Nature CitiesWhat makes a place ‘urban’? Here we develop the conceptual case for a simple geo-demographic approach to defining and measuring ‘urbanness’. Through a critical engagement with classic treatises on cities and urbanism, we argue that urbanness is a function of population concentration, which generates the essentially urban experience of living surrounded
Sean Fox, Levi John Wolf
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Ageing in place and social isolation in rural dwelling older adults : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Health Psychology at Massey University, Manawatu, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2016 This research set out to answer three related research questions. Firstly, if and how rural dwelling older adults experience social isolation; secondly, what aspects of community were seen as contributing to or buffering against social isolation; and ...
Lilburn, Lucy Elizabeth Rose
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Fractal Systems of Central Places Based on Intermittency of Space-filling
, 2011 The central place models are fundamentally important in theoretical geography and city planning theory. The texture and structure of central place networks have been demonstrated to be self-similar in both theoretical and empirical studies.
Chen, Yanguang
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Achieving a Jobs-Housing balance in the Paris region - the potential of reducing car trafic [PDF]
, 1911 Many experts believe that the uninterrupted lengthening of trip distances, and especially trip-to-work distances, is carried mostly by urban sprawl combined to growing functional (economic functions/residential functions) and social (high-class ...
Marie-Hélène Massot, Emre Korsu
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Urban sustainable development and the challenge of French metropolitan strategies. GSPE Working Paper 11/04/2008 [PDF]
, 2008 This article focuses on some salient issues of urban sustainable development in France, specifically with regard to six urban agglomerations: Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes and Toulouse.
Hamman, Philippe.
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Data from many countries show that the concentration of poverty and malnutrition is shifting from rural to urban areas. Although many rural people move to the cities seeking to improve their well-being, they often remain mired in poverty and squalor ...
IFPRI
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London in space and time: Peter Ackroyd and Will Self [PDF]
, 2013 Copyright @ 2013 the author. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License.This paper explores the treatment of London by two authors who are profoundly influenced by the concept of the ...
Green, A
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“You Got To Know Us”: A Hopeful Model for Music Education in Urban Schools
, 2013 Urban schools, and the students and teachers within, are often characterized by a metanarrative of deficit and crisis, causing the complex realities of urban education to remain unclear behind a wall of assumptions and stereotypes. Within music education,
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What Works in Race-Conscious Teacher Education? Reflections from Educators in the Field [PDF]
, 2010 This paper presents a study about how schools of education impact their students\u27 ability to be successful in urban schools. What experiences--if any--in teacher education programs shape the development of race-conscious White teachers? To address her
Ullucci, Kerri
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Culture and Urban Revitalization: A Harvest Document [PDF]
, 2007 Advocates have long argued that the economic benefits of the arts and culture provide a firm rationale for public support. Recent scholarship on the "creative class" and "creative economy" is simply the latest effort to link cultural expression to ...
Mark J. Stern, Susan C. Seifert
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