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ON THE BRIGHTER SIDE OF THE NIGHT: Discovering Community and Care in Night Shift Work

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Within the burgeoning attention being paid to the night‐time economy (NTE) in and by cities, the demands and impacts of night work have gathered increasingly scholarly attention. Research has centred on the darker side of these, pointing to workers' precarity and vulnerability. What if we attend also to a ‘brighter side’ of the night and night
Jesse Mentha, Anna Edwards, Alison Young, Michele Acuto   +3 more
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Unveiling the Non-Linear Influence of Eye-Level Streetscape Factors on Walking Preference: Evidence from Tokyo

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Promoting walking is crucial for sustainable development and fosters individual health and well-being. Therefore, comprehensive investigations of factors that make walking attractive are vital.
Lu Huang, Takuya Oki, Sachio Muto, Yoshiki Ogawa   +3 more
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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
wiley   +1 more source

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, Gill Newton, Linda Perriton   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of small-scale green infrastructure on the affective wellbeing associated with urban sites

Scientific Reports, 2023
The largest public space in any city is its streets. Investments which incorporate small-scale green infrastructure into streetscapes can bring more nature into the lives of urban residents worldwide, including those living in even the most economically ...
Pablo Navarrete-Hernandez, Kate Laffan
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Designing Urban Streetscapes in the Climate Crisis: A Design-Driven Framework for Nature-Based Urban Regeneration

Sustainability
The climate crisis exposes the inadequacy of modern urban paradigms grounded in the separation between nature and built form. In response, this paper reframes streetscapes as architectural and urban spaces where ecological performance and spatial composition are conceived as mutually constitutive.
Ina Macaione, Bianca Andaloro, Alessandro Raffa   +2 more
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Protective by Nature: Outdoor Contexts, Family Influences, and Children's Problematic Screen Behavior

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, Jeromy Anglim, Dylan Cliff, Sharon Horwood   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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)
wiley   +1 more source

Simulating bicycle wayfinding mechanisms in an urban environment

Urban, Planning and Transport Research, 2014
With the increased recognition that bicycling is a sustainable transportation mode choice, there is a continued interest in understanding how the built environment affects bicyclist travel behavior.
Greg Rybarczyk
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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
wiley   +1 more source