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Street Names through Sociological Lenses. Part II: Constructionism and Utilitarianism
Social Change Review, 2021 As toponymic means of inscribing urban space, street names have been addressed mainly by human geographers, who have articulated the field of critical place-name studies.
Rusu Mihai Stelian
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Les femmes dans le nom des rues bruxelloises. Topographie d’une minorisation
Brussels Studies, 2021 The article proposes an examination of odonyms in Brussels, i.e. the names of its streets, through the prism of gender. After a systematic survey of street names and the characteristics of the female figures honoured – which reveals a glaring imbalance ...
Nouria Ouali +7 more
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The House as an Object of Naming in the Turkish Urban Onomasticon: Structural and Semantic Analysis [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2020 The article explores structural and semantic features of names of houses (oikodomonyms) in the Turkish language. The author proceeds from studying individual names’ motivations, contexts of their usage, and functional meaning (compared to the ...
Оlga I. Klimkina
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A Compromise Approach to Rendering Urban Place Names: the Case of Ekaterinburg [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2018 The paper describes different approaches to the rendering of urban place names, i.e. the names of different city facilities, and argues for the importance of accuracy in the case of Russian-into-English translation.
Ekaterina M. Bozhko +2 more
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Time and Ideology, Reflected in Urban Microtoponymy [PDF]
Dialogica: Revistă de Studii Culturale și LiteraturăEvery urban locality is marked by numerous individual imprints, reflected in the architecture of buildings and public spaces, in the names of streets, institutions, places, which form a specific semiotic code that city residents decipher and use to find ...
Iraida CONDREA
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Matérialité de l’espace urbain et égalité des sexes
Géographie et Cultures, 2020 The article presents a gendered survey of street names in the capital of Europe, Brussels, and depicts the constraints and challenges to make women more visible in the city.
Nouria Ouali, Pierre Lannoy
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Toponymy in a Relocated City: the City of Most, Czech Republic [PDF]
Вопросы ономастики, 2018 This article addresses the toponymy of the North Bohemian city of Most, Czech Republic, and its development during the second half of the 20th century.
Jaroslav David
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What is in a Name: Defining Key Terms in Urban Air Mobility
Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems, 2022 Abstract As the world’s population increases, new ways of improving transportation systems in, around and between urban areas are being suggested. Early discussions on this have been technology-focused, pointing at the use of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for cargo delivery and electrical Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft for passenger
Konstantinos Andritsos +2 more
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Giving name to streets, giving streets to names. Organising urban space following toponymy practices
Tecnoscienza, 2011 The article investigates the practices of giving names to streets. It looks at the city as an expanded laboratory and tackles urban issues following the performative action of names.
Claudio Coletta
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Numerous international studies have reported declines in new cancer diagnoses, delayed diagnoses and disruptions in cancer treatment following the implementation of COVID‐19 pandemic public health measures, raising concerns that these effects may ultimately contribute to increased cancer mortality.
Friederike Erdmann +8 more
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