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Liveability for older residents in regional communities through the lens of walkability and attitudes to nature – a case study in northeast Victoria, Australia 从步行便利性和对自然的态度角度看地区社区老年居民的宜居性--澳大利亚维多利亚州东北部的案例研究

IF 2.4 2区社会学

Australian Geographer Pub Date : 2023-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2023.2253718

R. Whitsed, Ana Horta

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Connected: rooftop solar, prepay and reducing energy insecurity in remote Australia 互联：屋顶太阳能，预付费用，减少偏远澳大利亚的能源不安全

IF 2.4 2区社会学

Australian Geographer Pub Date : 2023-06-09 DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2023.2214959

B. Riley, Lee V. White, S. Quilty, T. Longden, Norman Frank-Jupurrurla, Serena Morton Nabanunga, Sarah M. Wilson

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‘At the beach’: the role of place(s) and natural landscape in facilitating a sense of home during settlement “在海滩上”:地点和自然景观在定居期间促进家的感觉中的作用

IF 2.4 2区社会学

Australian Geographer Pub Date : 2023-05-24 DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2023.2214958

Sarah Faulkner

引用次数: 1

Critical minerals: rethinking extractivism? 关键矿物:重新思考开采主义?

IF 2.4 2区社会学

Australian Geographer Pub Date : 2023-05-17 DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2023.2210733

Amelia Hine, Chrissie Gibson, Robyn Mayes

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Using mobilities theory to study the nexus between climate change and human movement 利用流动性理论研究气候变化与人类运动之间的关系

IF 2.4 2区社会学

Australian Geographer Pub Date : 2023-04-29 DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2023.2205999

Louis Everuss

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Initiatives in Urban Greening: analysis of attitudes towards a voluntary-assisted urban residential road verge-planting program 城市绿化倡议：对自愿协助城市住宅道路边缘种植计划的态度分析

IF 2.4 2区社会学

Australian Geographer Pub Date : 2023-04-28 DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2023.2204573

M. Hughes, D. Newsome, Elizabeth Culverhouse

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Regional Resettlement of Refugees: rethinking ‘secondary migration’ 难民的区域安置:对“二次移民”的反思

IF 2.4 2区社会学

Australian Geographer Pub Date : 2023-04-18 DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2023.2199509

M. Boese, A. Moran

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Say my name: the polarising name of atmospheric rivers 说出我的名字：大气河流的两极分化的名字

IF 2.4 2区社会学

Australian Geographer Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2023.2199465

K. Reid

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Our ‘Pacific family’. Heroes, guests, workers or a precariat? 我们的“太平洋大家庭”。英雄、客人、工人还是临时工？

IF 2.4 2区社会学

Australian Geographer Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2023.2203348

Kirstie Petrou, J. Connell

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Encounters on the footpath: tracing the Sri Lankan diaspora’s place-making in everyday urban and suburban spaces 在人行道上相遇:追踪斯里兰卡侨民在日常城市和郊区空间中的场所创造

IF 2.4 2区社会学

Australian Geographer Pub Date : 2023-03-25 DOI: 10.1080/00049182.2023.2192390

Charishma Ratnam

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