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TAXI, CHILLI AND MOBILE PARTY BRANCH: Reterritorialization of Migrants in Urban Villages, Shenzhen
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In China as well as in other countries, migrants often grapple with urban inequities by actively reshaping the functions and meanings of their environments. While acknowledging established frameworks such as place‐making and urban informality, this study adopts a complementary lens, framing migrants’ everyday practices as a process of ...
Xinrui Gao, Jennifer Day, Sun Sheng Han
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Proposed Streetscape Design Indicators to Enhance Livability, Accessibility, and Aesthetics in Urban Environments - The Case of Al Corniche Street in New Mansoura City, Egypt [PDF]
JES: Journal of Engineering SciencesStreets play a fundamental role in the urban landscape, serving as multifunctional spaces that accommodate social interactions, commerce, culture, and diverse modes of transportation.
Rawya Ragab, Ibram Sedhom
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Women in business: Gender and commercial space in nineteenth‐century Glasgow
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Focusing on women entrepreneurs in a large British city, we examine how women's commercially listed businesses populated that city. Using commercial property rental records, our study allows us to understand sectoral variation and the distribution of businesses across the city and to assess both the absolute and relative contribution of women ...
Graeme Acheson +2 more
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Virtual audits of streetscapes by crowdworkers
Health & Place, 2019 Audits have been used to provide objective ratings of neighborhood environments. Physical audits, however, are time- and resource-intensive. This study examines the efficiency and reliability of virtual auditing using Google Street View and crowdsourcing to conduct walkability audits of streets in Japan. Overall, 830 street segments were physically and
Hanibuchi, Tomoya +2 more
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Family Relations, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This cross‐sectional study examined the role of children's nature exposure within the broader interactional family system associated with children's problematic screen behavior. Background With screen‐based technology playing an increasingly central role in children's lives, nature exposure provides a promising but understudied ...
Marina Torjinski +3 more
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Subterranean to Skyline—Street Trees as Boundary Agents in the Composition of the Street Section
Proceedings, 2019 Before we parked cars—we parked trees. These ‘parked’ verges, supplanted by parking places during the 1900’s, now present opportunities in cities such as Oslo, looking to cultivate car free, climate resilient, liveable spaces.
Deborah E. Davies
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Urban transit impacting greenery especially on streetscape: A review [PDF]
Urbanism. Arhitectura. Constructii, 2022 With increasing urban development, urban transit systems and corridors have emerged as an important aspect of the urban fabric with mixed use development in their surroundings. Urban Transit Systems are accessible to all groups of people and allow people
Manika Goel +2 more
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Is Time Travel Possible? Accidental Signs as Sociolinguistic “Wormholes”
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sociolinguistics primarily focuses on deliberately staged public signs, while relatively less attention has been given to ephemeral and non‐deliberate signs in urban environments. This study investigates “ accidental signs,” which are hidden historical texts suddenly exposed by unpredictable events.
Ge SONG (宋歌)
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Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning, 2023 This paper examines placemaking and the outcomes of urban design issues in a waterfront area. The fine-grained urban fabric has played an important role in waterfront regeneration schemes globally. Acting towards environmental challenges to provide green
Mehmet Aytekin Saygılı +1 more
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“Playing Tetris”: Domestic Infrastructures of Labor Participation in Spain's Transport Sector
Anthropology of Work Review, Volume 47, Issue 2, December 2026.ABSTRACT This article examines how women drivers in Malaga's private passenger transport sector sustain paid work while holding primary responsibility for domestic labor and care. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork conducted between 2020 and 2021 with women taxi and platform‐based drivers (Uber and Cabify), it explores the everyday arrangements that ...
Belén Martínez Caparrós
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