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Isolation, Insularity and Resilience: A Review of the Geophysical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Vulnerabilities of Gran Canaria and Lesvos Islands for Policy Interventions to Global Change

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate Action Delay Discourses in the Sports Sector: Insights From Interviews With Athletes and Staff

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is a major contradiction between the current model of international elite sport and efforts to mitigate climate change. This study investigates climate action delay discourses within the sports sector by analyzing 28 semi‐structured interviews with athletes and sports federation employees.
Pascal Stegmann, Manuel Suter
wiley   +1 more source

Local labor market frictions and platform‐based entrepreneurship

open access: yesStrategic Entrepreneurship Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary Building on prior research about the heterogeneous impact of labor shocks on individuals' propensity to start businesses, we explore how local labor market frictions affect individuals' selection into platform‐based entrepreneurship.
Ruiqing Cao, Yifan Lyu
wiley   +1 more source

River basin recreational potential for rural tourism development in Aktobe region

open access: yesCentral Asian Journal of Water Research
The aim of the research was to analyze the climate comfort and assess the recreational potential of river basins for the development of rural tourism in Aktobe Region, Kazakhstan.
Omirzakova M.   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Greenway development and gentrification

open access: yesSouthern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents research on expanding access to green spaces in developed areas. Critics claim greenway projects lead to gentrification by increasing the demand for housing and pushing out residents in nearby neighborhoods. We look for evidence of this phenomenon using a sorting model and panel data on aggregate populations in Atlanta ...
Jarron VanCeylon, Richard T. Melstrom
wiley   +1 more source

Peculiarities of recreational infrastructure development in forests in Lithuania

open access: yesRURAL DEVELOPMENT 2019, 2011
Edvardas Riepšas   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Dynamic Modelling of Critical Infrastructures for Improved Disaster Habitation Recovery

open access: yesSystems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Natural disasters damage infrastructure systems that support housing habitability, leading to population displacement. Recovery efforts speed up infrastructure capacity restoration and, thereby, rehabitation by displaced residents. Current recovery policy analysis methods focus on individual infrastructure systems or overall community recovery
Benjamin C. Ozumba, David N. Ford
wiley   +1 more source

Quebrantahuesos. 2024 Santiago, Chile

open access: yesARQ
In response to the phenomenon of so-called “vertical ghettos” in Santiago—high-density rental towers with insufficient facilities or infrastructure—this thesis project proposes reprogramming a 34-story building as collective infrastructure.
Daniel Gallardo
doaj   +1 more source

The Pier Luigi Nervi's concrete structure of Palazzetto dello Sport: Modeling and dynamic characterization

open access: yesStructural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper presents a numerical and experimental study aimed at the modeling and dynamic characterization of the reinforced concrete structure of the Palazzetto dello Sport in Rome, designed and by Pier Luigi Nervi with Annibale Vitellozzi, and built by Nervi & Bartoli contractors in 1956‐57.
Jacopo Ciambella   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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