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Emma Morano – 117 Years and 137 Days
Emma Morano was born on 29 November 1899 in a small mountain village in Piemonte, and died on 15 April 2017 in Verbania on Lake Maggiore (100 km...
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‘I Was More Emotional at the Beginning … Missing Poland a Lot. But Once You Have Kids It’s Different’: Kee** Families Connected
This chapter concerns how migration, a significant life event, shapes intergenerational relationships, particularly in the context of becoming a...
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Do Alimony Regulations Matter Inside Marriage? Evidence from the 2008 Reform of the German Maintenance Law
This study investigates how West German spouses have responded to the alimony reform introduced in 2008. This reform imposed financial...
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Between settlement, double return and re-emigration: motivations for future mobility of Polish and Lithuanian return migrants
Although research on return migration is growing, little is known about returnees’ plans and attitudes regarding further migration. This article...
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Perspectives on built heritage preservation: a study of Queenslander homeowners in Brisbane, Australia
Set in Brisbane–Australia’s third city—this study solicits the views of residents regarding the preservation of the iconic Queenslander houses (late...
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Observations
Elena’s on the verge, about to step into the field, the real deal. She laughs quietly to herself. Who cares besides herself that she’s crossing the...
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White City Black Flag: Responding to Overtourism Through Artistic Hosting
This research joins the call to create new political eco-systems and sustainable cultural interfaces in response to overtourism in cities, addressed...
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Trajectories of Latent Vulnerability and Distress: Identifying Social and Spatial Fringes of the Swedish Population
It can be argued that a society is never better than how Individuals on its social and spatial fringes are faring. This motivates the purpose of this...
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Place and the (trans) formation of self-identity in Ezzedine Fishere’s Farah’s Story
Place is a field that is related to various disciplines like geography, sociology, psychology, environment and literature among others. In this...
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Optimizing housing price estimation through image segmentation and geographically weighted regression: an empirical study in Nan**g, China
Although well-designed urban streets are beneficial for sustainability and livability, few studies have considered their role in housing price...
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Overseas Housing for Elderly Hongkongers? Comparing the Key Factors Influencing Retiree Migration Between Japan and Hong Kong
This study explores an innovative option for a housing policy for the elderly in Hong Kong by referencing an experimental project wherein the...
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Buddy or burden? Patterns, perceptions, and experiences of pet ownership among older adults in Switzerland
While interactions with pets may yield significant emotional, social, and physical benefits, taking care of them can also be demanding and...
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Does the Dream of Home Ownership Rest Upon Biased Beliefs? A Test Based on Predicted and Realized Life Satisfaction
The belief that home ownership makes people happy is probably one of the most widespread intuitive theories of happiness. However, whether it is...
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From Stigma to Pride: New Practices of Housing-Based Welfare for Regenerating Disadvantaged Communities in Taipei City, Taiwan
Homelessness has been considered a common issue in Taiwan’s developed city-regions since the 1980s. This Chapter focuses on the case of the Longshan...
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The spatial dimension of shifting commonsensical understandings
In this article, I engage with the spatial dimensions of Gramsci’s work and look at common sense through a primarily spatial lens. I discuss how...
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In the Shadows of Others: Unheard Voices of Older Russian Immigrant Women in the United States
Older post-Soviet immigrants in the U.S. have been largely overlooked by research despite their unique experience of having lived in a totalitarian...
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Factors Influencing the Occurrence of Vacant Houses in a Small Provincial Town in Japan
The recent increase in the number of vacant houses in Japan has become a serious problem. To address this problem, the distribution and main factors...
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Local residents’ perceptions of refugees as neighbors: a qualitative analysis of community social networks, purposive guardianship, and feelings of safety
Drawing on semi-structured interviews with 42 residents in a mid-size northeastern United States city, we examine the social networks of refugees and...
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Brand variety, access to convenience and housing prices – empirical evidence of convenience stores from Taiwan
Recent studies have documented that access to food stores is an important determinant of housing prices. However, these studies ignore the role of...
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Pre and post-financial crisis convergence of metropolitan housing markets in Poland
Using a unique dataset of 4.6 million offers, we investigate the convergence of 28 regional housing markets in Poland from 2000 to 2019. The...
