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A System of Shared Autonomous Vehicles Combined with Park-And-Ride in Residential Areas

open access: yesSustainability, 2019
As suburbanization and unprecedented population aging are converging, enhanced personal mobility for suburban residents is required. In this study, a collaborative scheme involving park-and-ride services associated with public transport and a shared ...
Yefang Zhou   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Suburbanization

open access: yes, 2009
Suburbia varies widely both between countries and within them. In some countries suburbanization represents the forcing out of the powerless from the center; in others it is a retreat from the center that allows the privileged to perpetuate their ...
A. Mace, Mace, A.
core   +1 more source

The Crescent District in Saigon South: A Showcase for Post-Modern Urban Development in Vietnam [PDF]

open access: yesPacific Geographies, 2010
Vietnam’s metropoles have witnessed two major inter-linked developments during the past decade: First, the widespread erection of comprehensively planned new urban areas in the urban periphery; second, the gradual emergence of an urban middle-class ...
Waibel, Michael
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Gentrification and the suburbanization of poverty: evidence from a highly regulated housing system

open access: yesUrban Geography
There is growing evidence of a suburbanization of poverty in the context of accelerating gentrification, particularly in liberal housing systems.
Selim Banabak   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The ethnic dimensions of suburbanisation in Estonia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Large-scale suburbanisation is a relatively recent phenomenon in East Central Europe and is responsible for major socio-spatial changes in metropolitan areas.
Leetmaa, K.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

URBAN SPRAWL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE ROMANIAN METROPOLITAN AREAS [PDF]

open access: yesRevue Roumaine de Géographie, 2012
In Romania nearly 7,500,000 (34%) inhabitants are living in metropolitan areas. The socio-economic and political changes brought about by the post-communist period have reshaped the metropolitan landscape together with its functional and socio-spatial ...
NICOLETA TICANĂ   +3 more
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Regional Differences in U.S. Consumer Preferences for Native Woody Shrubs With Varying Aesthetic Characteristics

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Designing with Care - Interior Design and Residential Child Care Final Report [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This exploratory study examined the attitudes to a range of design interventions in four residential care homes for children in South Lanarkshire. The project set out to identify the benefits and disadvantages to young people and staff of a change in ...
Lerpiniere, Jennifer   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

SUBURBANIZATION IN SMALL TOWNS – CASE STUDY OF MODŘICE U BRNO [PDF]

open access: yesAnalele Universității din Craiova. Seria Geografie, 2007
The paper analyses how the suburbanization process impacts on small towns in vicinity of a big town. Modřice near Brno was chosen as a case study. The course of residential, commercial and industrial suburbanization is observed. A special commuting flows
Antonín VAISHAR, Jana ZAPLETALOVÁ
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