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Immigrants’ housing in the housing market in Russia: from the results of sociological questionnaire

RUDN Journal of Economics, 2018
The study is based on the results of an original sociological survey conducted in 25 cities of Russia from June 2017 to March 2018 by the author. This paper focuses especially on labour immigrants from Central Asia, Ukraine, Belarus and Caucasus regions into Russia.
openaire   +3 more sources

Coping Practices of Small‐ and Medium‐Sized Enterprises Facing Power Asymmetry in Digital Platform Business

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Digital platform (DP) enterprises have risen to the top of the global economy by inverting traditional business models. They earn money through matchmaking, transaction facilitation, and efficient orchestration of other stakeholders' resources.
Lukas R. G. Fitz, Jochen Scheeg
wiley   +1 more source

Emerging commons: Cooperative Housing in Switzerland

Cidades, Comunidades e Território
Access to quality and affordable housing is a growing challenge, and civil society has responded with participatory and self-managed housing experiences. Housing cooperatives in Switzerland belong to this phenomenon.
Claudia Sanchez-Bajo
doaj  

L’espace domestique au prisme de la santé respiratoire

Géographie et Cultures
Individuals affected by chronic respiratory diseases meticulously manage their indoor environments to safeguard their health from common household pathogens.
Virginie Loizeau
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Sociological survey research Rehabilitation of housing estates in Ljubljana – Savsko naselje [PDF]

Urbani Izziv, 2005
The article presents some key findings of the sociological survey research Rehabilitation of housing estates in Ljubljana – Savsko naselje. It focused on attitudes and opinions of the estate’s residents and estimated their future residential preferences.
Franc Trček
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Small Community Businesses in Slums: A Perspective on Kenyan Slum Networks

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on networks, the relational dimensions and structures cocreated by small community businesses and cooperative societies through everyday entrepreneurship in slum neighborhoods remain undertheorized. Drawing upon 1166 small community businesses, we conceptualize the relational dimensions and structures underlying ...
Amon Simba, Yun He, Preethi Misha, Yan Wang   +3 more
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Economic approaches to measuring labor exploitation in agriculture: A systematic literature review of indicators and methodologies

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, EarlyView.
Abstract Agriculture remains highly vulnerable to labor exploitation, affecting almost two million workers worldwide and drawing increasing attention, particularly within the framework of Sustainable Development Goal 8 of the United Nations 2030 Agenda. However, the informal nature of exploitation and fragmented data complicate its analysis.
Claudio Mirabella, Emanuele Schimmenti, Antonino Galati, Valeria Borsellino   +3 more
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Spatial relationship between population shrinkage and land development in northeast China

Frontiers in Environmental Science
IntroductionAnalyzing the features of population shrinkage and land development, as well as the spatial coordination relationship between population and land, has reference value for optimizing the allocation of land resources in areas with shrinking ...
Xueqin Wang, Jiacheng Hu, Shen Zhao, Rui Hu   +3 more
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Beyond Reality Avoidance: Unraveling the Paradox of Escapism Through Self‐Monitoring and Autonomy Mechanisms for Consumers' Life Satisfaction

Psychology &Marketing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study introduces the Paradox of Escapism, exploring how the act of escaping reality can evolve from a short‐term avoidance strategy to a mechanism for self‐regulation and enhanced life satisfaction. Employing five rigorous, multimethod investigations, including qualitative interviews and sentiment analysis (Study 1), Structural Equation ...
Thamiris Magalhães de Sousa, Flávio Santino Bizarrias, Thelma Valéria Rocha, Larissa Luz Raposo   +3 more
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Crisis Preparation, Capacity Building, and Community Resilience: Lessons From Maui

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 2023 Maui wildfires provide a unique context to explore the impact of nonprofit crisis networks taking a proactive role in community crisis response, leveraging resources, expertise, and networks. The Hawaiʻi Community Foundation (HCF) has been a key player in Maui's local response, providing critical support, mobilizing volunteers, and ...
Lauren Azevedo, Kaila Witkowski, Ratna Dougherty, Christa Remington   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source