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Cruising Grounds: Seeking Sex and Claiming Place in Houston, 1960–1980

open access: yesSouthern Spaces, 2020
Brian Riedel explores the role of cruising in queer territorialization and place claiming in Houston, Texas, in the twentieth century. Juxtaposing digital maps of queer businesses with an archive of cruising narratives, Riedel shows that while mapping ...
doaj   +1 more source

Disturb the peace!

open access: yes, 2014
Aktuell und leicht verspätet ist die ANT-Debatte in der deutschsprachigen Stadtforschung angekommen. Die kontroversen Diskussionen werfen Inhalte auf, die die theoretische Rahmung von kritischer Stadtforschung grundlegend hinterfragen.
Roskamm, Nikolai
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Localizable Climate Change Education in Schools: Examining Impacts on Students' Environmental Science Agency

open access: yesScience Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As our daily lives become increasingly affected by climate change, school‐based science education plays a critical role in preparing students to understand and respond to this global crisis. This cohort controlled quasi‐experimental study conducted in the United States examined whether a localized climate change storyline unit compared to ...
Lindsey Mohan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urbanization, Industrialization, and Energy Transition: An Empirical Analysis of Life Expectancy in a Developing Economy

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Urbanization is a defining feature of contemporary development, shaping economic opportunities, social structures, and health outcomes. This study examines the influence of urbanization on life expectancy in Bangladesh, with particular attention to the role of the energy mix and industrialization.
Md. Hasanur Rahman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The World of Chick-Fil-A and the Business of Sunbelt Evangelicalism

open access: yesSouthern Spaces, 2012
In this presentation from February 15, 2012 at Emory University, Darren E. Grem examines the connections between evangelicalism and capitalism at the Chick-Fil-A chain of restaurants.
doaj   +1 more source

Localising the Sustainable Development Goals. A Place‐Based Analysis of Sustainable Development in Rural and Urban Areas

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There are increasing calls for a place‐based approach towards the Sustainable Development Goals that show their territorial diversity at subnational level. Based on 33 indicators, covering 13 SDGs and aggregated in three sub‐indexes (economy, social and environment), this paper develops a Sustainable Development Index for Rural and Urban Areas
Lucas Olmedo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are Suburban Firms More Likely to Discriminate Against African Americans? [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper presents a test of the hypothesis that employers in suburban locations are more likely to discriminate against African Americans than are employers located in central cities.
M. A. Stoll, H. J. Holzer, S. Raphael
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From Plot to Block: Participatory Land Use for Climate‐Resilient Detached Housing in Finland

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how urban planning in Finland is adapting to climate change, focusing on the practical challenges planners face in single‐family housing areas. It draws on participatory workshops with municipal planners in Pori and Joensuu, where three planning tools—green factor metrics, impermeable surface limits, and the 3–30‐300 ...
Hossam Hewidy
wiley   +1 more source

The Theory of Interpersonal Behaviour Applied to the Mediating Influence of Habit on Recycling Behaviour in South African Townships

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recycling rates in South African townships remain critically low, undermining progress towards sustainable development and the transition to a circular economy. This study applies the theory of interpersonal behaviour (TIP) to examine how recycling habits mediate the relationship between key drivers—past behaviour, environmental concern ...
Thomas Dobbelstein, K. Mercy Makhitha
wiley   +1 more source

Urban arrival spaces as border areas of segregation? Comment on Nihad El-Kayed „Segregation als Grenzformation“

open access: yes
Angesichts der Bedeutung von internationaler Zuwanderung und Fluchtmigration für das Städtewachstum hat sich an der Schnittstelle von Stadt- und Migrationssoziologie eine Diskussion um städtische Orte entwickelt, an denen Migrant*innen ankommen, sich ...
Haase, Annegret, Pößneck, Janine
core   +1 more source

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