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Drivers of Urban Expansion in Europe: A Literature Review of the Roles of Electoral Cycles and Climate Change

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract The urban population is growing worldwide; therefore, understanding the drivers of urban expansion is essential. To this end, this study conducts a systematic literature review followed by a thematic analysis, focusing on two main underlying drivers of urban expansion: climate change and electoral cycle.
Francesco Pagliacci, Na Haby Stella Faye
wiley   +1 more source

Characterizing governance models for upscaling wetland restoration. [PDF]

Environ Manage
Terrisse A, Karner M, Kaufmann J, Ernoul L.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Does High‐speed rail influence the location decisions of knowledge‐intensive firms in Germany?

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, EarlyView.
Abstract Knowledge‐intensive firms (KIFs) play a crucial role in urban development by fostering networks for knowledge creation. Spatial characteristics, particularly accessibility, shape their locational decisions. The emergence of high‐speed rail (HSR) has significantly altered accessibility patterns in many countries, suggesting an influence on the ...
Manuel Weiß, Angelika Münter, Johannes Moser, Fabian Wenner, Alain Thierstein   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of population and transport coordination in the Pearl River Delta. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Lyu D, Zhu W, Ouyang L, Gong Z.
europepmc   +1 more source

Is the World Getting Smaller? Network‐Driven Heterogeneity in Gravity‐Model Elasticities

The World Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gravity models constitute the workhorse of empirical international trade research, yet the temporal stability of their core parameters—distance and GDP elasticities—remains underexplored, particularly in relation to the evolving structure of trade networks.
Zsolt T. Kosztyán, Rita Mátrai, Dénes Kiss   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Decentralized environmental health governance in a mining municipality: An interpretive analysis from Obuasi, Ghana. [PDF]

Public Health Pract (Oxf)
Botchwey CO, Ahenkan A, Aggrey-Bluwey L, Adutwumwaa S, Odei DO, Nkpetri ES.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Kinship Terms and Person Address in the English‐Speaking Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora

World Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the impact of migration, globalization and digitalization on the use of nominal address terms in the English‐speaking Sri Lankan Tamil (SLT) diaspora community by undertaking a corpus analysis of English fiction authored by diaspora members with SLT heritage. In the 40 years since the outbreak of the Sri Lankan civil war,
Anke Lensch
wiley   +1 more source

Comparing the urban heat island intensity response to ENSO across the local climate zones in Suzhou and Shanghai, China. [PDF]

Sci Prog
Lu X, Chen S, Zhang M, Zhang W, Li Y, Cui X, Huang Q, Zhang H, Zhang Q.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Converging Vocabulary, Diverging Attribution: Resilience Concepts and the Acting Subject in the National Disaster Risk Management Strategies of 25 EU Member States

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Volume 34, Issue 4, December 2026.
ABSTRACT European disaster risk management has converged on a shared resilience vocabulary faster than on a shared account of who is expected to produce resilience. This article codes 2218 passages from 38 strategic documents in 25 EU member states along two dimensions: resilience type (engineering, ecological, transformative) and governance ...
Hüseyin Ugur Sagkal
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The Affective Afterlife of the “Smelly Immigrant” Trope: Contested Scents, “Race,” and Olfactory Contact Zones in Berlin

City &Society, Volume 38, Issue 3, December 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper proposes the notion of “olfactory contact zones” to investigate the role of odors and scents and the affects they give rise to in Berlin's urban publics. Drawing on the notion of the “afterlife” of racialised violence, it shows how tropes of the “smelly immigrant,” anchored in European antisemitism and colonial history, live on ...
Claudia Liebelt
wiley   +1 more source