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Dynamique commerciale et périurbanisation dans les petites villes d’Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

open access: yesEspace populations sociétés, 2023
Based on the findings of profound changes in the retail trade of small towns, this article aims to study the relationship between suburbanization and commercial dynamics in urban areas of 5,000 to 50,000 inhabitants.
Milhan Chaze
doaj   +1 more source

Social determinants of mental health of women living in slum: a systematic review [PDF]

open access: yesObstetrics & Gynecology Science, 2021
Objective With the rise of urbanization globally, the problem of living in slums has become a problem for the civil society. As a vulnerable segment, women make up half of the population in these regions; therefore, women’s mental health has always been ...
Fatemeh Abdi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long-run suburbanization trends in Portugal

open access: yesRegional Studies, Regional Science, 2022
Using census data from 1960 to 2021, this graphic reveals how suburban municipalities evolved from representing less than 19% of the population in mainland Portugal to almost 39%.
Bruno T. Rocha
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La dynamique spatiale des activités logistiques dans les aires urbaines françaises

open access: yesCybergeo, 2016
The number and intensity of freight flows has increased over the last decades, in a context of fast integration of the world economy and deep transformation of production and distribution systems.
David Guerrero, Laurent Proulhac
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Urban Sprawl in Poland (2016–2021): Drivers, Wildcards, and Spatial Externalities

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2022
The COVID-19 lockdown in 2020–2021 and the refugee crisis in 2021–2022 were two new and unexpected social and political events in Poland in recent years.
Piotr A. Werner   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Let it Sprawl: Post-Socialist Policies Enabling Suburbanization

open access: yesArchitektúra & Urbanizmus, 2023
Suburbanization processes in the hinterland of Bratislava represent one of the most significant socio-spatial transformations in the post-socialist history of Slovakia.
Pavel Šuška, Martin Šveda
doaj   +1 more source

Interrelated aspects of residential suburbanization and collective quality of life: A case study in Czech suburbs

open access: yesActa Geographica Slovenica, 2017
Most people moving to suburban municipalities seek to enhance their quality of life. However, residential suburbanization may contribute to spatial separation of the population and adversely affect the collective quality of life.
Jaroslav Biolek   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Many-faced global suburbanization

open access: yesRUDN journal of Sociology
The article is a review of the book by A.S. Breslavsky Suburbanization and the Future of Russian Cities: An Introduction (Moscow: Center for Humanitarian Initiatives; 2024. 170 p.).
L. A. Ovchintseva
doaj   +1 more source

Trends in Development of Residential Areas in Suburban Zone of the City of Nitra (Slovakia)

open access: yesEuropean Countryside, 2017
Political changes in Slovakia after 1989 initiated new economic trends which significantly affected the structure of cities and rural municipalities.
Repaská Gabriela   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Regional Differences in U.S. Consumer Preferences for Native Woody Shrubs With Varying Aesthetic Characteristics

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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