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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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Imagined relations – relational imaginaries: on the discursive interrelations of small towns in East Germany

European Journal of Spatial Development
Questions 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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Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
Sarah W. Kariuki, Francisca N. Muteti, Annemie Maertens, Michael Ndegwa, Hope Michelson, Mercy Mbugua, Jason Donovan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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, Zapletalová Jana, Nováková Eva   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

High‐elevation endemic plants predicted to lose habitat from changing climate in Washington State

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise High‐elevation plants face unique challenges from potential climate change impacts that will likely require upslope migration into increasingly smaller suitable habitat. This situation is particularly acute for endemic species that by definition occupy small geographic ranges.
Nicholas L. Gjording, Erik W. Ertsgaard, David E. Giblin, Iris H. Dimpsey, Owen B. Bard   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Immigrant mental health, safe work, discrimination, and state policies: From racism and xenophobia to health equity

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract An ecological model was developed to examine the pathways linking immigration state policies to physically safe work conditions and work volition, interpersonal discrimination, and mental health distress. The ecological framework was tested among two subsamples totaling 529 Latinx immigrant participants: (1) immigrants who resided in states ...
Germán A. Cadenas, Thanharat Silamongkol, H. Kenny Nienhusser, Fiorella L. Carlos Chavez, Cristalís Capielo Rosario, Lucas Torres, Oswaldo Moreno   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese, Chiara Fiscone, Ashraf Kagee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Firearm carrying practices and motivations: A mixed methods study among adults and youth

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The purpose of this participatory action, mixed methods research study was to identify motivations related to firearm carrying from a qualitative perspective, and then to use quantitative research to characterize the patterns of motivations around carrying.
Krista R. Mehari, Colleen S. Walsh, L. Taylor Stevens, Jasmine N. Coleman, Alice Ellyson, Phillip N. Smith   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diverse diversities-Open innovation in small towns and rural areas [PDF]

, 2019
It is generally accepted that cities and other forms of geographic agglomerations are conducive to innovation because their density and variety of firms, sectors and individuals create a diverse environment.
Shearmur, Richard, Richard Shearmur, Meili, Rahel, Rahel Meili   +3 more
core   +3 more sources