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From built environment to health inequalities: An explanatory framework based on evidence

open access: yesPreventive Medicine Reports, 2015
Objective: The Health in All Policies strategy aims to engage every policy domain in health promotion. The more socially disadvantaged groups are usually more affected by potential negative impacts of policies if they are not health oriented.
Elena Gelormino   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of the experience of implementing urban redevelopment projects in Russia

open access: yesE-Management, 2021
The relevance of the study is determined by the identified shortage of the urban environment in Russia, namely those types of buildings that meet modern requirements. In large cities, the only way to change this situation is redevelopment.
E. I. Andrianova   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Informality and the Development and Demolition of Urban Villages in the Chinese Peri-urban Area [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The fate of Chinese urban villages (chengzhongcun) has recently attracted both research and policy attention. Two important unaddressed questions are: what are the sources of informality in otherwise orderly Chinese cities; and, will village ...
Webster, C, Wu, F, Zhang, F
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Social (In)justice and Rental Housing Discrimination in Urban Canada: The Case of Ethno-racial Minorities in the Herongate Community in Ottawa

open access: yesStudies in Social Justice, 2021
In 2015, the predominantly visible minority immigrant community of Herongate, in Ottawa, Ontario, was slated for redevelopment by its landlord, Timbercreek Asset Management.
Joseph Mensah, Daniel Tucker-Simmons
doaj   +1 more source

Redevelopment of urban areas [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2021
In the context of ongoing transformations in society and the globalization of economic relations, the objects of the spatial environment of modern urban areas are also changing.
Lapidus Azarii, Topchiy Dmitry
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial Conflicts in ‘Production, Living, and Ecological Space’ Functions at Urban Fringes: The Case of Zengcheng, Guangzhou

open access: yesApplied Sciences
Understanding the interdependencies among production, living, and ecological spaces (PLESs) is critical for sustainable regional development. Urban fringe areas, shaped by rapid urbanization and conflicting land-use demands, are particularly vulnerable ...
Ziqing Feng, Shaoqiu Long, Yilun Liu
doaj   +1 more source

Living in the industrial city: Housing quality, land ownership and the archaeological evidence from industrial Manchester, 1740-1850 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper looks at the recent archaeological evidence for industrial housing in Manchester, United Kingdom. The paper argues that a fragmented land-holding pattern developed in a number of city-centre areas during the second half of the eighteenth ...
Nevell, MD
core   +2 more sources

Analyzing Citizens’ Perception and Attitudes Towards Housing Development in Norwalk Through SEM and Machine Learning Methods

open access: yesUrban Science
This study analyzed citizens’ subjective perceptions and attitudes toward housing development in Norwalk, Connecticut, employing structural equation modeling (SEM) and machine learning techniques.
Hamid Mostofi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transit-Oriented Brownfield Redevelopment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Best Poster Award, Department of Economics, Fall 2019Brownfield properties are properties wherein future use is inhibited either by the presence or perceived presence of harmful pollutants. As a consequence, these properties are difficult to develop and
Johnson, Cornelius, IV
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Back and forward to the future: an explorative study of public responses to urban groundwater contamination [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The objective of this case study is to explore responses by residents confronted with groundwater contamination in their community. Using a mail-survey design, self-administered questionnaires were collected (N = 170) that included questions about risk ...
Vandermoere, Frédéric   +1 more
core   +1 more source

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