residential mobility is an important ecological mobility which, besides physical impacts, has contributed in shaping or reshaping of urban social milieus. the analyses of results related to a sample of 17510 households inhabiting in 40 regions of mashhad indicates that 46.9 percent of them had experienced a residential relocation during a period of ten years, the maximum of which (62.8 percent)...

In Portugal, individuals aged 50+ have an important role in the provision of co-residential care. This study aimed to rank Portugal relative to 15 European countries with regard to the prevalence of co-residential care (daily or almost daily personal care), and extra-residential help/care (household help and/or personal care) provided by individuals aged 50+, and determine the factors associate...

1. Background and purpose With the development of economy and society, as well as the growing demands on quality of life, the improvement of residential environment quality has become the key targets of city policy and urban planning, where the research on residential environment evaluation is the important first step. The study on Environment Quality Index (EQI) for residential area is one of ...

design of the new apartment buildings in iran, has been faced to a decline of quality of local life and an improper interaction between inside-outside of residential spaces. this interaction can be affected by the quality of in-between spaces in different scales of apartment buildings in residential developments. in-between spaces of apartment houses refer to a hierarchy of the main entrance, o...

It has been theorized that suicide behaviours amongst indigenous peoples may be an outcome of mass trauma experienced as a result of colonization. In Canada, qualitative evidence has suggested that the Indian Residential School System set in motion a cycle of trauma, with some survivors reporting subsequent abuse, suicide, and other related behaviours. It has been further postulated that the ef...

1.INTRODUCTION This paper addresses to examine to the following objectives: a) The application of Tiebout theory in the study of residential mobility; b) To examine the current state of housing dissatrisfaction in Bandung Raya Metropolitant; c) To examine main reasons of reasons of residential mobility and their correlates to socio economic factors; d) To examine how potential residential mover...

Residential construction is a high-risk industry in the U.S. due to the exposure to work-related safety hazards and fall injuries. This study aimed to examine the safety training and safe work practices of construction workers within the small residential construction industry. In order to achieve the study objectives, a survey was designed and sent to approximately 200 Wisconsin based resident...

This paper investigates the impact of residential density on household vehicle usage and fuel consumption. We estimate a simultaneous equations system to account for the potential residential self-selection problem. While most previous studies focus on a specific region, this paper uses national samples from the 2001 National Household Travel Survey. The estimation results indicate that residen...