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

, 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]

, 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, Durant, Haupt, Hausen, Koopmans, Marcel van der Linden, Mazauric, Schuurman, Smith, Stinchcombe, Vasudevan   +10 more
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Florian Znaniecki and Janusz Ziółkowski: the tradition and ongoing research on the evaluation of urban space [PDF]

, 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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Measuring the geography of opportunity [PDF]

, 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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The role of local formal and informal institutions in microfirms' development : evidence from Poland [PDF]

, 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, Lubacha-Sember, Judyta   +1 more
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Linguistics Landscape: a Cross Culture Perspective [PDF]

, 2020
This paper was to aim in discussing the linguistic landscape. It was the visibility and salience of languages on public and commercial signs in a given territory or region (Landry and Bourhis 1997).
Duizenberg, M. R. (Max)
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The poiesis of everyday life and space in Yüksel Street [PDF]

, 2019
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Cihanger Medeiros Ribeiro, Duygu
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Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

Agribusiness, 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, Edward C. Jaenicke, Martina Vecchi, Sheng‐Jang Sheu   +3 more
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Product Service System Innovation in the Smart City [PDF]

, 2018
Product service systems (PSS) may usefully form part of the mix of innovations necessary to move society toward more sustainable futures. However, despite such potential, PSS implementation is highly uneven and limited.
Aoun C, Behrendt S, Brezet JC, Dosi G, Gehl J, Gottberg A, Guy S, Joss S, Massey D, Meijkamp R, Robson C, Skea J, Tukker A, Weizsacker E, Zaring O   +14 more
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Facilitators and barriers to neighborhood social integration

American 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, Deena Shariq, Emily Yang, Giselle Maya, Taylor L. Wilds, Collin W. Mueller, Arianna M. Gard   +6 more
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