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Residential Toponyms and Urban Change (1890–2000) in a Seaside Resort Town, Benicàssim, Spain
This paper examines the naming patterns of residential dwellings in a seaside resort town, Benicàssim (Valencia), on Spain's Mediterranean coast. The fieldwork encompassed a survey of over 500 dwelling units along the town's coastal margin which has been
Vicent Ortells Chabrera, Robert B. Kent
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Short Abstract In this article, we explore how the participatory futuring practice of community visioning can both reveal participation in energy and energy transitions as well as inform how we understand and shape fairer energy geographies. We compare three case studies of community visioning for energy transitions in Poland, Spain and the United ...
Emily K. Gray +6 more
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Impacts of the renewable energy transition on global plant diversity: A review
People and nature need a renewable energy transition to help address the growing, and catastrophic, effects of climate change. A sustainable energy transition involves rigorously examining the potential impacts on nature – including plant life – and creating pathways for impact mitigation that strike a clear balance between energy production and ...
Rachael V. Gallagher +7 more
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The evolution of accommodation services in a coastal resort town: Hermanus, South Africa. [PDF]
Small town tourism is attracting a growing international as well as South African scholarship. This paper addresses one thus far neglected theme of research about tourism in small towns, namely the historical development of the accommodation services ...
Jayne M. Rogerson
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Urban green spaces in view of balance between social and economic interests
When discussing the priorities and leverage in urban development, we usually use such concepts as „economic potential“, „financial investment“, „a great quantity of constructions1“, etc. However, the final result should in fact strive for human happiness,
Vladas Stauskas
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ABSTRACT Turkish migration to Germany has been the largest‐scale labour migration in postwar Europe, yet scant attention has been paid to the return flow to Turkey, and even less to the second generation's ‘return’. This paper rectifies this oversight and focuses specifically on the role of place in shaping the post‐return experiences of the second ...
Nilay Kılınç, Russell King
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Universities, ‘Left Behind Places’ and the Making of a Moral Crisis
Abstract Britain's universities face an acute financial and moral crisis. Once celebrated as engines of the knowledge economy and social mobility, they are now viewed increasingly with suspicion—criticised as elitist, self‐serving and detached from public needs.
Sarah Chaytor, John Tomaney
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The emergence of leisure culture in Lithuania began in the late 19th century, gradually giving rise to resort towns. Although in some cases, recreational architecture can be associated with relatively luxurious examples that follow the European resort ...
Migonytė-Petrulienė Viltė
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Il turismo a Venezia dal secondo dopoguerra ad oggi
In the first half of the 20th century, Venice was one of the main destination for elite tourism in Italy, thanks to the renown seaside resort of the Lido.
Andrea Zannini
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A Licence to Kill: Necroeconomic Suffocation by Stealth and the Fight for Life
Abstract Three decades of austerity in the UK have seen the deterioration of the elemental infrastructures, those that provided a basic level of security for the population. In this article, we analyse the case of Awaab Ishak, who died (age two) when he suffocated from mould in his home in Rochdale, North‐West England.
Imogen Tyler, Beverley Skeggs
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