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Place‐based risk: Examining relationships between adolescent perceptions of community risk factors and adolescent substance use across geographic contexts

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Mixed evidence for the influence of structural and social factors on adolescent substance use behaviors exists across the rural–urban continuum. Therefore, this study explores how adolescent perceptions of structural and social community risk factors are associated with lifetime and past 30‐day use of alcohol, marijuana, cigarettes, and ...
Melissa Pearman Fenton   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Looking back on childhood experiences of homelessness: Stories of ongoing residential instability and resilience

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Families' experience of homelessness is typically examined from the perspective of parents during or shortly after a shelter stay. Parents complain about rules, surveillance, crowding, and challenges to parenting in both homeless shelters and in doubling up with other households (sharing the others' homes), and relief when they attain their ...
Marybeth Shinn   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

An X‑Shaped Chiral Non‑Fullerene n‐Type Semiconductor: Application in Perovskite Solar Cells and Chirality‑Induced Spin Selectivity

open access: yesAngewandte Chemie, EarlyView.
A highly electron‑accepting derivative of cyclobisbiphenylenecarbonyl (CBBC‐TIC) is reported. CBBC‐TIC functions as an electron‐transport layer for perovskite solar cells, achieving a power conversion efficiency of 20.6%. Furthermore, the enantiomers of CBBC‐TIC exhibited spin‐selective electron transport with high enantiospecific magnetic conductance ...
Yuki Sakamoto   +15 more
wiley   +2 more sources

Becoming resilient: Community‐driven change and the Civic Capacity Index

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract One of the principal features of successful community governance is that it is collaborative and thus dependent on a community's ability to work together. However, there are no valid, comprehensive means to assess a community's capacity to respond to civic challenges in collaborative ways, and that are predictive of community resilience and ...
David MacPhee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

GIS and urban design [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
Although urban planning has used computer models and information systems sincethe 1950s and architectural practice has recently restructured to the use of computeraideddesign (CAD) and computer drafting software, urban design has hardly beentouched by ...
Dodge, M   +3 more
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Urban Spatial Structure and Vehicle Miles Traveled in 461 U.S. Cities

open access: yesApplied Sciences
This study investigates the effects of socioeconomic characteristics, density, built environment, and urban spatial structure on vehicle miles traveled (VMT) across 461 urbanized areas in the United States.
Youngmo Yoon, Heejun Chang
doaj   +1 more source

Internet use and adolescent development: A conceptual model integrating behavioral and contextual theories

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In the digital era, adolescent development is deeply embedded in the cyber environment. Despite ongoing debate on the benefits and/or risks that Internet use brings to adolescents in empirical studies, conceptual and theoretical discussion on the influences of the intensity and modalities of Internet use is peripheral.
Linxiao Zhang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF EMPLOYMENT AND POPULATION DENSITY: THE CASE OF THE AGGLOMERATION OF DIJON, 1999 [PDF]

open access: yes
The aim of this paper is to analyze the intra-urban spatial distributions of population and employment in the agglomeration of Dijon (regional capital of Burgundy, France).
Julie Le Gallo   +2 more
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Occupational Conditions and Well‐Being Among Informal Waste Pickers in Hong Kong: A Comparative Study of 2018 and 2023

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Informal waste pickers play a crucial role in urban recycling systems but often face precarious employment and systematic marginalization. This study examines the evolving demographic, occupational, and health trends of informal waste pickers in Hong Kong between 2018 and 2023.
Siu‐Ming Chan   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The more centralized the spatial structure is, the greater the economic growth? Evidence from urban agglomerations in western China

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications
This research examines data from eight urban agglomerations in western China from 2003 to 2020 to investigate the impacts of spatial structure changes on economic growth.
Jing Zhao, Na Chen, Zhen Jin
doaj   +1 more source

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