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Geography
Yansui Liu, Xueqi Liu, Zhengjia Liu
Summary: This study investigates the patterns and quality changes of paddy fields in Northeast China using satellite-based land use data, climatic data, and socioeconomic data. The results show that paddy area in the region has expanded significantly due to factors such as climate change, improved agricultural technologies, increasing market demands, and agricultural policy implementation. However, there are differences in natural conditions and infrastructure between continuously cultivated paddy fields and newly cultivated ones. The study provides potential suggestions for the sustainable development of modern agriculture in Northeast China.
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Geography
Jianzhou Gong, Yuqing Jian, Wenli Chen, Yansui Liu, Yueming Hu
Summary: Since 1978, China's rural settlements have undergone significant changes in terms of number, structure, and environmental conditions. The study reveals that there was an expansion of rural settlements from 1980 to 2000, followed by a rapid decline from 2000 to 2010. Urban growth was facilitated by converting high-production cropland. The density of rural settlements was highest in areas with medium-level development.
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
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Geography
Matthias Leese, Simon Noori, Stephan Scheel
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Nicoleta Toader Risteiu, Remus Cretan, Thomas O'Brien
Summary: The study explores the controversies surrounding the proposed gold mine in Rosia Montana, Romania, and highlights the differences in understanding extraction between supporters and opponents, focusing on cultural, social, and economic priorities. The local community advocates for traditional mining methods, while the mine owners and neoliberal capitalism envision a globally competitive and technologically advanced form of extraction. The paper reveals that traditional development attitudes among economically marginalized groups may not align with the global connections of neoliberal capitalism.
EURASIAN GEOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS
(2022)
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Geography
Chang Xia, Anqi Zhang, Anthony G. O. Yeh
Summary: Efforts have been made to investigate the effects of urban form on natural and social patterns, with a focus on urban and regional scales. However, recent studies at a local scale often overlook the diversification of economies and activities in cities. This research examines the relationships between multidimensional urban form and urban vitality at the street block level in fifteen megacities in China.
ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GEOGRAPHERS
(2022)
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Geography
K. Dhanaraj, Dasharatha P. Angadi
Summary: This study used remote sensing and GIS techniques, along with Landsat imagery, to map land use and land cover in Mangaluru urban agglomeration, India, from 1972 to 2018 and monitor the spatiotemporal dynamics of urban growth. The study found that the built-up area has rapidly increased, largely due to intense in-fill growth in the core range of the city. Agricultural land, on the other hand, has decreased during this period. Spatial trend analysis revealed that built-up land has expanded primarily along the north-south transport network.
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Geography
Geoff Boeing
Summary: This study analyzes street network patterns of urban areas across the globe using data from OpenStreetMap and OSMnx software. It provides a reproducible computational workflow and open data repositories, offering valuable insights for urban planning and transportation design. The research makes significant contributions in methodological advances, open data availability, and global street network analysis.
GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Kevin R. Gurney, Siir Kilkis, Karen C. Seto, Shuaib Lwasa, Daniel Moran, Keywan Riahi, Meredith Keller, Peter Rayner, Muhammed Luqman
Summary: Projections of greenhouse gas emissions are crucial for understanding and anticipating future climate change. The influence of urban areas on global emissions is significant and increasing, especially with the rapid urbanization. Urban mitigation measures are vital for achieving climate neutrality.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2022)
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Economics
Francesco Fasani, Tommaso Frattini, Luigi Minale
Summary: The study shows that refugees have worse labor market outcomes compared to other migrants, with lower likelihood of employment and higher unemployment rates. Economic conditions and migration policies can influence the integration paths of refugees, but factors such as economic recession and spatial dispersal policies do not fully explain the observed refugee gaps.
JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
(2022)
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Geography
Jamie Gillen, Tim Bunnell, Jonathan Rigg
Summary: This paper proposes the concept of 'ruralization' and suggests that human geographers should develop this concept in dialogue with scholars in related fields. The authors argue for a rural-urban relationality instead of an urban-centered socio-spatial transformation, highlighting the importance of considering the perspectives and experiences of people in the Global South. Their research aims to correct notions of universal urbanization and demonstrate the relevance of human geographical experiences to broader debates and concerns.
DIALOGUES IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY
(2022)
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Geography
Ashutosh Kumar Tripathi, Sonam Agrawal, Rajan Dev Gupta
Summary: Identification and ranking of hospital sites for planning and development of health infrastructure are crucial. This research compares the use of AHP and FAHP methods in selecting new hospital sites, suggesting that FAHP may be a better approach. The study highlights the importance of sensitivity analysis and constant variation in site ranking when weight change analysis is performed using AHP.
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Geography
Seth Schindler, Jessica DiCarlo, Dinesh Paudel
Summary: The shift from a unipolar international order led by the USA to a multipolar order with the rise of China as a great power competitor has led to a new Cold War marked by a territorial logic. The competition between USA and China presents both risks and opportunities for small states to pursue spatial objectives. This competition has resulted in the emergence of infrastructure states in the 21st century, which seek to enhance transnational connectivity through foreign capital mobilization for infrastructure projects.
TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH GEOGRAPHERS
(2022)
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Geography
Cheng Chen, Jinlong Gao, Jianglong Chen
Summary: This paper examines the rural restructuring in China from the actor-network perspective. The study finds that the township government plays a crucial role in implementing the restructuring, but there are also obstacles such as farmers' reluctance to comply with community planning.
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
(2022)
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Geography
Rocco Bellanova, Georgios Glouftsios
Summary: This article focuses on the Schengen Information System (SIS II) as the largest data infrastructure in the European Union, highlighting its fragility and maintenance as crucial aspects of governance. It also investigates how data acquire credibility and accuracy in the context of border controls.
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Geography
Gavin Hilson, Yanfei Hu
Summary: This paper presents fresh ideas on the reasons behind people's engagement in artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) in sub-Saharan Africa. It reveals that many individuals in the region have successfully used ASM as a platform for wealth creation, contrary to the common perception that ASM is driven solely by poverty. The case study of Prestea in Ghana highlights the economic importance of the sector in the region, emphasizing the need for formalization and support of ASM for rural poverty alleviation and development strategy.
JOURNAL OF RURAL STUDIES
(2022)
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Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Filip Biljecki, Yoong Shin Chow
Summary: Characterising and analysing urban morphology is an important task in urban data science and environmental analysis. In this study, the authors introduce Global Building Morphology Indicators (GBMI), which provide a comprehensive list of building form multi-scale measures and a methodology and tool for computing these metrics in a database suited for big data. The authors also demonstrate the value of GBMI by generating a public repository with data quantifying the form of selected urban areas worldwide and conducting comparative analyses of morphological parameters across cities. This research offers a formalised and scalable method for computing, managing, and disseminating urban indicators, supporting studies in urban analytics and various disciplines.
COMPUTERS ENVIRONMENT AND URBAN SYSTEMS
(2022)
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Geography
Linchuan Yang, Xianglong Tang, Hongtai Yang, Fanyu Meng, Jixiang Liu
Summary: Walking is beneficial for the health and well-being of older adults, and the built environment plays a significant role in influencing their walking behavior, including factors such as land-use mix, intersection density, and bus route density. However, distance to the commercial center has a negative impact on walking frequency and duration.
TRANSACTIONS IN GIS
(2022)
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Geography
Federico Caprotti, Dong Liu
Summary: This paper analyzes Alibaba's City Brain platform to illustrate the evolution of smart city development in urban China. It identifies two common processes in platform urbanism and experimental cities, which are relational co-production and territorialization. These processes can be applied to the case of City Brain as both a platform and an urban experiment.
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Environmental Sciences
Sara Villen-Perez, Luisa Anaya-Valenzuela, Denis Conrado da Cruz, Philip M. Fearnside
Summary: The largest concentration of isolated indigenous peoples in the world is located in the indigenous lands of the Brazilian Legal Amazon. However, the survival and right to self-isolation of these societies are at risk due to the potential exploitation of their untouched territories. A recent bill proposes opening up indigenous lands to mining, and the threat posed by this to isolated indigenous groups and their territories has been assessed.
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS
(2022)
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Geography
Remus Cretan, Petr Kupka, Ryan Powell, Vaclav Walach
Summary: This article examines the micro manifestations of stigmatization in Czechia and Romania, revealing a complex, dynamic, and multi-layered response from Roma individuals. The concept of fragmented habitus is used to capture the nuanced representation of their urban inhabitation beyond generic 'Otherness'. It argues for more attention to the specificities and complexities of everyday relations in capturing the interdependence between urban encounters and the longer-term construction of Roma inferiority.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH
(2022)
