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The differential impact of mortality of American troops in the Iraq War: The non-metropolitan dimension [PDF]
This study investigates the disproportionate impact of mortality among United States troops in Iraq on rural communities. We advance scholarly research and popular accounts that suggest a non-metropolitan disadvantage by disaggregating the risk of ...
Collin Payne, Katherine Curtis
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Understanding Transit Ridership Demand for a Multi-Destination, Multimodal Transit Network in an American Metropolitan Area, Research Report 11-06 [PDF]
, 2012 This study examines the factors underlying transit demand in the multi-destination, integrated bus and rail transit network for Atlanta, Georgia. Atlanta provides an opportunity to explore the consequences of a multi-destination transit network for bus ...
Bhattacharya, Torsha +3 more
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Broke and Broken: The Crises Facing Local Government in England
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 1, Page 199-205, January/March 2025.Abstract English local government faces a perilous position owing to insufficient funding, structural issues and capacity challenges. Fourteen years of austerity have significantly reduced council budgets, while increased demand for services—particularly adult social care—has strained resources.
David Jeffery
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Discover Applied SciencesThis study explores how intercity rail transit reshapes spatial structures, which underpins the optimization of regional resource allocation. Taking 54 county-level units in the Guanzhong region as research subjects, we constructed a dual-model ...
Chunjie Cai, Pei Zhang
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Network Expansion Decision-making in the Twin Cities [PDF]
This paper presents a qualitative analysis of the decision-rules used by jurisdictions in Minnesota's Twin Cities metropolitan area. Interviews were conducted with staff at the city, county, metropolitan, and state levels to determine how decisions about
David Levinson, Norah Montes de Oca
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The Hedonic Price Structure of Faculty Compensation at U.S. Colleges and Universities [PDF]
, 1995 Economic theory suggests that the variation in academic salaries across institutions in part reflects compensating differences associated with variation in the levels of local quality of life factors such as environmental quality and the provision of ...
Clark, David E., Knapp, Thomas A.
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The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract In the UK, the new Labour government has linked the intention to deliver more homes to reform of the planning system, which is seen as a key barrier. Two assumptions inform this reform. First, the system is sound, but there are problems with its administration.
Nancy Holman, Alan Mace
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NON-METROPOLITAN TO METROPOLITAN AREA MIGRATION OF YOUNG ADULTS [PDF]
The decisions of young adults from non-metropolitan areas to either migrate to metropolitan areas or remain in non-metropolitan areas following the completion of schooling are studied in this paper.
Hazarika, Gautam, Mills, Bradford F.
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Cities in Crisis: A Special Analytic Report on High School Graduation [PDF]
, 2008 Examines graduation-rate patterns in the fifty most populous U.S. cities and surrounding metropolitan areas. Compares data by race/ethnicity, gender, and principal district, and highlights the urban-suburban gaps within the same metropolitan ...
Christopher B. Swanson
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Rural but not radical right: The rural‐urban cleavage in Norway
Scandinavian Political Studies, EarlyView.Abstract Conventional wisdom claims that rural voters are politically mobilized by right‐wing and culturally conservative forces, while urban voters are left‐leaning and have progressive cultural views. Leveraging original survey data from Norway, our work challenges this dichotomy.
Kiran R. Auerbach +2 more
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