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View article: SimIceland: Towards a Spatial Microsimulation Approach for Exploring ‘Green’ Citizenship Attitudes in Island Contexts
SimIceland: Towards a Spatial Microsimulation Approach for Exploring ‘Green’ Citizenship Attitudes in Island Contexts Open
Islands and island communities are often perceived as homogenous in mainstream discourse. While many islands share characteristics, such as smallness or isolation, these are experienced differently across and within island contexts and int…
View article: Unraveling the nexus: Subjective well-being and left-behind places
Unraveling the nexus: Subjective well-being and left-behind places Open
This study contributes to the ongoing discourse on the complex phenomenon of being left behind at the regional level, aiming to connect it with the extensive body of literature on subjective well-being and its various facets. We argue that…
View article: Angry together or agitated alone? The role of social capital in the geographies of discontent
Angry together or agitated alone? The role of social capital in the geographies of discontent Open
Research on the spatial variation in ‘populist’ and ‘anti-establishment’ voting focuses on the role of ‘left behind places’, where these parties are particularly successful in regions that have been left behind economically or culturally. …
View article: Simulating household energy behavior diffusion using spatial microsimulation and econometric models
Simulating household energy behavior diffusion using spatial microsimulation and econometric models Open
Analyzing household energy behaviors from a spatial perspective is crucial for both policymakers and network operators. However, conducting spatial analysis at a fine scale presents significant challenges, primarily due to data scarcity. T…
View article: Behind left and right: disentangling the voting behaviour of radical parties in Europe
Behind left and right: disentangling the voting behaviour of radical parties in Europe Open
Over the past decade, there has been an increasing trend in voting for parties that are typically described as populist or radical, on both the right and left sides of the political spectrum. While previous research on populism typically t…
View article: PHOENIX Dataset for each Pilot 2022_V2.0
PHOENIX Dataset for each Pilot 2022_V2.0 Open
Deliverable D2.5 Datasets for each Pilot. This deliverable is the result of joint efforts from the PHOENIX consortium. This executive report describes the purpose and content of the deliverable. Deliverable D2.5 Datasets for each Pilot i…
View article: PHOENIX Dataset for each Pilot 2022_V2.0
PHOENIX Dataset for each Pilot 2022_V2.0 Open
Deliverable D2.5 Datasets for each Pilot. This deliverable is the result of joint efforts from the PHOENIX consortium. This executive report describes the purpose and content of the deliverable. Deliverable D2.5 Datasets for each Pilot i…
View article: Spatial and relational peer effects on environmental behavioral imitation
Spatial and relational peer effects on environmental behavioral imitation Open
From a behavioral perspective, this study investigates the impacts of spatial and relational peer effects on shaping individual environmental behaviors. Utilizing microdata from 53,590 residents in the Netherlands, this study explores the …
View article: Neighbourhood-level spatial determinants of residential solar photovoltaic adoption in the Netherlands
Neighbourhood-level spatial determinants of residential solar photovoltaic adoption in the Netherlands Open
This paper examines the neighbourhood-level spatial determinants of residential solar photovoltaic (PV) adoption in the Netherlands. We investigate the roles of place-specificities and spatial interaction effects by utilising high-resoluti…
View article: PHOENIX Dataset for each Pilot 2022
PHOENIX Dataset for each Pilot 2022 Open
Deliverable D2.5 Datasets for each Pilot. This deliverable is the result of joint efforts from the PHOENIX consortium. This executive report describes the purpose and content of the deliverable. Deliverable D2.5 Datasets for each Pilot i…
View article: Urbanity, Neighbourhood Characteristics and Perceived Quality of Life (QoL): Analysis of Individual and Contextual Determinants for Perceived QoL in 3300 Postal Code Areas in Finland
Urbanity, Neighbourhood Characteristics and Perceived Quality of Life (QoL): Analysis of Individual and Contextual Determinants for Perceived QoL in 3300 Postal Code Areas in Finland Open
This analysis examines the geography of subjective wellbeing within a single country via a novel dataset consisting of more than 26,000 respondents embedded in 3100 postal code areas in Finland. We include a detailed indicator on the level…
View article: How happy are my neighbours? Modelling spatial spillover effects of\n well-being
How happy are my neighbours? Modelling spatial spillover effects of\n well-being Open
This article uses data of subjective Life Satisfaction aggregated to the\ncommunity level in Canada and examines the spatial interdependencies and\nspatial spillovers of community happiness. A theoretical model of utility is\npresented. Us…
View article: How happy are my neighbours? Modelling spatial spillover effects of well-being
How happy are my neighbours? Modelling spatial spillover effects of well-being Open
This article uses data of subjective Life Satisfaction aggregated to the community level in Canada and examines the spatial interdependencies and spatial spillovers of community happiness. A theoretical model of utility is presented. Using…
View article: Conspiracism on social media: An agenda melding of group-mediated deceptions
Conspiracism on social media: An agenda melding of group-mediated deceptions Open
This study examines students’ social media interactions in relation to their subcultural explorations of a conspiratorial nature. A sample of 476 students from four European universities participated in a survey about conspiracy theories i…
View article: Application of geographic information systems and simulation modelling to dental public health: Where next?
Application of geographic information systems and simulation modelling to dental public health: Where next? Open
Public health research in dentistry has used geographic information systems since the 1960s. Since then, the methods used in the field have matured, moving beyond simple spatial associations to the use of complex spatial statistics and, on…
View article: Spatial segregation and migration in the city of Athens: Investigating the evolution of urban socio‐spatial immigrant structures
Spatial segregation and migration in the city of Athens: Investigating the evolution of urban socio‐spatial immigrant structures Open
Migration has long had an impact on spatial segregation within the metropolitan area of Athens. This process has also been affected by local economic restructuring mechanisms, which, in recent years, have evolved within the context of the …