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From countercultural ecovillages to mainstream green neighbourhoods—a view on current trends in Denmark
This paper describes how the ecovillage model for sustainability is currently spreading in Denmark through two different avenues. The first avenue is...
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Segregated by neighbourhoods: infrastructure differentials in an emerging Ghanaian city
This paper examines neighbourhoods water and sanitary infrastructure disparities using the example of a rapidly urbanising city in north-western...
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Sedentary behaviour among older adults residing in flat and hilly neighbourhoods and its association with frailty and chronic disease status
BackgroundLiving in hilly neighbourhoods can be associated with sedentary behaviour, but no study has compared sedentary behaviour and its...
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The (co-)production of arrival neighbourhoods. Processes governing housing markets in three german cities
In recent years, an emerging strand of research has focused on the role arrival neighbourhoods play for newcomers finding their footing in a new...
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The availability and distribution of va** retailers across Ontario neighbourhoods, 2016–2019
ObjectivesTo characterize the distribution of va** retailers and examine the association between neighbourhood income and va** retailer...
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Do Co-Ethnic Neighbourhoods Affect the Labour Market Outcomes of Immigrants? Longitudinal Evidence from Australia
Unlike the situation in other immigrant-receiving countries, the impact of co-ethnic neighbourhoods on immigrants’ life outcomes has been...
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Socioeconomic Variation in the Relationship Between Neighbourhoods’ Built Environments and the Spread of COVID-19 in Toronto, Canada
The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic underscores the importance of place of residence as a determinant of health. Prior work has...
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Semeru volcano, Indonesia: measuring hazard, exposure and response of densely populated neighbourhoods facing persistent volcanic threats
We studied Semeru, East Java, Indonesia, to show the population exposure to volcanic threats from its persistent, daily eruptive activity which...
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Towards Resilient Cities and Neighbourhoods to Pandemics
This chapter summarises the valuable insights in the field of resilience-related innovations for cities and neighbourhoods to pandemics presented in...
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Sustainable Neighbourhoods for Ageing in Place An Interdisciplinary Voice Against Global Crises
This timely book provides an understanding of how an ageing population can maintain health in the ageing process in their preferred homes and...
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Improving Liveability Through Regenerating Informal Neighbourhoods: A Case of Old Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital, has been the world’s most densely inhabited city since 2016, with a density of 30,093 people/km2 in 2022, posing...
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Neighbourhoods in Transition Brownfield Regeneration in European Metropolitan Areas
This open access book is focused on the intersection between urban brownfields and the sustainability transitions of metreopolitan areas, cities and...
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Residential satisfaction in deprived urban neighbourhoods: a case study of Harare’s selected informal settlements
This paper examines residential satisfaction and the factors that influence it within the context of Harare’s selected informal settlements (Hopley,...
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Worst School in Town? Students in Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods Reclaiming Representations of Their School
School segregation has contributed to a divided school system in Sweden, one that is divided between the ‘best’ and ‘worst’ schools. Performance...
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Adaptation and qualitative evaluation of the BETTER intervention for chronic disease prevention and screening by public health nurses in low income neighbourhoods: views of community residents
BackgroundThe BETTER intervention is an effective comprehensive evidence-based program for chronic disease prevention and screening (CDPS) delivered...
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Impacts of life-events on sitting, TV viewing and computer use among women from disadvantaged neighbourhoods
BackgroundLittle is known about how life events such as changes in parental or employment status influence sedentary behaviour (SB). Women from...
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Homicide rates are spatially associated with built environment and socio-economic factors: a study in the neighbourhoods of Toronto, Canada
ObjectivesHomicide rate is associated with a large variety of factors and therefore unevenly distributed over time and space. This study aims to...
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Towards Neighbourhoods as Minimum Units of Resilience?
COVID-19 restrictions have changed the perception of space: travel limitations and diffusion of remote activities have narrowed the spaces of...
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Sustainable Behaviour Assessment for Building Highways Inside Existing Neighbourhoods: A Case Study of Heliopolis–Cairo–Egypt
In the last two years, Egyptian government started a huge urban regeneration and road network rehabilitation projects in existing neighbourhoods; a...