Academic Articles & Research Papers

Spatial synergy in the digital era: a geo-analytics framework for detecting regional health patterns in urban smart city development.

Development and validation of a dementia risk prediction model for low- and middle-income countries: the 10/66 study.

Co-designing a framework of the influences for the implementation of whole school approaches to Physical Education, School Sport and Physical Activity (PESSPA) in UK primary schools: development of the PESSPA Improvement Framework (PIF).

Beyond novice-to-expert progression: a context-enabled continuing professional development framework derived from nursing practice in resource-constrained South African hospitals.

Statewide administrative autism spectrum disorder prevalence estimates: Evidence from a new Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network site.

Human Geography: The Basics

Human Geography: The Basics is a concise introduction to the study of the role that humankind plays in shaping the world around us. Whether it’s environmental concerns, the cities we live in or the globalization of the economy, these are is...

Conducting Research in Human Geography

Reading this book is your first step to becoming a competent human geography researcher. Whether you are a novice needing practical help for your first piece of research or a professional in search of an accessible guide to best practice, C...

Doing Gender: Feminism, Feminists and Research Methods in Human Geography

Recently, there has been a marked growth of interest in research methods in geography. Stimulated in part by the epistemological questions raised by feminist and post-modem critiques of 'scientific' method, this interest took a severely pra...

Human Geography and Area Research

FIRST glance it might appear that only in physical geography would a A geographer make a contribution to an area research program staffed by social scientists. Geographers, however, do not so delimit their field.' This paper focuses in part...

Exploring Human Geography

A lively and stimulating resource for all first year students of human geography, this introductory Reader comprises key published writings from the main fields of human geography. Because the subject is both broad and necessarily only loos...

Mathematical Methods in Human Geography and Planning

This volume has been written for students, researchers and practitioners in the field of human geography and planning, and describes how mathematics is used as a tool in these subjects by illustration with examples from the field. Detailed ...

Concepts in Human Geography

This collection explores the origins, development, and applications of the most fundamental and enduring concepts in human geography. Providing the most comprehensive examination of the field to date, nine essays on substantive concepts, su...

Human geography and the institutions that underlie economic growth

Human geography is in a unique position to understand how local structural factors shape social, political, and ultimately economic outcomes. Indeed, the discipline has had much to say about the interaction between local institutions and th...

Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture

1 Introduction to Human Geography 2 Population 3 Migration 4 Local Culture, Popular Culture, and Cultural Landscapes 5 Identity: Race, Ethnicity, Gender and Sexuality 6 Language 7 Religion 8 Political Geography 9 Urban Geography 10 Developm...

Human Geography: Culture, Society, and Space

Partial table of contents: GEOGRAPHY, CULTURE, AND ENVIRONMENT Introduction: Geography and Human Geography Cultures, Environments, and Regions POPULATION PATTERNS AND PROCESSES Fundamentals of Population Geography Migration and Its Causes R...

The SAGE Handbook of Human Geography

VOLUME ONE Part I: Imagining Human Geographies Place - Tim Cresswell Mobilities - Johanna Waters Spatialities - Jacques Levy Difference - Katharyne Mitchell More-than-Human Geographies - Beth Greenough Society-Nature - Andrea Nightingale Tr...

Urban sprawl analysis of the city of Kerman via remote sensing

Objective: Over the past few decades, the increase of world’s urban population has resulted in uncontrolled urban expansions. Accordingly, determining urban development and sprawl should be taken into consideration. Methods: This article ai...

Why Socio-metabolic Studies are Central to Ecological Economics

Global material extraction has tripled since the 1970s, with more than 100 billion tonnes of materials entering the world economy each year. Only 8.6% of this is recycled, while 61% ends up as waste and emissions that is the leading cause o...

Rural areas in Poland from a demographic perspective

The article presents an analysis and a critical assessment of rural areas in Poland in the years 1999-2011 from a demographic perspective. The analysis is based on indicators characterising population density, population structure by gender...

Analysis of Mangrove Density Levels Change Based on Cloud Computing on Abrasion Area in the Coast of Semarang City

The coastal areas of Semarang City have experienced land conversion due to development activities that threaten mangrove sustainability in recent years. The urgency of this research is the need to monitor mangrove density levels to be used ...