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DOES SMALL TOWN WITH TOURISTIC FUNCTION HAVE DEMOGRAPHIC POTENTIAL?
Zbornik Radova: Geografski institut "Jovan Cvijić", 2017 This research is conducted to determine impacts of tourism development on the demographic image of selected small towns in Serbia. Analyzing the following indicators – tourism potential, the share of inhabitants employed in the tourism industry, tourist ...
Jasna Stojanović +2 more
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Students in rural schools have limited access to advanced mathematics courses [PDF]
, 2009 This Carsey brief reveals that students in rural areas and small towns have less access to higher-level mathematics courses than students in urban settings, which results in serious educational consequences, including lower scores on assessment tests and
Graham, Suzanne E.
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American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background A causal association between occupational asbestos exposure and lung disease, including pneumoconiosis and mesothelioma, is well established. Elevated mortality among former asbestos miners is expected. However, large‐scale South African studies examining all‐cause mortality in this population are lacking.
Yumna Williams‐Mohamed +3 more
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The impact of The Warehouse on New Zealand small towns: A discussion paper with specific reference to Maori [PDF]
, 2007 This discussion paper is based on empirical material looking at the social impact of The Warehouse (TW) on small town NZ. The results of this research show that Māori have a more positive orientation to The Warehouse than the non-Māori population.
Davenport, Eileen +2 more
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
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Rural rebound: Newcomers revitalize small towns
California Agriculture, 1980 Small-town economies have rebounded with the influx of new residents from cities, who bring with them skills, professional backgrounds, or retirement incomes.
G Rinaldi, E Vine, E Blakely, T Bradshaw
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European Journal of Spatial DevelopmentQuestions of actual and imagined relationality are still a gap in small town research. The paper closes this gap by focussing on imagined relations and relational imaginaries of two small towns, Zeitz and Lauchhammer, in East Germany.
Franziska Görmar
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Between Urban and Rural: Sustainability of Small Towns in the Czech Republic
European Countryside, 2016 The paper analyses the position of small towns in the Czech settlement system. It deals with the definition of small towns, their geographical positions, demographic characteristics and functions in the national settlement system.
Vaishar Antonín +2 more
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Attractiveness of the small towns in the Czech Republic [PDF]
The paper deals with attractiveness of small towns (from 3 to 20 thousand inhabitants) in the Czech Republic. It analyses development of the inhabitants of the small towns from the half of the 19th century until nowadays.
Jiri Jezek
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 2019, the Australian government established the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (‘Disability Royal Commission’, DRC) to investigate widespread mistreatment of people with disability. Nearly 10,000 people with disability, their families and supporters engaged with the DRC.
Kate D'Cruz +7 more
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