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Singles in the city: happily ever after?

open access: yesVienna Yearbook of Population Research, 2021
More people than ever are living in cities, and in these cities, more and more people are living alone. Using the example of Vienna, this paper investigates the subjective well-being of single households in the city.
Bernhard Riederer   +2 more
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Analysis of renewable energy use in single-family housing

open access: yesOpen Engineering, 2019
The article presents the most frequently chosen heating systems for single-family houses and utility water heating by investors. The most popular installations based on conventional fuels using renewable energy sources were compared. A technical and cost
Drozd Wojciech, Kowalik Marcin
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MAIN FEATURES OF HOUSE-LIKE APARTMENTS

open access: yesFacta Universitatis. Series: Architecture and Civil Engineering, 2020
House-like apartments are intended as a compromise between the opposing aspirations of the modern city dweller ‒ to live in a quiet family home in greenery in the suburbs and to live in a dense, bustling and vibrant city.
Branislava Stoiljkovic   +2 more
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Factors that influence success in housing management, maintenance and renewal [PDF]

open access: yesUrbani Izziv, 2007
The execution of housing renewal works is a prerequisite for guaranteeing an appropriate housing standard. Housing renewal also reflects on the external image of the residential environment. The efficiency of the conducting of these activities depends on
Richard Sendi, Maša Filipović
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Post-war Single-Family Houses in Europe under Pressure? A Demographic and Economic Framework for the Future Market of Elder Single-Family Housing Neighbourhoods

open access: yesArticulo: Journal of Urban Research, 2016
Recent research suggests that in some West German regions, single-family housing (SFH) neighbourhoods are prone to decay due to changed socio-economic and demographic trends. The question of whether similar demographic trends and implications for the SFH
Andrea Berndgen-Kaiser   +2 more
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Single-Family Housing and Wealth Portfolios [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Real Estate Portfolio Management, 2006
Executive Summary. This paper explores the risk and return of a portfolio of single-family housing during 1978:1-2001:4 in the context of a portfolio of financial assets.
G. Donald, Tony Wingler, Daniel Winkler
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The impact of a new light rail system on single-family property values in Charlotte, North Carolina

open access: yesJournal of Transport and Land Use, 2012
This paper examines the impact of a new light rail system on single family housing values in Charlotte, North Carolina is evaluated from 1997 to 2008. We use a Hedonic Price Analysis (HPA) to estimate how proximity to light rail, housing characteristics ...
Sisi Yan, Eric Delmelle, Mike Duncan
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Housing type and secondhand tobacco smoke exposure among non-smoking New York City adults, 2004 and 2013–14

open access: yesPreventive Medicine Reports, 2022
Secondhand tobacco smoke (SHS) exposure has declined due to smoking reductions, expanding workplace and public smoke-free air laws, and smoke-free housing policy promotion.
Shannon M. Farley   +6 more
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Co-operative Housing in Lithuania as a Field of Architectural Experimentation (1960s–1980s)

open access: yesABE Journal, 2022
The paper is a study of house-building cooperatives in the Lithuanian SSR as a field of architectural experimentation in planning, design and construction of mass housing during the late Soviet period (1960s–1980s).
Marija Drėmaitė
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Reflections on climate change challenges in family house design [PDF]

open access: yesSpatium
Climate change is increasingly influencing how residential spaces are designed and used. While much attention has been given to dense urban environments, single-family homes in suburban and rural areas remain largely absent from mainstream climate ...
Parviz Munaza, Finka Maroš
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