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A conceptual framework for mapping urban environment indicators and mental well-being
Discover CitiesUrban environments significantly influence mental well-being through complex mechanisms that function across various spatial scales, ranging from individual households to entire cities.
Asesh Sarkar, Tina Pujara
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Sponge city in hot-arid regions: review of potential and challenges for application
Frontiers in Sustainable CitiesGlobally, urban areas are experiencing significant changes in temperature, precipitation, and sea levels, with an apparent increase in the frequency, intensity, and uncertainty of climate events.
Alaa Badawi, Khaled Galal Ahmed
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International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials, 2023 Pervious concrete (PC) as a green infrastructure material has been increasingly used due to its positive environmental impacts, such as controlling storm water runoff, removing water pollutants and reducing heat island effect.
Junyu Zhang +3 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Migrant healthcare workers in Australia find themselves at the centre of three intersecting concerns, often presented as ‘crises’ in contemporary discourse: the ‘care crisis’, the ‘housing crisis’ and the ‘migration crisis.’ Yet their own perspectives on these issues are rarely foregrounded. This paper explores the role of homeownership in the
Leah Williams Veazey
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Happiness and International Migration [PDF]
In this paper, we consider the extent to which the aggregate happiness of a country affects the flow of people across its borders. We merge data from the World Values Survey, which produces happiness indices for 84 countries between 1981 and 2004, with ...
Simpson, Nicole, Polgreen, Linnea
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Stakeholder Perspectives on Therapeutic and Safe Building Design in Residential Care
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Residential care is a form of out‐of‐home care that plays a critical role in supporting vulnerable young people in Australia. However, there is an evidence gap regarding the built environment in this context. This research aimed to explore the perspectives of key stakeholders in residential care in Victoria, Australia, regarding design that ...
Carmen Schroder +3 more
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Journal of Ageing and LongevityAgeing is a dynamic biological process involving interconnected physiological, psychological, and social changes, making the promotion of healthy ageing a global public health priority.
Aditi Garg +2 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Indigenous wellbeing theories offer potential to better measure social and cultural determinants. This scoping review aimed to identify the types of metrics used by the Australian government to assess wellbeing and evaluate the alignment of current frameworks against Indigenous and non‐Indigenous conceptualisations of wellbeing.
Sophie Wright‐Pedersen +5 more
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Cogent EducationThis scholarly inquiry critically examines the pedagogical aspects pertaining to the instruction and acquisition of Abstract Algebra within the realm of University Mathematics Education (UME).
Ashraf Alam, Atasi Mohanty
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How universal is happiness? [PDF]
There is a longstanding discussion on whether happiness is culturally relative or not. The following questions are addressed in that context: 1) Do we all assess how much we like our life? 2) Do we appraise our life on the same grounds?
Veenhoven, Ruut
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