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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 BackgroundLiving in urban places has been associated with a higher risk of psychopathology as well as with altered hypothalamus–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis and consequently altered cortisol response, but studies have concentrated mainly in high-income ...
Lilian Mayagoitia-Novales +6 more
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Book review: suburban planet: making the world urban from the outside in by Roger Keil [PDF]
, 2018 Suburban Planet: Making the World Urban from the Outside In, authored by Roger Keil, emerges out of an eight-year research programme on global suburbanisms to explore the diversity of suburban forms worldwide, as well as their historical trajectories ...
McArthur, Jenny
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Urban fiscal austerity, infrastructure provision and the struggle for regional transit in 'Motor City' [PDF]
, 2014 Studies suggest that urban fiscal crises trigger the institutional separation of strategic services from general purpose municipal functions. Traditional reformists have highlighted the economic benefits of regional approaches.
Hall, Stephen, Jonas, Andrew E. G.
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High Suburban Fertility: Evidence from Four Northern European Countries [PDF]
This study examines fertility variation across different residential contexts in four Northern European countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. We move beyond the conventional urban-rural focus of most previous studies of within-nation variations
Gunnar Andersson, Hill Kulu, Paul Boyle
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Watching the Surface for a Sign
Southern Spaces, 2009 Patrick Phillips, 2009. Patrick Phillips grew up in Forsyth County, Georgia, at the northern edge of the Atlanta metropolitan region. Recorded near the town of Cumming and along Lake Lanier, the poems presented here delve into family, place ...
Patrick Phillips
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 A central theme in the field of ecology is understanding how environmental variables influence a species’ distribution. In the last 20 years, there has been particular attention given to understanding adaptive physiological traits that allow some species
Christopher G. Goodchild +7 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 IntroductionCommunity satisfaction contributes to urban planning, community development, and policy formulation. Yet, we lack comprehensive knowledge about how different neighborhood features impact satisfaction, especially across diverse community types.MethodsRelied on a sample of 4,009 respondents in Beijing, this study examines the influence of ...
Huaxiong Jiang +4 more
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Boundaries Between a City and Its Suburbs: the Case Study of Two Greek Cities, Volos and Larissa [PDF]
, 2006 It is generally accepted that there aren't any plain boundaries between a city and its suburbs. Different investments have been applied on the subject such as that by Mills and Hamilton, or the "edge city" theory by Joel Garreau or even the "urban field"
Triantafyllidi, Maria
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Whatwuzit?: The 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics Reconsidered
Southern Spaces, 2006 This gateway looks back at Atlanta's Olympic Games ten years after the 1996 Opening Ceremony. Many of the links featured have become internet historic sites, not updated since the Olympic flame was extinguished.
S. Zebulon Baker
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Response Of The Dupi Tila Aquifer to intensive pumping in Dhaka, Bangladesh [PDF]
, 2003 This paper focuses on the water-quantity issues facing Dhaka because of the rapid exploitation of the Dupi Tila aquifer. Dhaka is one of the world’s largest groundwater-dependent cities, relying on water withdrawn from this underlying semiconfined sand ...
Kazi, Matin Ahmed +2 more
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