Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space最新文献

Into the zone. 进入状态

IF 4.6 1区社会学

Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-30 DOI: 10.1177/0308518X241285547

Jamie Peck

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Doing economics differently. 用不同的方式研究经济学。

IF 4.2 1区社会学

Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-10-01 Epub Date: 2023-10-12 DOI: 10.1177/0308518X231202916

Jamie Peck

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Applying the global wealth chain typology to property purchases in the Liverpool and Merseyside Area 将全球财富链类型应用于利物浦和默西塞德地区的房地产购买

IF 4.2 1区社会学

Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-09-07 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231191934

Rex Mckenzie, Rowland Atkinson, Andrea Ingianni

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Does urbanization depend on in-migration? Demography, mobility, and India's urban transition 城市化是否取决于人口迁移?人口、流动性和印度的城市转型

IF 4.2 1区社会学

Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-09-05 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231180609

Gregory F. Randolph

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Beyond crisis? Using rent theory to understand the restructuring of publicly funded seniors' care in British Columbia, Canada. 超越危机？使用租金理论来理解加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省公共资助老年人护理的重组。

IF 4.2 1区社会学

Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Epub Date: 2021-01-25 DOI: 10.1177/0308518X20983152

Kendra Strauss

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The economic geographies of mergers and acquisitions (M&As). 并购的经济地域。

IF 4.2 1区社会学

Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Epub Date: 2023-08-15 DOI: 10.1177/0308518X231190091

Liam Keenan, Dariusz Wójcik

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Entangling global chains of wealth and value through CSR-ization: A critical Polanyian perspective on Weda Bay Nickel 通过企业社会责任化纠缠全球财富和价值链:对韦达湾镍业的批判性波兰观点

IF 4.2 1区社会学

Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-08-31 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231191946

F. Palpacuer, C. Roussey

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Can polycentric urban development simultaneously achieve both economic growth and regional equity? A multi-scale analysis of German regions 多中心城市发展能否同时实现经济增长和区域公平?德国地区的多尺度分析

IF 4.2 1区社会学

Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-08-29 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231191943

Wenzheng Li, Stephan Schmidt, S. Siedentop

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Stratified pathways into platform work: Migration trajectories and skills in Berlin’s gig economy 进入平台工作的分层路径:柏林零工经济中的移民轨迹和技能

IF 4.2 1区社会学

Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-08-28 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231191933

Barbara Orth

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Uneven and combined development in anthropology 人类学的不平衡与综合发展

IF 4.2 1区社会学

Environment and Planning A-Economy and Space Pub Date : 2023-08-23 DOI: 10.1177/0308518x231189385

Sharryn Kasmir, Jaume Franquesa, Lesley Gill, Winnie Lem, Gavin Smith

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