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Using Focus Groups in Applied Urban Research
, 2021 This chapter explores the many ways that focus groups are employed in applied urban research. Applied urban research underpins and directly influences urban practices to resolve urban issues.
Laurel Johnson, Johnson, Laurel
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The culture and economics of urban public space design: public and professional perceptions [PDF]
, 2009 Urban public space is once again a ‘hot’ topic and figures strongly in place quality discourse. City spaces are being recycled, reinterpreted and reinvented in a drive for a competitive quality of place.
Lee Pugalis, Pugalis, L, Pugalis, Lee
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ProstorThe research aims to identify the impact of urbanization and technological change on the socio-cultural structure of the city. The applied methodology was based on two data sources: 1) interviews with 18 specialists from six fields; 2) a survey of 250 ...
Mira Manassova +5 more
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Youth, 2023 It appears to be a challenge to keep young adolescents involved in sports, while motivation has been confirmed as a key determinant for sport participation. Consequently, the aim of this study was to get a better insight into the motivational aspects and
Irene Renate Faber +3 more
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Mandatory Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) in England—Educators’ Views on Children’s Rights
Youth, 2023 Comprehensive sexuality education (known as Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) in England), which is age-appropriate, accurate, realistic and non-judgemental, is a tool that enables children and young people to make informed decisions about their ...
Aoife Caitriona Daly, Rachel Heah
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Girls Navigating the Context of Unwanted Dick Pics: ‘Some Things Just Can’t Be Unseen’
Youth, 2023 The terms cyberbullying and nudes, when used by young people, generally overlap to categorise a range of online harms. Yet, when unpacked with girls, their co-opting of these terms can minimize image-based sexual harassment.
Emma Barker-Clarke
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Cohesion Without Consensus: Attitudinal Profiles of Social Cohesion in Australia
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Headline indicators of social cohesion in Australia have remained stable in recent years despite rising political polarisation and declining institutional trust worldwide. Yet recent protests and incidents of ethnically and politically motivated violence suggest that cohesion may be under strain. If cohesion is understood not as the pursuit of
John van Kooy
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High-School Athletes’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions on Doping: The Cyprus Sport-School Study
Youth, 2023 Doping constitutes one of the main problems in sports. The importance of sociological research on doping is widely accepted. However, such studies in Cyprus are scarce. The purpose of this study was twofold; first, it aimed to examine the knowledge about
Olia Tsivitanidou +2 more
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
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Understanding the Role of Leisure in Portuguese Adolescent Wellbeing Experience
Youth, 2023 Because adolescent leisure is important to development, we consider its role in Portuguese adolescent wellbeing. Data for this study came from 303 adolescents in grades 10, 11, and 12 living in a large urban area in northern Portugal.
Linda Caldwell, Teresa Freire
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