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Transport Costs and the Size Distribution of a Linearly Arranged System of Cities [PDF]

The question regarding the effects of changing transports costs on the size distribution of cities is an important topic of systems of cities research. The so-called New Economic Geography has already given some answers to this question.
Albrecht Kauffmann
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The Relevance of Amenities and Agglomeration for Dutch Housing Prices [PDF]

, 2011
In this paper we have combined concepts from the field of urban economics with views from the area of geographic economics (the New Economic Geography).
Garretsen, Harry, Marlet, Gerard
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
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Uma caracterização dos homicídios em Uberlândia:um enfoque geográfico [PDF]

Sociedade & Natureza, 2004
The city Uberlândia has significant incidence of urban violence. This city is one of the most viloent of the state of Minas Gerais. This article aims to characterize this homicides in the city emphasing dimension.
Márcia Andréia Ferreira Santos, Julio Cesar de Lima Ramires   +1 more
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Urban aesthetics: emergence and development [PDF]

At the beginning of the 3rd millennium, when urban settlements become more and more crowded due to the work and life conditions they offer, urban aesthetics is becoming increasingly imperative. This is all the more important as population growth, in some
Liviu Bogdan Vlad
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World cities and global commodity chains: an introduction [PDF]

, 2010
The purpose of this special anniversary issue is to assess the possible cross-fertilization between two prominent analytical frameworks: the World City Network framework, in which researchers have studied the emergence of a globalized urban system for ...
Alderson, Bair, Beaverstock, Beaverstock, Brown, Castells, Castells, Choi, Clancy, Coe, Coe, Coe, Coe, Cohen, Derudder, Derudder, Derudder, Derudder, Derudder, Dicken, Faulconbridge, Friedmann, Gereffi, Hanssens, Hassler, Henderson, Hesse, Jacobs, Lüthi, Massey, Morgan, Neal, Palpacuer, Parnreiter, Rabach, Robinson, Robinson, Rossi, Rothenberg-Aalami, Rozenblat, Sassen, Sassen, Sassen, Sheppard, Taylor, Taylor, Taylor, Tokatli, Vind, Yeung   +49 more
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Transition From Primary to Secondary School: Igniting Attendance and Engagement Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Through National Policy Reform

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australia's Closing the Gap reform aims to address disparities experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. There are specific targets focussed on key educational transitions; yet, the transition to secondary education is not a targeted priority.
Azhar Hussain Potia, Kai W. Wheeler, Tracy Woodroffe, Karen Thorpe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial evolution of the US urban system. [PDF]

We examine spatial features of the evolution of the US urban system usingUS Census data for 1900 – 1990 with non-parametric kernel estimation techniques that accommodate the complexity of the urban system.
Ioannides, Yannis, Overman, Henry G.
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Disentangling agglomeration and network externalities : a conceptual typology [PDF]

, 2016
Agglomeration and network externalities are fuzzy concepts. When different meanings are (un)intentionally juxtaposed in analyses of the agglomeration/network externalities-menagerie, researchers may reach inaccurate conclusions about how they interlock ...
Derudder, Ben, Neal, Zachary, van Meeteren, Michiel   +2 more
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Sitting in Many Camps—Innovative Approaches and Methods for First Nations‐Led Research Into Indigenous Peacebuilding

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In 2021, a desktop review was conducted of published references to First Nations peoples' approaches to conflict and its management in Australia (Project Stage One), culminating in a report published in 2024. This article focuses on Project Stage Two, a complex, innovative research undertaking building on the findings of Stage One, and being ...
Helen Bishop, Alysoun Boyle, Tania Sourdin, Bin Li   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source