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The Portuguese, Slovenian and French Presidencies 2007- 2008 - A Sea Change in European Spatial Planning?

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Spatial Development, 2009
This paper gives an account of the successive presidencies of Portugal, Slovenia and France. It asks whether European spatial planning is undergoing a sea change: a transformation caused by the unintentional cumulative impact of pragmatic organisational
Andreas Faludi
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Going Beyond Walkability: Development of a Neighbourhood Active Living Environment Index in the Oriscav-Lux Study

open access: yesBaltic Journal of Sport and Health Sciences
Purpose: The walkability index (WI) is considered the gold standard in environmental research on physical activity (PA) but overlooks key environmental characteristics conducive for an active lifestyle. We developed a more comprehensive index, the Active
Juliette Van Beek   +5 more
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Intergenerational Income Mobility in Urban China [PDF]

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This paper estimates the intergenerational income elasticity for urban China, paying careful attention to the potential biases induced by income fluctuations and life cycle effects.
Gong, Cathy Honge   +2 more
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Urban Mobilities

open access: yesCalenda, 2020
The COVID-19 lockdown deprived citizens around the world of their mobility. This experience has inspired many citizens to rethink their mobility, to describe it less in terms of quantity – the speed and distance of their journeys – and more in terms of quality and freedom.
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Can International Factor Mobility lessen Wage Inequality in a Dual Economy? [PDF]

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We introduce international labor mobility in a three-sector general equilibrium model with rural-urban migration. We demonstrate that under some reasonable conditions an inflow of foreign skilled labor (capital) can reduce skilled-unskilled wage ...
Beladi, Hamid   +2 more
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Local sustainable mobility management. Are Portuguese municipalities aware? [PDF]

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Urban mobility has become an international problem and several countries have joined together in different consortia, signing international agreements and developing projects with a view to establishing new standards for current mobility levels and the ...
Aurora A.C. Teixeira   +1 more
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Foreign enclaves, informal sector and urban unemployment: A theoretical analysis [PDF]

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:- We consider a small open Harris-Todaro economy with a rural foreign enclave and urban informal sector. We introduce consumption-efficiency relation to explain the simultaneous existence of informal sector and urban unemployment.
Bandopadhyay, Titas Kumar
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MOBILITY MANAGEMENT IN EUROPEAN PROJECTS. LESSONS LEARNED FOR ROMANIA [PDF]

open access: yes
The purpose of this research is to study three initiatives of promoting mobility management (DELTA, EPOMM, SEE-MMS), in the context of European Union policies, and to present solutions that could be used in the practice of urban mobility management in ...
Mihai SERCAIANU, Oana LUCA
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Urban Mobility and Transportation

open access: yes, 2019
Urban areas are developing quickly, innovative technologies grant enlarged scope for mobility management. According to literature, 50% of world population and as much as 75% of EU population live in cities, where the majority of GDP is generated. CO2 is responsible of 75% GHG worldwide and transportation is worth around 20% of this share and the ...
openaire   +2 more sources

GIS-based analysis of spatio-temporal clustering of road traffic accidents in Bangkok Metropolitan Region (BMR), Thailand from 2012 to 2021

open access: yesTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Most fatalities and injuries resulting from Road Traffic Accidents (RTAs) exhibit distinct spatial and temporal patterns which have adverse implications for both regional economies and demographic structures.
Pawinee Iamtrakul, Sararad Chayphong
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