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Structural racism through Sundown towns and its relationship to COVID-19 local risk and racial and ethnic diversity

open access: yesPreventive Medicine Reports, 2023
“Sundown towns” across the US prevented racial and ethnic minorities from living and working within their borders as they forced minorities to leave these towns after sunset.
Yulin Hswen   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial Reconstruction and Economic Vitality Assessment of Historical Towns Using SDGSAT-1 Nighttime Light Imagery and Historical GIS: A Case Study of Suburban Shanghai

open access: yesRemote Sensing
Historical towns embody the origins and continuity of urban civilization, preserving distinctive spatial fabrics, cultural lineages, and latent economic value within contemporary metropolitan systems.
Qi Hu, Shuang Li
doaj   +1 more source

Development Trajectories of Small Towns in East Slovakia

open access: yesEuropean Countryside, 2016
Small towns, compared to larger cities, are specific group of municipalities with weaker performance in many spheres of socio-economic development. The aim of the paper is to comprehensively evaluate development of twelve small towns in the region of ...
Novotný Ladislav   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial transformation mechanism of city networks in the middle and lower Ganga Plain in modern times: a perspective on cultural routes

open access: yesJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
The urban system in the middle and lower Ganga Plain experienced a critical spatial transition period from a traditional to modern pattern between the 18th and 19th centuries, developing a network structure influenced by cultural routes.
Xihui Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

RESHAPING WATERS. A HISTORY OF POLITICAL INTERFERENCE IN THE RISE AND FALL OF THE ROMANIAN SPA-TOWNS – CASE STUDY: SÂNGEORZ-BĂI

open access: yesStudia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai: Geographia, 2020
A curious case in Romania’s architectural narrative is represented by its spa-towns, many of which have had seemingly regrettable fates. Once the crown jewels of the country’s tourism segment, only a few of this type of urban developments have retained ...
Silviu-Claudiu BORȘ
doaj   +1 more source

Competitiveness of Small Towns: Role of Town-Planning Culture Traditions in Residential Area

open access: yesНаука и техника, 2003
Due to reduction of centralized investments it is necessary to integrate small towns into the system of market relations. In this case a town with all its particulars is to be considered as a commodity.
T. T. Kuznetsova
doaj   +1 more source

A virtuous journey between the synagogues of the ghetto and synagogues of emancipation: the rediscovery of Venetian Judaism

open access: yesIn_Bo, 2017
The celebrations related to the 500 years of the institution of the Ghetto of Venice (1516-2016) represent a first hint for thought on the Venetian Jewish community and how much is left.
Valeria Rainoldi
doaj   +1 more source

Public Spaces of Small Historic Towns. In Search of the Addressee

open access: yesПроект Байкал, 2019
One of the solutions to the problem of migration from small towns and historical settlements is to organize public spaces required by different addressees.
Anna Gelfond, Mikhail Dutsev
doaj   +2 more sources

Small and Historic Towns

open access: yesПроект Байкал, 2019
The discussion touches upon the issues related to the change in the status of small towns and historic settlements. The results of the Federal Architectural Competition are discussed. Economic, town-planning and social solutions are proposed to increase the attractiveness of small towns in Eastern Siberia.
openaire   +3 more sources

Urban Heritage Decline: Conservation Challenges in the Historic Town of Chukai, Terengganu, Malaysia

open access: yesInternational Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability
Mapping plays a pivotal role in preserving the cultural identity of heritage towns, serving as a systematic approach to documenting and safeguarding historical assets.
Nor Zalina Harun   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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