An analysis of the determinants of air traffic volume for European metropolitan areas by Dobruszkes, F, Lennert, M, Van Hamme, G

Urban spillover or rural industrialisation: which drives the growth of Beijing Metropolitan Area by Shi, Q, Cao, G

“…Two competing forces are traditionally considered to be responsible for the formation and expansion of metropolitan areas. One is urban spillover, which stresses the dispersion of residents from the city centre; the other is rural industrialisation, which focuses on in situ industrialisation in peripheries. …”

Environmental public health risks in European metropolitan areas within the EURO-HEALTHY project by Mitsakou, C, Dimitroulopoulou, S, Heaviside, C, Katsouyanni, K, Samoli, E, Rodopoulou, S, Costa, C, Almendra, R, Santana, P, Dell'Olmo, M, Borell, C, Corman, D, Zengarini, N, Deboosere, P, Franke, C, Schweikart, J, Lustigova, M, Spyrou, C, De Hoogh, K, Fecht, D, Gulliver, J, Vardoulakis, S

“…Based on our analysis, we discuss recommendations of potential interventions that could be implemented to reduce the environmental public health risks in the European metropolitan areas covered by this study.…”

Cold-related mortality in three European metropolitan areas: Athens, Lisbon and London. Implications for health promotion by Almendra, R, Santana, P, Mitsakou, C, Heaviside, C, Samoli, E, Rodopoulou, S, Katsouyanni, K, Vardoulakis, S

“…The spatial heterogeneity between the three metropolitan areas in the risk estimates and cold-related mortality may result from the significant disparities in the built environment. …”

Pedestrian facilities and perceived pedestrian level of service (PLOS): A case study of Chittagong metropolitan area, Bangladesh by Zannat, KE, Raja, DR, Adnan, MSG

“…We developed these models for a case study of Chittagong Metropolitan Area in Bangladesh. Poor condition of pedestrian facilities in the region resulted in PLOS B as the highest tier of perceived PLOS. …”

Governing Montreal by Sancton, A, Sancton, Andrew 1948-

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Silence speaks: the relationship between immigration and the underreporting of crime by Gutierrez, C, Kirk, D

“…Results indicate that crime reporting is inversely related to increases in the relative size of both the noncitizen and foreign-born populations within a metropolitan area, and that the negative effect is greater for violence than for property crime. …”

Investigating intra-ethnic divisions among latino immigrants in Miami, Florida by Mallet-Garcia, M, Pinto-Coehlo, J

“…These demographic shifts are particularly salient in the Miami-Dade County, Florida, metropolitan area, making it an ideal case study for investigating pan-ethnic social cohesion and divisions. …”

Disruptive technology as an enabler of the circular economy: What potential does 3D printing hold? by Garmulewicz, A, Holweg, M, Veldhuis, H, Yang, A

“…We use the London metropolitan area as our empirical setting for analyzing the system conditions already present – in the form of local material flows, technology and actors – and for assessing 3D printing's viability as an enabler of a circular economy at local level. …”

Where the other 1 percent live: An examination of changes in the spatial concentration of the formerly incarcerated by Kirk, D

“…Traditionally, prisoner reentry has been regarded as an urban phenomenon, with most returning prisoners concentrated into a select few disadvantaged urban neighborhoods. However, metropolitan-area changes, including the demolition of public housing, the suburbanization of poverty, and desegregation, may have altered the prevailing spatial distribution of returning prisoners, thereby spreading the challenges of prisoner reintegration to new geographic domains. …”

From ethnic settlement to cultural coexistence: German and Japanese gaúchos in Ivoti and indicators of culturally symbiotic place-making by Yokoyama, Y

“…This paper presents an ethnographic account of German and Japanese Brazilians in the municipality of Ivoti, located in the Porto Alegre metropolitan area, the southernmost part of Brazil. The aim of this paper is to show how the regional identity of Rio Grande do Sul, the socalled gaúcho identity, transcends the racial, ethnic and historical backgrounds of immigrant groups. …”

Extended excess commuting : a measure of the jobs-housing imbalance in Seoul by Ma, K, Banister, D

“…The empirical results show that commuters in the Seoul Metropolitan Area (SMA) have tried to reduce both qualitative and quantitative imbalance based on time rather than distance over the past 10 years (1990-2000). …”

Energy-water nexus design and operation towards the sustainable development goals by Wang, X, Van Dam, K, Triantafyllidis, C, Koppelaar, R, Shah, N

“…Several applications of the platform are demonstrated based on a sub-Saharan African metropolitan area. The outputs depict energy, water, and other resource demand, supply and transport on multiple spatiotemporal scales, which are used to indicate cost effective and environmentally friendly development strategies. …”

Prevalence and molecular characterization of Rickettsia spp. from wild small mammals in public parks and urban areas of Bangkok Metropolitan, Thailand by Rungrojn, A, Chaisiri, K, Paladsing, Y, Morand, S, Junjhon, J, Blacksell, SD, Ekchariyawat, P

“…However, information on the rickettsial infection status in urban settings (e.g., built-up areas and city parks) is still limited, particularly in the Bangkok metropolitan area. In this study, we performed a molecular rickettsial survey of spleen samples of small mammals caught in public parks and built-up areas of Bangkok. …”

Methods for quantifying effects of social unrest using credit card transaction data by Dong, X, Meyer, J, Shmueli, E, Bozkaya, B, Pentland, A

“…Using data from a metropolitan area in an OECD country, we show that protests affect consumers’ shopping frequency and spending, but in noticeably different ways. …”

The unequal effects of the health-economy tradeoff during the COVID-19 pandemic by Pangallo, M, Aleta, A, Del Rio-Chanona, RM, Pichler, A, Martin-Corral, D, Chinazzi, M, Lafond, F, Ajelli, M, Moro, E, Moreno, Y, Vespignani, A, Farmer, J

“…We validate the model by reproducing key outcomes of the first wave of coronavirus disease 2019 in the New York metropolitan area. The key mechanism coupling the epidemic and economic modules is the reduction in consumption due to fear of infection. …”

Im/Mobilities of care during the covid-19 lockdown in Itagui, Colombia by Orjuela, JP, Schwanen, T

“…In this paper we use a mixed-methods approach to study the impact of lockdown measures in a group of 40 low-income women living in peri-urban areas of Itagüí, a municipality in the south of the Medellín metropolitan area, Colombia. Based on existing feminist literature, we make three main contributions to the conceptualisation of mobilities of care beyond drawing attention to immobilities of care. …”

Reconsidering mobility of care: learning from the experiences of low-income women during the COVID-19 lockdown in Itagüí, Colombia by Orjuela Mendoza, J, Schwanen, T

“…In this paper we enrich the mobility of care concept by drawing on influential conceptualisations of care from feminist theory and analysis of data collected during the COVID-19 lockdown among a group of 40 low-income women living in peri-urban areas of Itagüí, a municipality in the south of the Medellín metropolitan area, Colombia. Through this approach we first argue that relying on a taxonomy of trip purposes limits the understanding of the role of care in urban mobilities and risks underestimating the prevalence of mobility of care. …”

A decrease in cardiovascular risk factors in healthy 40-year-old Swedish men between 1980-1983 and 1991-1992. by Tornvall, P, Båvenholm, P, Hellénius, M, Karpe, F, Regnström, J, de Faire, U

“…METHODS: All subjects, who served as controls in an ongoing study on mechanisms behind myocardial infarction, were randomly selected from a register that contains all the inhabitants (1.65 million) in the Stockholm Metropolitan Area. The study programme included recordings of weight, height, smoking habits, blood pressure and blood sampling. …”

Factors affecting compliance with the measles vaccination schedule in a Brazilian city by Logullo, P, Barbosa De Carvalho, H, Saconi, R, Massad, E

“…DESIGN AND SETTING: Case-control and exploratory study, in the metropolitan area of São Paulo. METHODS: The caregivers of 122 children were interviewed regarding their perceptions and understanding about the measles vaccination and the disease. …”