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Less Happy, Though More Educated: What Explains Lower Life Satisfaction Among Highly Educated First‐Generation Immigrants in Highly Prosperous Countries?

International Social Science Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Conventional wisdom suggests that higher education (HE) and national prosperity (or wealth) contribute to improved life satisfaction. Is this also true for first‐generation immigrants? Using multilevel models on 16,368 individuals across 35 European countries from the European Social Survey, the results demonstrate that, although immigrants ...
Samitha Udayanga
wiley   +1 more source

Liveable city project : Desktop review of liveability indices

, 2012
The QUT Centre for Subtropical Design reviewed tools and indices that measure ‘liveability’ on behalf of the Brisbane Development Association. This review provides insight into the concept of ‘liveability’ and how various international and local tools ...
Manolakis, Spiros, Kennedy, Rosemary J.
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Liveable Futures

Atlantis
Liveable futures bring into question the conditions that make human and more-than-human lives possible and provide these with prospects. Such futures are made of multiple elements, including knowledge infrastructures (KIs). Knowledge infrastructures, by creating and recreating objects, categories and relations, make important contributions to ...
Ardath Whynacht, Erin Fredericks, Alex Khasnabish   +2 more
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Assessing places' liveability: informational entropy for the construction of a set of criteria and indicators

Aestimum
The growing interest in well-being as a quality-of-life paradigm has led to a critical revision of its traditional conception. It is no longer limited to indicators of material prosperity and physical health (objective well-being indicators) but also to
Fabrizio Battisti, Orazio Campo, Melania Perdonò   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Guaranteed Basic Income from the Perspective of Self‐Determination Theory

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In capitalistic societies the concepts of income and labour are inseparable, and as such, providing all citizens with an unconditional living wage is a contentious issue. Capitalist ideals that emphasize individual effort, competition, and financial prosperity have spurred tremendous economic growth but underestimate human motivation and have ...
Joshua L. Howard
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding neighbourhood liveability for older urban Australians

, 2012
As with other major developed cities, the sub-tropical and fastest growing Australian capital city of Brisbane has adopted policies designed to increase residential densities and meet the liveability and sustainability goal of decreasing car dependence ...
Buys, Laurie, Vine, Desley
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Efficiency of using mixed feeds with different levels of lysine and methionine for growing turkeys

Наукові доповіді Національного університету біоресурсів і природокористування України
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of feeding complete mixed feeds with different levels of lysine and methionine on the growth of young turkeys. Experimental studies were performed on young meat turkeys of the BIG 6 cross.
O. Tymoshchuk, S. Gryshchenko
doaj   +1 more source

Implementing the living streets concept by transforming streets in the central business district of Peshawar, Pakistan

Urbani Izziv, 2019
The idea of living streets has recently evolved and is currently being considered in urban planning and development for cities. The main purpose of the living streets concept is to provide safe access for all types of traffic, thus focusing on the ...
Maryam AMAN, Abdul WAHEED, Malik Asghar NAEEM, Syed Akhtar Ali SHAH   +3 more
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Shaping the System Through Turbulence: Strategic Leadership and the Micro‐Foundations of Ecosystem Orchestration in Times of Disruption

Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract While research on ecosystems and their orchestration has grown rapidly, we still know little about how individual strategic leaders may mobilize ecosystemic action in times of disruption. This article addresses this gap by drawing on an in‐depth case study of the Antwerp Square Mile, the world’s oldest and most renowned diamond trading ...
Bart De Keyser, Koen Vandenbempt
wiley   +1 more source

Does higher density housing enhance liveability? Case studies of housing intensification in Auckland

Cogent Social Sciences, 2016
Larger cities in Australia and New Zealand have urban consolidation policies promoting higher-density development, justified on the grounds of enhancing urban sustainability. Despite evidence for persistent preferences for lower density, there has been a
Errol Haarhoff, Lee Beattie, Ann Dupuis
doaj   +1 more source