Search results for "human geography"

URBAN REGENERATION PROCESSES IN RIGA

2013

ANOTĀCIJA Pilsētas revitalizācijas process ir nozīmīga tēma mūsdienu pilsētu ģeogrāfijas pētījumos, un to raksturo dažādas formas un izpausmes. Rīgā kopš Latvijas valstiskās neatkarības atjaunošanas ir notikuši dažādi pilsētu pārmaiņu procesi. Svarīga loma šajos pilsētas pārmaiņu procesos ir pilsētas revitalizācijas procesiem, kuru rezultātā tiek revitalizētas un atkārtoti izmantotas degradētas teritorijas, tādējādi veicinot ilgtspējīgu pilsētas attīstību. Promocijas darba „Pilsētas revitalizācijas procesi Rīgā” mērķis ir izvērtēt pilsētas attīstības procesus, analizējot pilsētas revitalizācijas izpausmes Rīgā. Pētījuma ietvaros tika izstrādāta atbilstoša metodika pilsētas revitalizācijas p…

Cancer mortality inequalities in urban areas: a Bayesian small area analysis in Spanish cities

2011

incluye "Erratum to: Cancer mortality inequalities in urban areas: a Bayesian small area analysis in Spanish cities" BACKGROUND: Intra-urban inequalities in mortality have been infrequently analysed in European contexts. The aim of the present study was to analyse patterns of cancer mortality and their relationship with socioeconomic deprivation in small areas in 11 Spanish cities. METHODS: It is a cross-sectional ecological design using mortality data (years 1996-2003). Units of analysis were the census tracts. A deprivation index was calculated for each census tract. In order to control the variability in estimating the risk of dying we used Bayesian models. We present the RR of the censu…

Paisaje y nacionalismo en el primer franquismo

2016

Assuming the theoretical idea widely developed by Human Geography that landscapes are cultural constructions with the capacity to become symbolic elements within nationalist discourses, this article explores the context of early Francoism. The aim of these pages is to analyze landscape sensibility as well as the landscape idea developed by the francoist nationalist discourse by trying to draw out three inherent elements in it: first of all, following Oliver Zimmer’s work, the nationalization of nature, this is to say, the consideration that nature expresses the community’s myths, events or memories; secondly, the naturalisation of the nation, that projects upon landscapes the capacity to de…

Reintegrating young combatants in the Kivus : what former child soldiers say

2012

Master thesis in development management- University of Agder, 2012 The use of child soldiers to perform violent acts is one of the most condemned and emotionally disturbing practices globally. Child soldiers are with contextual variations believed to partake in most protracted social conflicts. International media, policy-makers and humanitarian actors have in recent years pushed the issue of child soldiering forward, making it one of the most recognized humanitarian issues. Yet the complexity of this issue is constrained by a lack of veritable knowledge. This thesis identifies common traits of former child soldiers who have reintegrated back to their families and local communities. Socioec…

Neighborhood characteristics and violence behind closed doors: The spatial overlap of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence

2018

In this study, we analyze first whether there is a common spatial distribution of child maltreatment (CM) and intimate partner violence (IPV), and second, whether the risks of CM and IPV are influenced by the same neighborhood characteristics, and if these risks spatially overlap. To this end we used geocoded data of CM referrals (N = 588) and IPV incidents (N = 1450) in the city of Valencia (Spain). As neighborhood proxies, we used 552 census block groups. Neighborhood characteristics analyzed at the aggregated level (census block groups) were: Neighborhood concentrated disadvantage (neighborhood economic status, neighborhood education level, and policing activity), immigrant concentration…

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Composite Indicator of Social Inclusion for European Countries

2013

Social inclusion is one of the key challenges of the European Union (EU) Sustainable Development Strategy. We use four indicators from EU policies to measure social inclusion for the 27 member countries of Europe. In particular, we aggregate the four indicators in a multiplicative composite indicator via a DEA-BoD approach with weights determined endogenously with proportion constraints. We obtain a score of social inclu- sion that allows us to grade the 27 EU countries from 2006 to 2010. In this way, we highlight the specific role played by the four indicators in determining improvements and deteriorations of social inclusion during the European phase of the financial and economic crisis.

A Measure of Trust: The Italian Regional Divide in a Latent Class Approach

2017

Social differences within countries may partly explain the lack of economic convergence and the persistence of regional disparities. The case of Italy is emblematic: economic gap between North and South remains at high levels with large differences in social capital and in trust. In this paper, we use the micro data from the ISTAT “Aspects of Daily Life” Survey to build a measure of “trust in others” and a measure of “trust in institutions” through a latent class model to attribute a trust score to the Italian households and the Italian regions and, in this way, to add elements of knowledge useful to policies. Our measures confirm a persistent territorial divide although the regional mappin…

Environmental Concerns and Pro-Environmental Behaviours in Shanghai – Closing the Environmental Concern-Behaviour Gap

2015

Master thesis development management- University of Agder, 2015 Environmental issues are among the biggest problems of our time. While green technology and global initiatives are steps in the right direction, there is an environmental concernbehaviour gap among individuals that prevents successful implementation. Despite the government’s attempts to promote green development, China is one of the world’s worst environmental offenders. China’s household registration system – Hukou – climate change and resource scarcity are among the push-factors for many rural citizens to move to urban areas in search for a better life. This migrant population tends to settle in urban villages where they lack…

Family Structure and Subjective Economic Well-Being: Some New Evidence

2013

The paper investigates the main socio-demographic and economic determinants of subjective economic well-being in different typologies of households. Previous studies have used dummy variables to explore the effect of family structure. In this paper, however four different models—one for each family typology—have been estimated to test if each selected explanatory variable is significant and how it acts in determining the level of subjective economic well-being. To achieve this, we apply an under-used logit model—the partial proportional ordered model. Our analysis, based on data from the 2005 Italian Survey on Income and Living Conditions highlights the main variables affecting the subjecti…