and South China Morning Post (SCMP), through...
2016 / Xuan Xie, Yi Ding -
Private Public Collaboration on Logistics in Norwegian Cities
Abstract This paper presents conclusions from a survey among urban freight actors in the four biggest cities in Norway (Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger and Trondheim). The survey focus on logistic operations and transport decisions affecting the city...
2016 / Olav Eidhammer, Jardar Andersen, Bjørn Gjerde Johansen -
How did Bicycle Share Increase in Vitoria-Gasteiz?
Abstract Cycling mobility has often been neglected in transport planning. Nevertheless, the potential benefits of increasing the bicycle share make cycling promotion a key element for transforming cities toward sustainability. This research...
2016 / Ana Barberan, Andres Monzon -
Białystok – An Open-Air Museum of Architecture from the Second Half of the Twentieth Century
Abstract Article presents types of urban planning arrangements and characteristic for housing teams carried out in Białystok after the World War II. All this arrangement was composed in outdoor museum from the second half of the XX century Białystok ...
2016 / Maciej Kłopotowski -
Improving Parking Availability Maps using Information from Nearby Roads
Abstract Parking search traffic causes increased travel times and air pollution in many cities. Real-time parking availability maps are expected to help drivers to find a parking space faster and thus to reduce parking search traffic. A possibility...
2016 / Fabian Bock, Monika Sester -
Determination of Sample Size for Speed Measurement on Urban Arterials
Abstract Estimation of speed is an important task for various traffic engineering analyses like crash analysis, establishing speed zones, evaluation of traffic signal locations and so on. Past research on the sample size estimation was focused on...
2016 / V. Varsha, Gaurav H. Pandey, K. Ramachandra Rao, B.K. Bindhu -
Cool? Young people investigate living in cold housing and fuel poverty. A mixed methods action research study
Abstract Background Living in cold housing conditions and risk of fuel poverty presents a range of physiological and psychosocial health risks. Limited research has specifically investigated the effects of fuel poverty on children...
2016 / Kimberley C. O'Sullivan, Philippa Howden-Chapman, Dalice Sim, James Stanley, Rebekah L. Rowan, et al. -
The Deliberative Practice of Vision Mobility 2050: Vision-making for Sustainable Mobility in the Region of Munich?
Abstract For more than twenty years Munich has witnessed a sort of a ‘laboratory’ for the new politics of mobility in Germany: The Inzell Initiative. Founded in 1995 through a collaboration between the former Lord Mayor of Munich and the head of...
2016 / Sven Kesselring, Chelsea Tschoerner -
Labour geographies on the move: Migration, migrant status and work in the 21st century2016 / Michelle Buckley, Siobhán McPhee, Ben Rogaly
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Understanding the timing of energy demand through time use data: Time of the day dependence of social practices
Abstract The time dependence of social practices at specific points of the day shapes the timing of energy demand. This paper aims to assess how dependent energy-related social practices in the household are in relation to the time of the day. It...
2016 / Jacopo Torriti -
Using spatial network analysis to model pedal cycle flows, risk and mode choice
Abstract Spatial network analysis (SpNA) provides a promising alternative to traditional transport models for the modelling of active travel, because walking and cycling behaviour is influenced by features smaller than the scale of zones in a...
2016 / Crispin H.V. Cooper