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Facilitators and barriers to neighborhood social integration
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Social isolation has reached concerning rates, particularly in the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Social integration is critical to combatting social isolation and loneliness by promoting a sense of community and belonging. Yet, most existing research centers on fostering close personal relationships within family and friend networks.
Joelle Fuchs +6 more
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A Quantitative Analysis of Suburbanization and the Diffusion of the Automobile [PDF]
Suburbanization in the U.S. between 1910 and 1970 was concurrent with the rapid diffusion of the automobile. A circular city model is developed in order to access quantitatively the contribution of automobiles and rising incomes to suburbanization.
Kopecky, Karen A., Suen, Richard M. H.
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SUBURBANIZATION IN SMALL TOWNS – CASE STUDY OF MODŘICE U BRNO [PDF]
Analele Universității din Craiova. Seria Geografie, 2007 The paper analyses how the suburbanization process impacts on small towns in vicinity of a big town. Modřice near Brno was chosen as a case study. The course of residential, commercial and industrial suburbanization is observed. A special commuting flows
Antonín VAISHAR, Jana ZAPLETALOVÁ
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates the longitudinal impact of socioeconomic instability on teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis among adolescents and young adults (AYA) living in an agricultural region and examines pathways including supportive family and social structures, decision making autonomy in romantic relationships ...
Marie C. D. Stoner +11 more
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Indicators of wood frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) condition in a suburbanizing landscape
Ecosphere, 2019 Wood frogs (Lithobates sylvaticus) are threatened by habitat degradation associated with suburbanization. Suburban development near pools may affect larvae with ramifications for population persistence and vitality.
Carly Eakin +2 more
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Picture Windows: Architecture of Privacy and Surveillance
e-cadernos ces, 2017 This essay, “Picture Windows: Architecture of Privacy and Surveillance,” explores how privacy became a public concern within the context of U.S. suburbanization during the 1950s.
Bärbel Harju
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Over the last three decades, overseas researchers have utilised administrative data to identify distinct patterns in shelter use. In Australia, the use of administrative data to understand service utilisation patterns among people ‘at risk’ of homelessness and experiencing homelessness is limited.
Godwin Kavaarpuo +2 more
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Moravian Geographical ReportsIn post-socialist countries, in recent years, scientific debate has focused on extensive and uncoordinated suburbanization, which has led to fragmented settlement expansion into rural areas increasingly distant from the core city.
Mantey Dorota
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Urban Sprawl in Poland (2016–2021): Drivers, Wildcards, and Spatial Externalities
Remote 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
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Unearthing the roots of urban sprawl: a critical analysis of form, function and methodology [PDF]
, 2002 Urban sprawl is one of the key issues facing cities today. There is a large volume of literature on the topic but despite this there is little agreement as to its characteristics and effects.
Chin, Nancy
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