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Residential preferences and population distribution [PDF]
Demography, 1975 Abstract Public opinion research has revealed decided preferences for living in rural areas and small towns, and proponents of population deconcentration have interpreted this as support for their policies. This study, based on a national sample, yielded similar results, but when we introduced the additional possibility of a preference ...
G V, Fuguitt, J J, Zuiches
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Residential preferences of the ‘creative class’? [PDF]
Cities, 2013 The desire for 'vibrant', 'bohemian' neighbourhoods forms a focal point of the amenity preferences of Richard Florida's 'creative class' thesis. Here, a vibrant street culture, which includes cafes and restaurants spilling onto the pavement, is implied as being of key importance in the selection of a residential area for creative and knowledge workers.
Lawton, Philip +2 more
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Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2011 Issues of intense suburbanization and urban sprawl have been the most discussed threads in the recent debate on urban development in Poland. Meanwhile, in numerous cities of Western Europe signs of inner-city revival have been observed and ...
Grabkowska Maja
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Students’ residential preferences: a case study is dormitories of University of Mohaghegh Ardabili
Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering, 2022 Researchers believe that the architecture of residential halls has a significant impact on various aspects of students’ lives, especially on the quality of their education.
Mohammadreza Daliri Dizaj +1 more
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Advantage of ‘Near’: Which Accessibilities Matter to Whom?
European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research, 2011 This paper explores people’s preferences for living close to destinations such as work, service, leisure and social activities, satisfaction with the proximities offered by their residential location, as well as more general residential satisfaction. The
Katarina Haugen
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Housing Orientations and Needs of Above-Average Length of Stay Hospitalized Psychiatric Patients
Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2020 A small number of severely and persistently mentally ill in-patients awaiting residential or long-stay facilities represent an obstacle to the efficient utilization of acute care beds.
Filippo Rapisarda +7 more
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Effects of Heterogeneity in Residential Preferences on an Agent-Based Model of Urban Sprawl
Ecology and Society, 2006 The ability of agent-based models (ABMs) to represent heterogeneity in the characteristics and behaviors of actors enables analyses about the implications of this heterogeneity for system behavior.
Daniel G. Brown, Derek T. Robinson
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Social Sciences, 2018 The index of dissimilarity (D) has historically been and continues to be a widely used quantitative measure of residential segregation. Conventional interpretations of D imply that normatively desirable residential patterns occur when ethnoracial ...
Jeffrey M. Timberlake
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Residential preferences and migration [PDF]
Demography, 1977 Abstract For some time now, public opinion polls have revealed Americans’ strong preference to live in comparatively small cities, towns, and rural areas rather than in large cities. However, as Fuguitt and Zuiches (1975) have reported, the majority of people also want these places to be within commuting distance of a large metropolitan ...
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Urban sprawl : neighbourhood dissatisfaction and urban preferences : some evidence from Flanders [PDF]
, 2016 Early studies suggest that people living in rural neighbourhoods are more satisfied with their residential location than people living in cities. Consequently, most individuals seem to prefer low-density environments to reside in.
De Vos, Jonas +2 more
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