Social and economic geography topic list of research papers
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A new valuation school: Integrating diverse values of nature in resource and land use decisions
Abstract We are increasingly confronted with severe social and economic impacts of environmental degradation all over the world. From a valuation perspective, environmental problems and conflicts originate from trade-offs between values. The urgency ...
2016 / Sander Jacobs, Nicolas Dendoncker, Berta Martín-López, David Nicholas Barton, Erik Gomez-Baggethun, et al. -
Tell Me Where You Are and I’ll Tell You What You Want: Using Location Data to Improve Marketing Decisions2016 / Martin Spann, Dominik Molitor, Stephan Daurer
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The research and practice of integrating conservation and development: Self-reflections by researchers on methodologies, objectives and influence
Abstract This study examines the application of mixed-method and participatory approaches to conservation and development research. Both approaches were applied in a research project on the relationship between ecosystem governance and the wellbeing ...
2016 / Maya Pasgaard, Neil Dawson, Laura Vang Rasmussen, Martin Enghoff, Arne Jensen -
Region prioritization for the development of carbon capture and utilization technologies
Abstract In recent years several strategies have been developed and adopted to reduce the levels of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions released to the atmosphere. The adoption of Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) technologies may contribute towards...
2016 / Joao Patricio, Athanasios Angelis-Dimakis, Arturo Castillo-Castillo, Yuliya Kalmykova, Leonardo Rosado -
Wellbeing in the aftermath of floods
Abstract The interactions between flood events, their aftermath, and recovery leading to health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals are complex, and the pathways and mechanisms through which wellbeing is affected are often hidden and remain...
2016 / Kate Walker-Springett, Catherine Butler, W. Neil Adger -
Hybridizing low-carbon technology deployment policy and fossil fuel subsidy reform: a climate finance perspective2017 / Tyeler Matsuo, Tobias S Schmidt
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The rarity of direct experiences of nature in an urban population
Abstract As people live more urbanised lifestyles there is potential to lose daily contact with nature, diminishing access to the wide range of associated health benefits of interacting with nature. Experiences of nature vary widely across...
2017 / Daniel T.C. Cox, Hannah L. Hudson, Danielle F. Shanahan, Richard A. Fuller, Kevin J. Gaston -
Trip and parking generation at transit-oriented developments: Five US case studies
Abstract Guidelines for trip and parking generation in the United States come mainly from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). However, their trip and parking manuals focus on suburban locations with limited transit and pedestrian...
2017 / Reid Ewing, Guang Tian, Torrey Lyons, Kathryn Terzano -
Urban agglomeration: An evolving concept of an emerging phenomenon
Abstract Urban agglomeration is a highly developed spatial form of integrated cities. It occurs when the relationships among cities shift from mainly competition to both competition and cooperation. Cities are highly integrated within an urban...
2017 / Chuanglin Fang, Danlin Yu -
A conceptual model to integrate the regional context in landscape policy, management and contribution to rural development: Literature review and European case study evidence
Abstract Agri-environmental policies and planning influence agricultural landscape management, and thus the capacity to deliver landscape services and to contribute to rural viability. Numerous models and frameworks have been developed to improve...
2017 / Ingo Zasada, Kati Häfner, Lena Schaller, Boris T. van Zanten, Marianne Lefebvre, et al. -
Identification and typology of Czech post-industrial landscapes on national level using GIS and publicly accessed geodatabases2016 / Jaromír Kolejka, Martin Klimánek
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Using triangulation to assess a suite of tools to measure community severance
Abstract There is a lack of tools to identify and measure community severance caused by large roads and motorised traffic, despite the evidence of its negative impacts on local communities. This paper reports the development of a suite of tools to...
2017 / Jennifer S. Mindell, Paulo R. Anciaes, Ashley Dhanani, Jemima Stockton, Peter Jones, et al. -
The political economy of technological capabilities and global production networks in South Africa's wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) industries
Abstract We examine underlying conflicts between technological capabilities and global production networks in South Africa's solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind energy industries. This includes an analysis of the complex and multi-scalar relationships...
2017 / Lucy Baker, Benjamin K. Sovacool -
Temporal ecologies: multiple times, multiple spaces, and complicating space times2012 / Mike Crang
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Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to assess the role of the built environment in influencing obesity: a glossary2011 / Lukar E Thornton, Jamie R Pearce, Anne M Kavanagh
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When the working day is through: the end of work as identity?2009 / M. Doherty
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Living in Living Rooms: Furniture Arrangement in Apartment-Type Family Housing
Abstract This paper presents findings of a study on the living room of apartment-type houses. The aim was to trace the pattern and preferences of furniture arrangement in constrained space at apartment blocks which accommodated families of Malaysian ...
2012 / Masran Saruwono, Nur Farhana Zulkiflin, Nik Mastura Nik Mohammad -
Exploratory Analysis of the Traditional Philosophy Underpinned Urban Sustainability Model for Chinese Cities
Abstract The Holistic Sustainability Evaluation Framework for Chinese Cities discusses the overlapping worldviews of the east and west to provide better understanding on how systems theory could be applied on sustainability evaluation methods, based ...
2011 / Wenli Dong, Jamie Mackee, Michael Mak -
The communication of physical science uncertainty in European National Adaptation Strategies2013 / S. Lorenz, S. Dessai, J. Paavola, P. M. Forster
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Open Traffic: A Toolbox for Traffic Research
Abstract Open Traffic is an open source software project that provides a transport modeling software environment. While most transport model packages offer ready-to-use modules for end-users, Open Traffic provides open access to a modelling...
2014 / G. Tamminga, P. Knoppers, J.W.C. van Lint