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Hidden in the Labour Market: An Intersectional Latent Class Analysis of Discouraged Workers in Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs an intersectionality‐informed latent class analysis (LCA) to examine the hidden diversity of discouraged workers in Australia. Drawing on nationally representative data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey, we identified six empirically distinct subgroups defined by intersecting demographic and ...
Sora Lee, Woojin Kang
wiley   +1 more source

Drivers of urban biodiversity in Mexico and joint risks from future urban expansion, climate change, and urban heat island effect. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One
Velasco JA   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Transforming Heat Islands into Neat Islands

2018
The resilience of cities has become an important topic to be considered by authorities in planning (MYRIVILI 2017, oral). Nowadays, many cities need to face various problems caused by environment, such as earthquakes, heat islands or floods (ibid.). The case study takes place in the centre of the city of Athens, to which the main emphasis has been paid
Lamberg, Jonas, Snieg, Filip
openaire   +1 more source

Cooling Heat Islands

Urban Climate, 2015
According to the United Nation report “World Urbanization Prospects”, 54% (about 3.9 billion) of the world’s population residing in urban areas in 2014. The urban population is expected to grow to 66% (about 6.3 billion) by 2050. In addition to encountering many challenges of global climate change, urban inhabitants face many problems associated with ...
Akbari, Hashem, MUSCIO, Alberto
openaire   +2 more sources

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