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Multidimensional Urban Segregation - Toward A Neural Network Measure

, 2018
We introduce a multidimensional, neural-network approach to reveal and measure urban segregation phenomena, based on the Self-Organizing Map algorithm (SOM).
Cottrell, Marie, Hazan, Aurélien, Olteanu, Madalina, Randon-Furling, Julien   +3 more
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City as lens: (re)imagining youth in Glasgow and Hong Kong [PDF]

, 2017
In recent years, a paradox has emerged in the study of youth. On the one hand, in the context of the processes of globalization, neoliberalism and precarity, the patterning of leisure and work for young people is becoming increasingly convergent across ...
Batchelor, Susan, Fraser, Alistair, Ling, Leona Li Ngai, Whittaker, Lisa   +3 more
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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, Efstathios Christodoulides, Michael Petrou   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

TRANSFORM – Governing the Smart City by Projects [PDF]

, 2014
With the recent ascendance of a sociology of public policy instruments (Le Gales & Lascoumes 2007), particular interest has been devoted towards understanding the emergence of the project as broadly indicative of wider transformations in strategic urban ...
Collon, Heidi, Kintisch, Max, Kirchmayr-Novak, Stephanie, Mollay, Ursula, Saringer-Bory, Barbara, Schremmer, Christof   +5 more
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Networks, Urban

, 2009
For much of the twentieth century, urban networks was a term used by sociologists and others to describe social networks, their importance for bonding within communities and bridging between communities, and their relationship to the geographical ...
Amin, Castells, Durkheim, Gans, Graham, Granovetter, Putnam, Sassen, Scott, Simmel, Smith, Taylor, Tonnies, Urry, Wellman, Wirth, Young   +16 more
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Governing Toronto without government: Liberalism and Neoliberalism [PDF]

, 1998
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Isin, Engin F.
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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
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial Practices as A Pattern of Maintaining Social Relations Among Selayar Ethnic Migrants In Makassar City, Indonesia

Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental
Purpose: This paper analyzes the forms of spatial practices carried out by migrants from the Islands Regency in Makassar City in order to maintain ethnic and family social relations.   Methods: This research is descriptive urban space sociology research.
Comitê Científico, Interinstitucional, Christian Luiz da Silva   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Racism and racial disparities in firearm violence: A scoping review

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Firearm violence (i.e., interpersonal, police firearm violence) disproportionately affects racially minoritized communities. Researchers recently shifted their focus from race to racism to better understand the factors that contribute to racial disparities in firearm violence.
Daniel B. Lee, Lexie M. Contreras, Laney Rupp, Stephanie H. Cook, Marc A. Zimmerman, Patrick M. Carter, Katherine P. Theall, Riley Bennett, Julia M. Fleckman   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source