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Urban vitality

open access: yes, 2014
De Hogeschool van Amsterdam voert, in nauwe samenwerking met een aantal stedelijke partners, het project ‘Informele zorg en diversiteit’ uit. Het project richt zich onder andere op zorgvrijwilligers. In de zomer van 2013 werkten 379 vrijwilligers in zorg en/of welzijn aan het onderzoek mee door een enquête in te vullen.
Wittenberg, Yvette, Kwekkeboom, Rick
openaire   +3 more sources

Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A comprehensive exploration of urban spatial economic vitality through the application of the node-place model

open access: yes
This study investigates urban economic and tourism spatial vitality through the application of the node-place model across both spatial and temporal scales.
Panuwatwanich, Kriengsak   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Urban Vitality FAIR-enough checklist

open access: yes, 2022
   Added are two of the same checklists, one in English, one in Dutch. The checklists are specifically written for researchers of the Centre of Expertise Urban Vitality of the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences but can be addapted for own purposes.
A.S. de Jong (8064152)
core   +1 more source

The Geography of Success: A Spatial Analysis of Export Intensity in the Italian Wine Industry

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the paradox of how Italy's fragmented, SME‐dominated wine industry achieves global export success. Moving beyond purely firm‐centric explanations, we test whether export intensity is spatially dependent, clustering geographically in regional ecosystems.
Nicolas Depetris Chauvin, Jonas Di Vita
wiley   +1 more source

The prospects for African urban economies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Cities generally function as sources of economic development and human progress. One of the puzzles about Africa's urbanization is that it has not been accompanied by greater economic dynamism.
Turok, I.
core   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal Analysis of Urban Green Spatial Vitality and the Corresponding Influencing Factors: A Case Study of Chengdu, China

open access: yes, 2022
Green space integrates diversified urban functions, and the analysis of its utilization, can help improve the vitality of the social and economic development of cities while contributing to the important goal of enhancing urban green space (UGS) planning
Xuli Chen   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial Characteristics of Multidimensional Urban Vitality and Its Impact Mechanisms by the Built Environment

open access: yesLand
Urban vitality, intricately connected to urban morphology, has long been a cornerstone of urban planning and design. The accelerated pace of urbanization has created abundant living and working spaces, but it has also brought about a series of issues ...
Aibo Jin, Yunyu Ge, Shiyang Zhang
doaj   +1 more source

Essential, Yet Precarious, Mistreated, Sick and Medicalized: A Sequential Explanatory Mixed‐Methods Study on Homecare Aides in Spain

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Homecare aides (HCAs) are professional non‐family caregivers, who support dependent individuals to live at home with dignity; yet in Spain they remain understudied and vulnerable, often facing precarious working conditions. We aimed to characterize HCAs’ employment, living conditions, health, and exposure to workplace violence and ...
Albert Navarro‐Giné   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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