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Purísima 3: un ejemplo de villa periurbana en "Valentia"

open access: yesCuadernos de Arqueología de la Universidad de Navarra, 2017
Este artículo tiene como objetivo mostrar los restos inéditos de un espacio doméstico situado en los suburbia de Valentia, a menos de 1 km del pomoerium, de características únicas en la ciudad. Se trata de una serie de estancias pavimentadas con mosaicos
Mirella Machancoses López   +1 more
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“The compass of possibilities”: Re-Mapping the Suburbs of Los Angeles in the Writings of D.J. Waldie

open access: yesEuropean Journal of American Studies, 2011
This article uses the works of the writer, memoirist, and Lakewood, California public official, D. J. Waldie to deepen our concept of “region” and to re-assess many of the stereotypical discourses associated with the American suburbs.
Neil Campbell
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Suburbanisation and Suburbanisms – Making Sense of Continental European Developments

open access: yesRaumforschung und Raumordnung, 2018
This paper provides a brief overview of recent developments and debates concerned with suburbanisation in continental Europe. While current discourses in urban research and practice still focus on processes of reurbanisation and the gentrification of ...
Markus Hesse, Stefan Siedentop
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Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Picture Windows: Architecture of Privacy and Surveillance

open access: yese-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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Comparative Analysis of the Patterns of Informal Settlements Case study: Marivan city [PDF]

open access: yesجغرافیا و توسعه, 2017
Informal settlements is one of the fundamental challenges of urban management and identifying the existing patterns in these settlements will help to manage this type of style of residence.
Farzad Veisi
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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

Melting Pot Ottakring!? Distinktionsprozesse und Disziplinierungsbestrebungen an den Rändern des Urbanen

open access: yesÖsterreichische Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaften, 2017
: Processes of social distinction and disciplining efforts on the urban margins can be explored historically in different areas such as housing and social politics, both communal and private.
Heidi Niederkofler, Elke Rajal
doaj   +1 more source

Quantifying Consumer Tradeoffs Across Firm‐Level Strategic Positioning Dimensions: Evidence from US Craft Beer Consumers

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Strategic positioning becomes increasingly important as markets mature, particularly in consumer‐facing industries that offer similar products, experiential cues, and values‐based messages. This study offers a conceptual model to examine the strategic positioning factors that motivate consumers to visit one local business over another before ...
Aaron J. Staples   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Caregiving and Paid Employment in Suburbia: The Cases of Hamburg‐Oberbillwerder and Munich‐Freiham

open access: yesUrban Planning
Urban planning has long been criticised for privileging the spatial needs and demands of paid employment, thus discriminating against caregivers. This critique applied especially to monofunctional suburban districts that lacked childcare and employment ...
Henriette Bertram   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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