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Forest views: Northeast Oregon survey looks at community and environment [PDF]
, 2012 This brief reports on a survey conducted in fall 2011 as one component of the ongoing Communities and Forests in Oregon (CAFOR) project. The CAFOR project focuses on the people and landscapes of three counties in northeast Oregon (Baker, Union, and ...
Campbell, Michael +7 more
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Beyond Owning‐Renting Dichotomy: Owner‐Renting in Urban China
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines owner‐renters, households that rent their current residence while owning property elsewhere, using data from the 2013 and 2019 China Household Finance Survey. It explores how household characteristics influence owner‐renting and the drivers of this phenomenon.
Jinqiao Long +3 more
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Multilocal Practices in a Pleasure Periphery: A Typology of Time, Space and Activity
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.Abstract The prerequisites, conditions and drivers of multilocality, that is, leading an everyday life in multiple places, were transformed through the accelerated adoption of remote work triggered by the COVID‐19 pandemic. We bring new perspectives to the field of multilocality research by exploring and theorising multilocal practices through a post ...
Nicolai Ekecrantz +2 more
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Nonmetro Recreation Counties: Their Identification and Rapid Growth [PDF]
, 2002 More than 80 percent of the Nation’s 285 million people now reside in metropolitan areas. Many in this vast city and suburban population are attracted to the recreational opportunities and attractions of rural areas, such as beautiful scenery, lakes ...
Beale, Calvin L, Johnson, Kenneth M.
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Green Space Production as a State Project in Urban China
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, EarlyView.Short Abstract We examine the politics of developing Chengdu's greenway project by advancing the concept of state entrepreneurialism through strategic embeddedness and tactical mobilisation. We define strategic embeddedness as the institutional integration of market into the state apparatus to achieve the state's strategic goals and tactical ...
Handuo Deng, Fulong Wu, Fangzhu Zhang
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Environmental Research Letters, 2019 Public demand for outdoor recreation has proved a major impetus for land protection in the United States since the mid-twentieth century, particularly in the US West.
Sarah L Thomas, Sarah E Reed
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THE INFLUENCE OF AMENITIES AND QUALITY OF LIFE ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN ALABAMA [PDF]
Replaced with revised version of paper 02/13/04.Community/Rural/Urban Development,
Bukenya, James O., Nzaku, Kilungu
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Tourism and Amenity-Based Development in Rural Communities [PDF]
, 2006 The natural amenities that often characterize the rural landscape, whether lakes and mountains or ruggedness and small-town charm, can offer struggling communities an option for economic development and can inject population and money into an area ...
Peggy Petrzelk, Richard Krannich
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Creating Flood Disasters: Environmental Memory and Adaptation in Aotearoa New Zealand
Kōtuitui: New Zealand Journal of Social Sciences Online, Volume 21, Issue 2, June 2026.This article explores three questions. First, why does New Zealand have widespread flooding hazards? Second, why are these persistent, with little seemingly learned from the memory of earlier events? And third, beyond reiterating conventional solutions, what examples of alternatives or adaptations are being developed in different places?
Eric Pawson
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Australasian Journal on Ageing, Volume 45, Issue 2, June 2026.ABSTRACT Objective This study examined the role of urban parks in fostering a sense of community among older people. This aligns with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3, which emphasises supporting the environment to foster health and well‐being. Methods We surveyed 123 individuals aged 70 years and older in Brisbane, Australia.
Mahnoosh Hassankhani, Renee Zahnow
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