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Background Methods Results Conclusions There are likely many contributors to variation in the rate of cognitive decline in middle and late adulthood, including individual and neighborhood socio‐economic factors. This study examines whether individual socio‐economic factors, namely income and wealth, correlate with cognitive decline, in part, through neighborhood‐level social and material disadvantage.Using the three waves of data collection from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), this study included 51,338 participants between the age of 45 and 85 years at baseline (51% female). Individual socio‐economic status (SES) was assessed by annual household income and by the current value of savings and investments. Neighborhood disadvantage was measured by area‐based material and social deprivation indices. Cognition was measured at each wave using verbal fluency, mental alternations, and delayed word recall. Latent change score models, incorporating direct and indirect pathways, were constructed to estimate the indirect effect of individual SES on cognitive change through area‐level disadvantage. Multi‐group models were constructed on the basis of age‐group (45–64 years; 65–74 years; or 75+ years) to allow for varying estimates across age.Among 45–64‐year‐olds, income and wealth had indirect effects on initial cognitive level and on rate of cognitive decline through material disadvantage (standardized indirect effects = 0.01, p < 0.001), but only wealth had an indirect effect through social disadvantage (p = 0.019). Among 65‐74‐year‐olds, income and wealth had indirect effects on initial cognitive level (p < 0.01) but not on rate of cognitive decline (p > 0.05), and among 75+ year‐olds, no indirect effects were observed (p > 0.05). Wealth and income had direct effects, independent of neighborhood disadvantage, on cognition in all age groups (p < 0.05).Among middle‐aged adults, greater individual SES may mitigate cognitive decline, in part, by allowing individuals to live in more materially and socially advantaged neighborhoods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Problem definition. Solving the problems of an unfavorable investment climate and attracting the necessary investment resources for the reconstruction and recovery of Ukraine is impossible without implementing a thoughtful and effective investment policy. The purpose of the article. Objective of the article is to analyze Ukraine's investment policy in conditions of full-scale Russian aggression and to justify possible directions for its improvement based on modern foreign approaches. Results, scientific novelty, practical significance. Over the past two years, Ukraine has taken several important steps that, even in the conditions of a full-scale war, ensure the inflow of investments into the state's economy ($4.25 billion in 2023). Firstly, priority sectors and industries for stimulating investment have been identified. These sectors ensure the livelihoods of citizens and strengthen the state's defense capabilities and, in the future, will become the locomotive for the recovery of the Ukrainian economy. Among them are military-tech (high-tech weapons), metallurgy, mining, and mechanical engineering; agriculture and food industry; IT sector and startups. Additionally, the energy sector, construction industry, retail, housing, and communal services, and production engaged in mobilization orders, medicine, are extremely important. Secondly, a series of measures have been taken to insure investments against war risks: 1) agreements on risk insurance from international organizations with such practices, particularly the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC); 2) support from partner countries that provide guarantees to their businesses investing in Ukraine (from the USA, Poland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark, and others); 3) a bill on insurance of investments (including domestic ones) against war and political risks through the Export Credit Agency of Ukraine (ECA). Thirdly, work has been done to provide investors with reliable information about the country's investment potential, including creating an information platform for attracting foreign investments "Advantage Ukraine," which gathers over 500 investment projects and opportunities worth over $400 billion in ten economic sectors. Fourthly, the investment activity infrastructure is constantly developing and improving. The Government of Ukraine pays special attention to industrial parks, for the use of which foreign investors are offered significant tax benefits. As of 2024, there are 76 industrial parks in Ukraine. Among other measures of state investment policy are the resumption of privatization, deepening deregulation processes, harmonization of Ukraine's current legislation with EU norms, particularly regarding the improvement of the customs and tax systems, creating conditions for quick investments, amending the law on so-called "investment nannies," expanding the range of potential investors, etc. Also, several important steps have been taken that positively impacted the state's investment image. Ukraine acquired the status of an EU candidate member; the EU countries and some other countries canceled tariffs and quotas on Ukrainian exports; a transport visa-free regime with the EU was introduced; deferral of tax and customs payments, as well as reporting submission, was implemented; digitization of public services was carried out; the Ukrainian energy system was included in the unified European energy system; Ukrainian businesses demonstrated a high level of flexibility and adaptability, and the country – high resilience and loyalty, etc.

We examine the progress achieved by the Irkutsk-based Sochava Institute of Geography, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, the leading institution of geographical profile in eastern Russia. A resolution on the establishment of the institute was adopted on November 29, 1967. It was renamed several times, but maintained its focus on the present status and evolution of natural geosystems and their components, as well as on the geographical bases for the sustainable development of the regions of Siberia. Emphasis is placed on the specific characteristics of the historical stages of establishment of the institute. The following Siberian scientific schools were formed; the school of physical geography (Sochava's theory of geosystems), the school of systems and atlas cartography, exogenous geomorphology, landscape geochemistry, landscape hydrology, geography of economic development, population geography, and medical geography. The structure of the institute is described; it currently includes eight laboratories: physical geography and biogeography; geomorphology; landscape geochemistry and soil geography; economic and social geography; theoretical geography; and cartography, geoinformatics, and remote sensing methods. Doctors and candidates of science make up half of institute's staff of about 200. Annually, around 20 researchers are trained in postgraduate programs in 10 geographical specialties. The institute's main achievements are highlighted, covering the entire period of its activity and encompassing all geographical sciences, with references to the most important publications included in the list of references. The scientific-organizational, international, and social activities are presented. The objectives of the institute are defined in the context of global and regional challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Human activities significantly impact the environment. Understanding the patterns and distribution of these activities is crucial for ecological protection. With location-based technology advancement, big data such as location and trajectory data can be used to analyze human activities on finer temporal and spatial scales than traditional remote sensing data. In this study, Qilian Mountain National Park (QMNP) was chosen as the research area, and Tencent location data were used to construct time series data. Time series clustering and decomposition were performed, and the spatio-temporal distribution characteristics of human activities in the study area were analyzed in conjunction with GPS trajectory data and land use data. The study found two distinct human activity patterns, Pattern A and Pattern B, in QMNP. Compared to Pattern B, Pattern A had a higher volume of location data and clear nighttime peaks. By incorporating land use and trajectory data, we conclude that Pattern A and Pattern B represent the activity patterns of the resident and tourist populations, respectively. Moreover, the study identified seasonal variations in human activities, with human activity in summer being approximately two hours longer than in winter. We also conducted an analysis of human activities in different counties within the study area.

Problem definition. Solving the problems of an unfavorable investment climate and attracting the necessary investment resources for the reconstruction and recovery of Ukraine is impossible without implementing a thoughtful and effective investment policy. The purpose of the article. Objective of the article is to analyze Ukraine's investment policy in conditions of full-scale Russian aggression and to justify possible directions for its improvement based on modern foreign approaches. Results, scientific novelty, practical significance. Over the past two years, Ukraine has taken several important steps that, even in the conditions of a full-scale war, ensure the inflow of investments into the state's economy ($4.25 billion in 2023). Firstly, priority sectors and industries for stimulating investment have been identified. These sectors ensure the livelihoods of citizens and strengthen the state's defense capabilities and, in the future, will become the locomotive for the recovery of the Ukrainian economy. Among them are military-tech (high-tech weapons), metallurgy, mining, and mechanical engineering; agriculture and food industry; IT sector and startups. Additionally, the energy sector, construction industry, retail, housing, and communal services, and production engaged in mobilization orders, medicine, are extremely important. Secondly, a series of measures have been taken to insure investments against war risks: 1) agreements on risk insurance from international organizations with such practices, particularly the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC); 2) support from partner countries that provide guarantees to their businesses investing in Ukraine (from the USA, Poland, Germany, the United Kingdom, Denmark, and others); 3) a bill on insurance of investments (including domestic ones) against war and political risks through the Export Credit Agency of Ukraine (ECA). Thirdly, work has been done to provide investors with reliable information about the country's investment potential, including creating an information platform for attracting foreign investments "Advantage Ukraine," which gathers over 500 investment projects and opportunities worth over $400 billion in ten economic sectors. Fourthly, the investment activity infrastructure is constantly developing and improving. The Government of Ukraine pays special attention to industrial parks, for the use of which foreign investors are offered significant tax benefits. As of 2024, there are 76 industrial parks in Ukraine. Among other measures of state investment policy are the resumption of privatization, deepening deregulation processes, harmonization of Ukraine's current legislation with EU norms, particularly regarding the improvement of the customs and tax systems, creating conditions for quick investments, amending the law on so-called "investment nannies," expanding the range of potential investors, etc. Also, several important steps have been taken that positively impacted the state's investment image. Ukraine acquired the status of an EU candidate member; the EU countries and some other countries canceled tariffs and quotas on Ukrainian exports; a transport visa-free regime with the EU was introduced; deferral of tax and customs payments, as well as reporting submission, was implemented; digitization of public services was carried out; the Ukrainian energy system was included in the unified European energy system; Ukrainian businesses demonstrated a high level of flexibility and adaptability, and the country - high resilience and loyalty, etc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There is a growing recognition of the importance of research into the effects of climate change on mental health and wellbeing. This paper provides an overview of the pathways through which climate change can affect mental health and wellbeing, highlighting the valuable contribution that health geography can make in this field of study. Given expertise in spatial processes, human‐environment interactions, and diverse research methods, health geographers are well‐equipped to enhance our understanding of the connection between climate change and mental health and wellbeing. The paper proposes two key areas of future focus: (1) exploring the reciprocal relationships between mental health and place, and (2) integrating knowledge from health geography and environmental sustainability. Health geography can play a critical role in developing knowledge to support mitigation strategies and promote mental health and wellbeing in the face of climate change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This document is a compilation of various academic articles and research papers related to homelessness, information technology, and social issues. The articles cover topics such as the use of technology among homeless individuals, the challenges faced by homeless school-aged children, the impact of social media on homeless youth, and the role of information services in supporting the homeless population. The document provides a range of perspectives and research findings on these topics, offering valuable insights for researchers and individuals interested in understanding the intersection of homelessness and technology. [Extracted from the article]

This contribution offers a few pointers to the work of French (if not Francophone) geographers who have focused explicitly and centrally on the question of work. It is easy to see that the geography of labour has never been seen as a clearly identified research field. That said, work has been studied from time to time by a number of researchers who have often identified themselves under the collective label of “social geographers”: from the symbolic turning point represented by Renée Rochefort's thesis (1961) to the collective affirmation of "social geography" in the early 1980s around Armand Frémont and Robert Hérin, via a number of essays by Pierre George, Claude Raffestin and Joël Pailhé. Work is analyzed as a productive activity in the broadest sense of the term, particularly in relation to nature, and as a producer of landscapes; and as a social relationship of exploitation and domination, at stake in struggles involving workers as a collective actor or even a social movement, union and political force; not forgetting work as the product of a technical and social division, that gives rise to a diversity of spatially differentiated socio-professional categories or groups at all scales.

Summary: In the Brazilian Amazon region, social, economic, and political changing structures have increased the pressure on land, generating inequalities for the region's most vulnerable residents. Simultaneously, scientific knowledge production has increased and documented the region's different realities. This document presents a scientific discourse analysis of landuse change in the Amazonian region and its interaction with socio-environmental (in)justice, considering the pluriversal perspective. We respond to the main questions: Do hierarchies in scientific knowledge production contribute to silencing subaltern voices and hiding a pluriverse approach when writing about Amazonia land issues? And if so, how? A systematic literature review was conducted using the scientific dissemination platforms Scielo, Scopus, and WoS. The results show a disproportionate representation of some stakeholders, and some states are used as near-total representatives for the Amazonia region. Furthermore, consideration of pluriversal perspectives in the articles does not guarantee high sensibility for heterogeneity of local contexts or for making subaltern voices heard. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Our study explores the question: what kind of landscape situations emerge between the urban fabric and a school building as a result of 21st-century suburbanisation? To answer this question, we will compare a traditional school town and a suburban settlement. Located less than thirty kilometres from Budapest, the traditional town is Vác, one of the most important historical school towns in Hungary. Dunakeszi, on the other hand, directly borders the capital and was a rural settlement at the beginning of the 20th century. This settlement is a typical example of urban sprawl. Its schools have occupied a place in the urban fabric since the second half of the 20th century. During our research, we used thick description and thoroughly analysed where the buildings are situated within the given urban structure, how their appearance can be described, and what their architecture communicates. Our basic argument is that while traditional settlement schools are a central element of the urban fabric, in the suburbs, schools occupy empty spaces of 'leftover plots' or develop new campuses in the interurban landscape. The results showed that regardless of the historical past of a given settlement, 21st-century educational institutions create separated, closed campuses in areas affected by suburbanisation processes. The primary reason for moving out is simply a lack of space in downtown areas, which is universally apparent in larger cities. The various roles and tasks schools fulfil also contribute to the process, for example the integration of sports fields or the increasing expectation to be accessible by car. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In distinction from the overwhelming tendency to conceive history primarily in terms of its temporal chronologies, this paper considers the spatiality of history and historical memory. Engaging with seven Oral History interviews with diasporic Iranians in Toronto on the Iranian Revolution of 1979, we show that narratives of historical events are deeply shaped by the geographical location of narrators: those emplaced in differing geographical locations at the time of the Revolution not only remember disparate events, but also associate distinct temporal points with the Revolution. For instance, while those remembering the Revolution from the capital city of Tehran produce narratives that closely align with the official historiography of the Revolution (such as in recounting street protests and the culmination of the Revolution on February 11th, 1979), others remember events and dates that are only peripheral to official accounts (such as the arson at Cinema Rex on August 19th, 1978, or the hostage crisis that lasted from November 4th, 1979 to January 28th, 1980). In other words, both the content of memories (what narrators remember) and their temporal associations (which dates narrators recall) are informed by the embodied geography of memories. Hence, those whose geographical locations diverge from the largely capital-focused vantage point of official histographies produce narratives that diverge from these accounts. In short, geography and embodied emplacement are central to historical narrative, whether authoritative or narrated form geographical margins. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper seeks to validate the hypothesis that in Brazil, between 1941 and 1948, when the first geographical expeditions to the sertão (backcountry) of Brazil took place, there was a transition in the epistemological style practiced by geographers between the historicist and ecological approach and a positivistic planning approach. Added to both is the need to restructure the colonial legacy of the country's territory, a perspective marked by social geography with a Marxist bias. This transition process is, simultaneously, the construction of another hybrid geographical style and an epistemological point of view of its own. This form of epistemology reflects the configuration of space, i.e., the continuity of the economic and political life of the coast without major modifications. However, the projected planning perspectives for the future occupation of the sertão, seen by the actors of the time as an empty territory, with resources and in which its occupation could gradually reverse Brazil's colonial legacy. Brazilian scientific space is observed as a circulation of knowledge, which is subject to tensions. Conceptual developments occurred in discussions in National Council of Geography (CNG) and Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) institutional settings and were called 'geographical talks/gatherings', which were published in the Boletim Geográfico and the Revista Brasileira de Geografia. Based on these discussions and controversies, it was possible to differentiate the styles of geography mobilised by actors, as well as to create a general interpretation based on the material analysed. Development geography and a geographical reason are understood as the result of this construction, based on two main factors: the influences of foreign geographies and the nature of the country. The methodology adopted was a geo‐history of knowledge, associated with aspects of Bruno Latour's actor‐network theory. Finally, the paper seeks to contribute to the validation of the epistemological and heuristic virtues typical of the southern hemisphere. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As sea-level rise inundates the last vestiges of Louisiana's "Working Coast" and protective wetlands, the state is embarking on controversial plans to redirect Mississippi River sediment into its degraded marshes. But in order to manipulate the Mighty Mississippi, state planners must not only marshal a proverbial army of resources, but somehow demonstrate the necessary expertise to do so. Here, I examine one such site of demonstration: the Lower Mississippi River Physical Model in Baton Rouge, La., where visitors can observe sediment diversions in action. I argue that this $18-million showpiece attempts to reinforce a particular imagined geography by the state over its landscape. Competent operation of the model dramatizes authority over the river itself, which presumably helps the State to build popular consent — in the face of entrenched resistance. This article demonstrates how seemingly technical instruments can function as political projects, which has wide-ranging implications for future climate action. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

BACKGROUND: Fundamental cause theory posits that social conditions strongly influence the risk of health risks. This study identifies risk mechanisms that social conditions associated with socioeconomic status (SES) and race/ethnicity shape in the production of colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality. METHODS: Two large datasets in the United States examining behavioral and medical preventive factors (N = 4.63-million people) were merged with population-level mortality data observing 761,100 CRC deaths among 3.31-billion person-years of observation to examine trends in CRC mortality from 1999-2012. Analyses examined the changing role of medical preventions and health behaviors in catalyzing SES and racial/ethnic inequalities in CRC mortality. RESULTS: Lower SES as well as Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Native American race/ethnicity were associated with decreased access to age-appropriate screening and/or increased prevalence of behavioral risk factors. Analyses further revealed that SES and racial/ethnic inequalities were partially determined by differences in engagement in two preventive factors: use of colonoscopy, and participation in physical activity. DISCUSSION: Social inequalities were not completely determined by behavioral risk factors. Nevertheless, a more equitable distribution of preventive medicines has the potential to reduce both the risk of, and social inequalities in, CRC mortality.

This paper argues that research on sporting cultures can illuminate wider debates over the power relations materialised through the fields of cultural practice. Specifically, as neoliberalism has spread across the social realm, sport has come to mirror and reinforce its logics, placing emphasis on individualised competition and ultimately contributing to the reproduction of neoliberal hegemony more generally. Within this, however, alternative movement‐based practices have emerged that show resilience to this process, offering alternative futures and new ways of being that are not organised by injustice. This paper examines the case of resilience within skateboarding, a cultural practice that champions participation and community values despite its ongoing incorporation into the neoliberal sport system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Human activities significantly impact the environment. Understanding the patterns and distribution of these activities is crucial for ecological protection. With location-based technology advancement, big data such as location and trajectory data can be used to analyze human activities on finer temporal and spatial scales than traditional remote sensing data. In this study, Qilian Mountain National Park (QMNP) was chosen as the research area, and Tencent location data were used to construct time series data. Time series clustering and decomposition were performed, and the spatio-temporal distribution characteristics of human activities in the study area were analyzed in conjunction with GPS trajectory data and land use data. The study found two distinct human activity patterns, Pattern A and Pattern B, in QMNP. Compared to Pattern B, Pattern A had a higher volume of location data and clear nighttime peaks. By incorporating land use and trajectory data, we conclude that Pattern A and Pattern B represent the activity patterns of the resident and tourist populations, respectively. Moreover, the study identified seasonal variations in human activities, with human activity in summer being approximately two hours longer than in winter. We also conducted an analysis of human activities in different counties within the study area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To understand socio-spatial gamegraphy, a link was woven between poetic language and scientific language. Thus, the hermeneutics of the game configures a notch for Chess and Space. In doing so, it meets the Miltonian phenomenology of space, which corresponds to the gamegraphy through four dialectics: form and structure (spatial), function and process (temporal), and two that cross space-time, between form and function and structure and process--constituting a de-re-totalization through dialectical process and form. Thus, chess is situated in its archetypes of social representation: the pieces (the movement of materiality), the players (the classes close to the issue), the spectators (intellectuals and/or revolutionaries) and the referee (capitalism). However, another game is possible: consciousness, which is time, can modify the gamegraphy by functions and processes, reformulating the content of the game and transforming it. In reference to the socio-spatial totality, another game is projected that can oust inequality in this chess class struggle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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There is a need for a spatial analysis of COVID-19 vaccinations in Poland in order to assess the solutions taken to combat this epidemiological threat. Differences in vaccination rates highlight problems of inequality in access to health care. The analysis presented here aims to show inequalities in estimated vaccination rates and their predictors. The disparities were analysed at the NUTS-4 district level. The study uses spatial exploratory and statistical techniques in applying a model of the determinants of vaccination rates at the district level. The main dependent variable is the percentage level of full-scheme vaccination in a given district, and the independent variables were social, political, demographic, economic and epidemiological predictors. The results suggest a strong influence of systemic (organisational) barriers on vaccination rates. The proposed model using only a few key socio-epidemiological variables explains >75% of the variation in vaccination rates between districts (in particular, political preferences - specifically the choice of the party currently in power - explains as much as 30%). As a result of the analyses conducted, districts at risk of exclusion were selected, i.e., mainly rural and small-town districts of the eastern areas of Poland and districts potentially at risk, dispersed in clusters throughout Poland. Given that, peripheral regions with high support for the ruling party, fare less well in the vaccination campaign, the selected municipalities and districts should be strengthened in terms of personnel, information and medicine, with the aim of levelling out inequalities in access to health. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Indonesia has a great number of local cultures. Such local cultures exist along with the values, norms, and thoughts of society. One of the local cultures in question is Penti ceremony that is conducted annually by Manggaraian people in the west of Flores. This study was an attempt to reveal the geographical context found in the ritual of penti ceremony. To collect the data, interviews and observations were carried out and were analyzed in some stages, namely data reduction, data display, and verification. The results have shown that the geographical context in the penti covers both natural spatial and social aspects. The natural spatial aspect is concerned with the selection of the locations where the ritual of penti is carried out. The selected locations were regarded as media for communication and reflections of interpersonal relations and the cosmological view of the Manggarain community towards nature. Meanwhile, the social aspect regulates the community's social relations, manifested in the form of norms, ethics, and prohibitions. In conclusion, the geographical context in the ritual of penti is closely related to natural environment preservation and social life sustainability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Yellow vests gatherings spread across France in late November 2018, and arose mostly in peripheral France, where social movements are not used to appear. This movement have been already studied through its spatial dimension, but without sources and methods being always unequivocal and deconstructed. In this context, our proposal aims to getting things straight among all the available sources and data which document the spatial dimension of the YV movement during the first months of the contestation. Through a monograph in Normandy, maps and a geostatistical study of YV gatherings at a national scale, we first highlight the disseminated, simultaneous but temporary YV appropriations of different strategic spaces in the margins of small towns, before massive and repeated central gatherings, which underlines the politicization of the movement. Then we explore the "Jaune vif" database, which is very relevant since it is the only source that documents both the gathering and the daily life spaces of protestors, essentially peri-urban or rural dwellers and inhabitants of small towns in the beginning, whose lifestyles and daily life spaces, often marginalized or depreciated, have been there brought to the forefront of politics. Even if some of them carried on mobilizing far from their home, the centralization of the movement appears to be coupled with a centralization of the protestors, who were gradually more metropolitan and used to social movements, structuring the movement at a broader scale. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, I examine how performative practices of care that are primarily focused on academic achievement and learning outcomes have contributed to the creation of geographies of exclusion within mainstream schools for students with disability. Through a study of a 12-year-old student diagnosed with autism in a secondary school in Melbourne, Australia, I maintain that performative care makes certain groups of students 'intelligible' by responding to their needs while rendering others as unrecognisable care subjects in schools. The cognitive ableist bias underpinning performative care provides students with academic abilities with the necessary permissions to develop a sense of belonging to the mainstream school while creating boundaries of exclusion against those who do not embody the qualities of performative student subjects. I maintain that an approach to care as a public good and a relational ethics can help create more inclusive social geographies within mainstream schools for students with disability. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the 20th century, humanity finally chose the urban path of development as a priority. In the 21st century, the state strategic plans focus on large cities and urban agglomerations under the continuing urbanization. Rural territories are increasingly perceived by the authorities and urbanists as some dying forms, sacrificed for the development of cities. In the Russian Federation, this is especially true for a number of regions (Moscow Region, Sverdlovsk Region, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District, etc.), in which municipalities are turned into urban districts, and all administrative functions are transferred to the cities. The countryside is still rural, but its population is practically removed from decision-making. At the same time, there are reverse migrations - of urban dwellers to the countryside, which leads to further expansion of cities. The term settlement system means a set of settlements located in a certain territory and connected by a common organization of management, services and labor market. Therefore, the Crimean region has both - overpopulated rural areas and developing cities. The article considers the settlement system of the Crimean Peninsula, in particular its urban part, as a basis of its demographic development. Based on statistical, cartographic, regional and historical approaches, the author considers the dynamics of urban settlement and such a phenomenon as urban agglomerations; identifies the main factors in the development of urban settlements, the subsystems of the urban settlement system and its central places. The article also describes the Simferopol-Sevastopol dual-core agglomeration which seems to break up into two autonomous agglomerations due to a range of factors.

Our study explores the question: what kind of landscape situations emerge between the urban fabric and a school building as a result of 21st-century suburbanisation? To answer this question, we will compare a traditional school town and a suburban settlement. Located less than thirty kilometres from Budapest, the traditional town is Vác, one of the most important historical school towns in Hungary. Dunakeszi, on the other hand, directly borders the capital and was a rural settlement at the beginning of the 20th century. This settlement is a typical example of urban sprawl. Its schools have occupied a place in the urban fabric since the second half of the 20th century. During our research, we used thick description and thoroughly analysed where the buildings are situated within the given urban structure, how their appearance can be described, and what their architecture communicates. Our basic argument is that while traditional settlement schools are a central element of the urban fabric, in the suburbs, schools occupy empty spaces of ‘leftover plots’ or develop new campuses in the interurban landscape. The results showed that regardless of the historical past of a given settlement, 21st-century educational institutions create separated, closed campuses in areas affected by suburbanisation processes. The primary reason for moving out is simply a lack of space in downtown areas, which is universally apparent in larger cities. The various roles and tasks schools fulfil also contribute to the process, for example the integration of sports fields or the increasing expectation to be accessible by car.

Despite the wide popularity of the Crimean region, its scientific descriptions are full of gaps. In the Soviet period, the research was limited by the unspoken prohibitions on the study of social processes and by the absence of a strong scientific school. After the collapse of the USSR, the Crimean region was considered only in the works on social aspects of migration and on artificial transformations of the ethnic-confessional composition of the population. The change in the status of the Crimean Peninsula in 2014 made this region interesting for the Russian science: there are many recent articles on the features of the social-economic development of the peninsula, but a number of issues in the life of Crimea are still poorly understood. One of them is the migration on the peninsula: the historical ethnic migrations are sufficiently described but not the contemporary population movements. Historically, migration processes have played an important role in the social-economic development of Crimea. However, until recently, external migrations were the driver of this development, while since the beginning of the 21st century, migration movements within the peninsula have played this role, and their features should be taken into account in planning and financing the rural development. Rural areas of Crimea remain agrarian-overpopulated; therefore, it is necessary to identify areas promising for capital investment and areas that soon will be depopulated due to the lack of opportunities for human and social capital. The author considers the population exchange between urban and rural areas as an important factor for the demographic situation, and focuses on the reasons and features of the spatial mobility and migration of the Crimean population based on the analysis of statistical data and transport links between the city and the countryside.

Geography is certainly a discipline little loved by the public, even though the spatial dimension of societies is an element of fundamental importance in people’s life. This contribution aims to show how this spatial dimension is omnipresent in the daily life of people, societies and territories and tries to illustrate the specific approach of social geography in analyzing these phenomena. We will focus primarily on the manifestations of daily life that can be read with the gaze of social geography. We will then refer to the perspective of this discipline and we will go through its different levels of analysis, to finally arrive at outlining the most used methodologies and tools for conducting studies and research.

Since 2007, there has been a significant increase in eucalyptus planting in the eastern region of the state of Mato Grosso do Sul (MS), Brazil. Eucalyptus planting takes the place of extensive livestock farming by the leasing or purchasing of land from farmers in the region. The "green desert" is growing to the point of having a direct impact on the social and spatial organization of the two main rural communities in the region, Arapuá and Garcias, which were established with the families of rural workers on cattle farms and on the settlers of the districts. With the territorialization of the eucalyptus-pulp-paper complex in the region, there has been a major rural exodus, impacting the social and cultural characteristics that made the communities' identity, generating a notable environmental imbalance. This paper proposes to understand these changes, based on the reading made by the residents themselves regarding the arrival of eucalyptus and on how these transformations in land use and capitalist appropriation of the territory changed the territorial identity of these rural communities. The study is based on the theoretical and methodological approach of social geography, which considers the subject at the center of territorial productions. Therefore, qualitative research methodologies are used, based on semi-structured interviews, to identify the extent of the changes that have occurred. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recreational fishing is one of the most common recreational activities in the aquatic environment and a very complex social-ecological system (SES). It provides real benefits to anglers and as such, is considered an ecosystem service (ES). This article seeks to identify the scale and nature of cultural and provisioning ES in angling concerning socio-economic and engagement indicators. It also focuses on affiliation and preferred company of other anglers and preference for fishing in different waterbodies. Cultural service anglers were most numerous (68.5%) in this context and were clearer in their environmental and social preferences and characteristics. Anglers expecting to provision are harder to classify, making their behavior in the environment less certain. Association in organizations/clubs proves to be a key social factor that can influence anglers in the context of final ES choice. Despite uneven distribution, the lakes are the most frequently preferred by anglers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Many scholars have examined the museum as a site of politics. This paper reviews recent research on museums and puts forward "soft combat" as a device for understanding how museums operate as geopolitical entities today. Soft combat includes (a) enrolling the visitor in affective atmospheres, (b) engaging with violence and trauma, and (c) embodied persuasion. We examine a military museum in the U.S.A to substantiate soft combat as a kind of biopolitics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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LGBTQ+ neighbourhoods and venues in our cities have fulfilled many vital functions for LGBTQ+ people and for society as a whole. Generally identified through the concentration of consumption spaces that host meetings between LGBTQ+ people, they have a great symbolic value in the fight for their rights and against intolerance. At a time when doubts arise about their future, there are far fewer spatial, quantitative and systematic analyses of these concentration patterns, especially from an international and comparative approach to the phenomenon. The digitisation of our daily lives generates big data that make possible avenues of research that were hitherto impossible, not only in detail and extent, but also in the nature of the questions to answer. In this article, we analyse Foursquare location-based social big data to quantify and spatialise clustering patterns of queer places and symbolic capital in four LGBTQ+ neighbourhoods (Castro in San Francisco, Soho in London, Chueca in Madrid and Le Marais in Paris) and take similar spaces with no LGBTQ+ identity as a reference. In doing so, the greater accumulation of symbolic capital in LGBTQ+ spaces is revealed and measured in these four cities. In future, similar studies could capture trends like the gentrification of these environments, to help policymakers make data-driven decisions to promote more inclusive and diverse cities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]