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Talking about the 'rotten fruits' of Rio 2016:framing mega-event legacies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Legacy has become a watchword of hosting mega-events in recent years, used to justify massive spending and far-reaching urban transformations. However, academic studies of legacy outcomes suggest there is only limited evidence for the efficacy of using ...
Talbot, Adam
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Charles Tilly’s Historical Sociology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Segregation studies have mainly focused on urban structures as a whole or have discussed specific (gentrifying or renewing) neighbourhoods. The literature suggests that changes in segregation occur primarily through selective migration. In this paper, we
Dupuy   +10 more
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Florian Znaniecki and Janusz Ziółkowski: the tradition and ongoing research on the evaluation of urban space [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Artykuł omawia specyfikę socjologicznego rozumienia przestrzeni, skupiając się na koncepcjach dwóch reprezentantów poznańskiej socjologii miasta: Floriana Znanieckiego i Janusza Ziółkowskiego.
Lisiecki, Stanisław
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The role of local formal and informal institutions in microfirms' development : evidence from Poland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Microfirms play a significant role in the Central/Eastern European economies, comprising 86% of the total amount of active firms. Development of microfirms is influenced by the local entrepreneurial environment.
Godlewska, Małgorzata   +1 more
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Measuring the geography of opportunity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Quantitative segregation research focuses almost exclusively on the spatial sorting of demographic groups. This research largely ignores the structural characteristics of neighborhoods – such as crime, job accessibility, and school quality – that likely ...
Lens, Michael C
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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

'Ibadan - a model of historical facts': militarism and civic culture in a Yoruba city [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
The article focuses on an historical relationship between the political institution of chieftaincy and civic pride in Ibadan, a Yoruba city in south-western Nigeria.
Watson, Ruth
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Facilitators and barriers to neighborhood social integration

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Social isolation has reached concerning rates, particularly in the wake of the COVID‐19 pandemic. Social integration is critical to combatting social isolation and loneliness by promoting a sense of community and belonging. Yet, most existing research centers on fostering close personal relationships within family and friend networks.
Joelle Fuchs   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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