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Abstract from the publisher : Spaces and Flows: An International Journal of Urban and ExtraUrban Studies addresses some of the most pressing and perturbing social, cultural, economic and environmental questions of our times, focusing on spaces and…

Abstract from the publisher : Spaces for Consumption offers an in-depth and sophisticated analysis of the processes that underpin the commodification of the city and explains the physical manifestation of consumerism as a way of life. Engaging…

This document presents an attempt to build a theoretical framework for the spatial analysis of social facts, derived from Tobler's first law of geography (‘Everything is related to everything else, but near things are more related than distant…

Our study, which is based on a qualitative survey, attempts to understand everyday sound perception in urban public spaces. Parameters influencing sound perception are investigated. The elaboration of a complex methodological protocal allows us to…

In this paper the problem of a city with access to two firms or facilities (shopping malls, airports, commercial districts) selling a differentiated product (shopping, flights) and/or offering a differentiated workplace is studied. Transport…

Business environment in which a port carries out its operation is increasingly reflected by intra- and inter-port competition on regional and global scales, resulting in port concentration and deconcentration. While a number of recent studies…

Conditioned by the largely rejecting and discriminatory socio-political climates in the United States and the transplanted Chinese cultural traditions, the Chinese in metropolitan Chicago before WW II displayed striking occupation concentration and…

Different forms of spatial knowledge (expert, tacit, sector and community knowledge) are a strategic resource in urban development. Research methods concerning participatory data collection and analysis that elicit and integrate the various forms of…

Abstract from the publisher : Urban planning is a complex field of knowledge and practice. Through the decades, theoretical debate has formed an eclectic set of possible perspectives, without finding, in our opinion, a coherent paradigmatic…

Abstract from the publisher : This book explores and critiques the process of spatial regulation in post-war New York, focusing on the period after the fiscal crisis of the 1970s, examining the ideological underpinnings and practical applications…

Production of urban space is assumed to be a rent seeking activity, carried out by many developers who are constantly trying to get the best possible assessment of market and spatial features in order to better produce profit. Developers act locally,…

Postulates of W. Christallers central-place theory are discussed with an introduction of a new sixth postulats. Under consideration are specific cases of settlement systems which can not be described by the apparatus of the classical central-place…

Widespread public support exists for the provision of natural amenities, such as lakes, rivers or wetlands, and for efforts to preserve these from agricultural pollution. Agri-environmental policies contribute to these efforts by encouraging farmers…

This study identifies the effect of that spatial variation in certain socio-demographic variables has on the distribution of Madrid Metropolitan area. This area is presently undergoing an economic restructuring process which, due to their different…

Lors de l’hiver 2006, l’association Les Enfants de Don Quichotte installe un campement de tentes sur les berges du canal Saint-Martin, à Paris. Il s’agit alors de susciter le débat public au sujet de la situation des SDF, question qui semble confinée…

L'articolo analizza la dimensione spaziale del fenomeno migratorio nelle città italiane. Esso concentra l'attenzione sulle molteplici forme di insediamento dei migranti all'interno degli spazi urbani, con riferimento, in particolare, al caso di…

Il presente contributo mira a definire i limiti entro cui è possibile applicare i metodi di analisi configurazionale come tecniche di previsione del traffico pedonale in area urbana. Inoltre, l’analisi applicata a due casi urbani conduce ad alcune…

Specificity of unemployment in old industrial areas (the case of the Ruhr). Structural or structured unemployment?
The dispute about the nature of existing unemployment, that is keynesian or classic one, lets the debate open to understand how…