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Comparative review of liveability indices: trends and insights

Budownictwo i Architektura
The concept of liveability emerged and thrived over two decades, with over thirty global and regional measurable indices developed by various organisations and agencies.
Meenakshi Pappu, Nina Lazar
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Ecological paradigm of cities in post-Brundtland era: challenges of conserving historic urban landscapes as living cities

Časopis Socìalʹno-Ekonomìčnoï Geografìï. Часопис соціально-економічної географії, 2018
Sustainability has been a pressing, complex, and challenging agenda for urbanists. Its focus turns on wider issues of envi-ronment and societies thus broadening the concept defined in the Brundtland report.
Harsha Munasinghe
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To What Extent Do Australian Government Metrics Align With Indigenous and Non‐Indigenous Conceptualisations of Wellbeing? A Scoping Review of Wellbeing Frameworks

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, Edward J. O'Connor, Megan Rebuli, Tiana Thorne, Naomi Kakoschke, Ray Mahoney   +5 more
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Indicator-based assessment of the liveability of communities in the Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana: A transdisciplinary approach

Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 2023
Local knowledge of spatiotemporal patterns of liveability is vital for choosing where to live and where revitalisation efforts must concentrate. We employed transdisciplinary learning to identify 12 liveability indicators and applied them to assess the ...
Alex Barimah Owusu, Collins Adjei Mensah, Iris Ekua Mensimah Fynn, Clement Kwang, Isaac Kwamena Arthur, Kofi Adu-Boahen   +5 more
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Bricks, knots, and bodies: Material encounters and the affective making of masculinity

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper examines how creative research methods do not just capture boys' experiences of masculinity, but actively materialise them. Drawing on two arts‐based activities used in school‐based fieldwork (a mannequin‐based exercise with one participant and a Lego‐building workshop with a small peer group), the paper analyses how materials ...
Huw Berry‐Downs
wiley   +1 more source

A framework for evaluating ecohydrological-based liveability in a rapidly urbanising region of Indonesia

International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2018
We surveyed households within Cirebon Metropolitan Region (CMR) in Indonesia to assess ecohydrological changes and their impacts on urban and peri-urban liveability.
Titih Titisari Danielaini, Basant Maheshwari, Dharmappa Hagare   +2 more
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SWOT Analysis and Developing Strategies for the Realisation of Urban Livability in Tehran

International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2021
The present study aims to analyse the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of managing the Tehran Metropolitan to help comprehend the status quo as well as the challenges to the realisation of liveability indicators.
Reza Shabanzadeh Namini, Mirella Loda, Abolfazl Meshkini   +2 more
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Harmonizing Social Impact Assessment in the Bioeconomy: A Cross‐Regional Fuzzy‐Delphi Approach

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The bioeconomy transition risks underrepresenting social sustainability, while existing Social Life Cycle Assessment (S‐LCA) applications remain insufficient for comparison and decision support due to heterogeneous and non‐standardized selection of social impact categories. This study proposes a cross‐regional baseline set of impact categories
Julia Lessa Feitosa Virgolino, Claudia Coutinho‐Nóbrega, Nicholas M. Holden   +2 more
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MXene‐Induced Selective Ion Separation in Capacitive Deionization: Bridging Fundamentals With Frontier Innovations

Electron, EarlyView.
This review presents an in‐depth analysis of employing the MXenes electrodes in advancing ion‐selective capacitive deionization technologies, by exploring various strategies to achieve the desired selectivity. It highlights the critical challenges that hinder scalability and practical implementation. The review showcases the future opportunities toward
Rahat Alam, Linda Zou, Louis C. P. M. de Smet, Constantinos V. Chrysikopoulos   +3 more
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Public Green Infrastructure Contributes to City Livability: A Systematic Quantitative Review

Land, 2018
Consistent with the Land Urbanism and Green Infrastructure theme of this special issue of Land, the primary goal of this review is to provide a plain language overview of recent literature that reports on the psychological, physiological, general well ...
Jackie Parker, Greg D. Simpson
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