GEOCHEMICAL STUDY OF THE URBAN AND SUBURBAN AREA OF NAFPLION CITY, ARGOLIDHA PREFECTURE, HELLAS
Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece, 2017 Soil, as the primary receptor of anthropogenic urban contamination acts as a sink for a variety of toxic and other hazardous substances. It constitutes, therefore, an indicator of contamination and may be utilised geochemically to assess environmental quality of urban and suburban areas.
Tassiou, S., Vassiliades, E.
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Narrowed Gaps and Persistent Challenges: Examining Rural-Nonrural Disparities in Postsecondary Outcomes over Time [PDF]
, 2019 Empirical studies have concluded that rural students experience lower rates of college enrollment and degree completion compared to their nonrural peers, but this literature needs to be expanded and updated for a continually changing context.
Kimball, Ezekiel +3 more
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The Potential of Historical GIS and Spatial Analysis in the Humanities
Southern Spaces, 2017 Digital mapping strategies and tools have the potential to reveal new insights into (and offer corrections of) accepted accounts of historical situations. S.
S. Wright Kennedy
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The demand for public transport: The effects of fares, quality of service, income and car ownership [PDF]
, 2006 This paper reports on key findings from a collaborative study whose objective was to produce an up-to-date guidance manual on the factors affecting the demand for public transport for use by public transport operators and planning authorities, and for ...
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Academic Capitalism and Regional Planning: A Review of Shadows of a Sunbelt City
Southern Spaces, 2018 Andrew M. Busch reviews Eliot M. Tretter's Shadows of a Sunbelt City: The Environment, Racism, and the Knowledge Economy in Austin (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2016).
Andrew M. Busch
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Urban sprawl : neighbourhood dissatisfaction and urban preferences : some evidence from Flanders [PDF]
, 2016 Early studies suggest that people living in rural neighbourhoods are more satisfied with their residential location than people living in cities. Consequently, most individuals seem to prefer low-density environments to reside in.
De Vos, Jonas +2 more
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Walking into History: The Beginning of School Desegregation in Nashville
Southern Spaces, 2009 Grace McKinley takes Rita Buchanan and Linda McKinley to school among protesters, Nashville, TN, September 1957. © Nashville Public Library. In September 1957, three years after the US Supreme Court declared school segregation laws unconstitutional ...
John Egerton
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A Review of Rail Research Relevant to the Case for Increased Rail Investment. [PDF]
, 1993 The purpose of this paper is to provide a review of rail transport research which has a bearing on the case of increased rail investment. The paper focuses on research which has been conducted on the demand for rail travel, both passenger and freight ...
Fowkes, A.S. +4 more
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Erie County as a Metro-Wide School District [PDF]
, 2013 Studies show that the quality of a child’s education is largely dependent on her family’s wealth, race, and residence. When a child living in deep poverty is educated in a poor school district, she has little exposure to the opportunities and experiences
Agostinelli, Gabriela
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Journal of Surveying, Construction & Property, 2020 Urban always being the main catalyst of growth in most of the countries. However, due to the high concentration of population, urbans encounter various challenges, i.e. environmental degradation, social unhealthiness, low sense of security, unhealthy lifestyle and traffic congestion.
Oliver Ling Hoon Leh +4 more
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