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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article develops the concept of a territorial business model (TBM) to renew the analysis of the production of the urban built environment beyond established urban cores. Based on the case of Chongli, a site for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, this article provides a double decentering of the ways in which a mountain region was urbanized
Thierry Theurillat, Mengke Zhang
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Reflection on work, leisure, recreation and leisure in contemporary elderly
Kairós Gerontologia, 2013 The study reflected on the issues of work, laziness, leisure and free time from the point of view of the elderly. It was realized conceived from the data of a survey conducted by Consulting Idea Brazil, to Instituto Trabalho e Vida, in 2010.
Maria Amélia Ximenes +5 more
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Salāmat-i ijtimā̒ī, 2020 Background and Objectives: The benefits of psychological activities are as significant as physical activities during leisure time. The aim of this study was to determine and recognize the roles of leisure time and the effect of psychological factors ...
Seyed Ali Reza Ganjeh +3 more
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ASSESSMENT OF CAMPUS RECREATIONAL SPORT PROGRAMS [PDF]
, 2018 Student development and health issues among college students are becoming a major concern for academic institutions. To address these issues, universities offer campus recreational sport programs that encourage physical activity and healthy lifestyles ...
Dorata, Eric
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BEHIND THE FACES OF AESTHETICIZED URBANISM IN TUNXI, CHINA
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban policy in China has become increasingly predicated on securing an approved aesthetic that reflects ideological campaigns and political programmes. In highlighting the role of the aesthetic in Chinese urbanism, this article argues that the party‐state draws on an aesthetic palette that places the contemporary urban landscape in a ...
Yanpeng Jiang, Paul Waley, Asa Roast
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Africa is recognized as the final frontier for urbanization and capitalism. Following a long wave of massive loans to promote state‐led developments, small private foreign and local developers are transforming the urban landscape on the outskirts of Luanda, forging partnerships with Angola's national and local governments and developing an ...
Higor Carvalho
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The social life of money for children
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.Abstract Inspired by Nigel Dodd's The Social Life of Money, this article proposes an analysis of entangled economic lives, that is, how meaning, structures and politics jointly shape the flow of monies within households. The past decades have marked a shift from “childrearing expenditures” to “parenting investments” that align with new visions of both ...
Nina Bandelj
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Authentic recreation: living history and leisure
Museum & Society, 2007 This essay considers a postmodern interpretation of the concept of authenticity and a criticism of that interpretation advanced from an ethnographic perspective.
Lain Hart
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Tracing the early adoption of computer gang databases by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1980s to the deployment of computationally‐assisted surveillance during the Vietnam War, this paper uses a genealogical approach to compare surveillance technologies developed across the arc of ...
Christina Hughes
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The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 2000s have witnessed a significant, worldwide boom in new art museums founded by private, wealthy collectors. While the arts have long been a key arena for the remaking of elite distinction and the reproduction of inequalities, this surge in private museums has sparked much controversy.
Sara de Andrade Silva +2 more
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