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Change of municipal finances due to suburbanization as a development challenge on the example of Poland

open access: yesBulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2017
The article summarizes the results of a study of the impact of suburbanization on the budgets of Polish gminas existing in the zones of influence of big cities. The study covers the 2001-2010 period and examines the zone of influence of 12 most important
Smutek Jan
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Beyond standardisation, subjects and syllabi: How primary schools organise for arts richness in an era of curriculum reform

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract As England embarks on its first comprehensive curriculum review in fifteen years, this paper offers critical insights from schools that sustained arts‐rich provision despite a policy landscape hostile to creative subjects. Drawing on data from the Researching Arts‐rich Primary Schools (RAPS) project—a mixed‐methods study of 76 arts‐rich ...
Pat Thomson, Christine Hall
wiley   +1 more source

A Comparative Study of Portuguese Homebuyers’ Suburbanization in the Toronto and Montreal Areas

open access: yesEspace populations sociétés, 2006
This paper examines immigrant home-ownership, suburbanization and resegregation with comparative reference to Portuguese communities in Toronto and Montreal and their adjacent suburbs (Mississauga and Laval respectively).
Carlos Teixeira
doaj   +1 more source

Cooperative learning strategies to raise attainment in mathematics with pupils aged 11–16 years: A systematic literature review

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Cooperative learning is a widely adopted teaching method to improve academic achievement. This review synthesises existing research on the use of cooperative learning within a school setting for pupils aged 11–16 years. Such a review has not been undertaken to date and will present an evidence base for educators considering implementation ...
Patricia Hampson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Crescent District in Saigon South: A Showcase for Post-Modern Urban Development in Vietnam [PDF]

open access: yesPacific Geographies, 2010
Vietnam’s metropoles have witnessed two major inter-linked developments during the past decade: First, the widespread erection of comprehensively planned new urban areas in the urban periphery; second, the gradual emergence of an urban middle-class ...
Waibel, Michael
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Transferring land use rights with transportation infrastructure extensions: Evidence on spatiotemporal price formation in Shanghai

open access: yesJournal of Transport and Land Use, 2019
To address the efficiency and sustainability of residential suburbanization under state leasehold systems, this study examines the price formation of long-term land-use rights for general and compensational housing empirically, considering the successive
Zheng Chang, Jin Murakami
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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
wiley   +1 more source

Suburbanization in Multi-ethnic Area – Conflicts and Local Strategies

open access: yesModern Geográfia
The effects of suburbanization can be examined from several aspects, but beyond the individual decisions that initiated it, the real estate market aspects, or the transformation of land use, the effects on local communities and their reactions are rarely
Balizs, Dániel, Somogyi, Kitti
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Communication of Business‐Nonprofit Collaborations and Environmental Legitimacy: Exploratory Insights From Italian Firms

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Collaborations with nonprofits can enhance firms' legitimacy, yet the relationship between their communication and corporate environmental legitimacy remains poorly understood. Furthermore, research lacks an analysis of the communication of business‐nonprofit collaborations through multiple actors' perspectives.
Andrea Rizzuni   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic of urban-rural interface in Romania in transition and post-transition period [PDF]

open access: yesPresent Environment and Sustainable Development
This paper analyzes the evolution of the Romanian urban system and its urban-rural interfaces during the transition and post-transition periods, focusing on the demographic shifts between 1992 and 2022.
Cosmina-Andreea MANEA
doaj   +1 more source

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