Elderly people ; Honshu ; Japan ; Outer conurbation area ; Residential attraction ; Societal relations ; Urban area ; Urban society
Attraction résidentielle ; Espace de vie ; Espace urbain ; Honshū ; Japon ; Personnes âgées ; Relations sociales ; Saitama ; Société urbaine ; Zone péri-urbaine
The authors surveyed the spatial range of daily out-of-home activities and social relations of the elderly. They have three themes: 1) What is the spatial range of the familiar area? 2) What is the basis for this new expectation that the elderly
should live and be cared for in familiar areas? and 3) How will the familiar area idea, and the residential preferences of the elderly, change in the future? - (KA)
Can sustainability enhance business district attractiveness? a survey of corporate property decisions in France
Attractiveness ; Firm ; Firm strategy ; France ; Head office ; Ile-de-France ; Location ; Non residential real estate ; Paris ; Sustainable development ; Urban economy
This paper studies the importance of sustainable principles in property decisions and its impact on attractiveness for business districts in France. It analyses a sample of corporate property managers highlights key factors indicating the influence
of sustainable principles alongside more traditional determinants of territorial attractiveness. This approach enables the drawing up of a typology of companies according to the influence of sustainability issues, showing the rise in importance placed
on sustainability in location decisions made by listed companies, companies that own their head offices and companies located in the main business districts of the Paris metropolitan area.
Attractiveness ; Budapest ; Creative industry ; Emigrés ; Hungary ; International migration ; Labour migration ; Transnationalism ; Urban area
Based on the results of empirical research the authors tried to assess those triggers and motivations that are decisive in attracting and settling down of transnational migrants in Budapest. The paper highlights the most relevant findings about how
foreign creative workers see the city and how they evaluate its potentials, strengths and weaknesses. At the end of the paper few recommendations are formulated for decision-makers to make Budapest more attractive for creative transnational migrants. - (AM)
que celle de la population. Examen des aires d'attraction et des flux. L'observation montre un foisonnement des déplacements intra-urbains. Réflexions sur l'aménagement du territoire.
Attraction urbaine ; Cesky ; Flux migratoire ; Géographie de l'Europe ; Migration ; Tchécoslovaquie ; Ville
Research work estimating subjective notions of populations shows a high migratory attractivity of the towns and areas with higher quality of environment (Liberec, Ceské Budejovice, South Bohemia, Sumava, Krkonose) and some large cities (Prague
Manufacturing location in a polycentric urban area: a study in the composition and attractiveness of employment subcenters
Centrality ; Dallas ; Employment ; Industrial location ; Industry ; Second order urban centre ; Texas ; United States ; Urban area ; Urban development ; Urban structure
Social attractiveness of the urban physical environment : cities of Siberia
Asian part of Russia ; Centrality ; Land market ; Social structure ; Town ; Urban area ; Urban attraction ; Urban environment ; Urban planning ; West Siberia
Congress ; Consumer behaviour ; Dublin ; France ; Geography of trade ; Germany ; India ; Inner city ; Ireland ; Japan ; Latin America ; Madrid ; Munich ; Osaka ; Pedestrian area ; Retail trade ; Rouen ; Service ; Shopping centre ; Spain ; United
22 communications sur 5 thèmes: l'attraction du commerce de détail grâce à l'accessibilité; le mélange de biens et services comme facteur d'attraction; coopération réussie entre détaillants et planification urbaine; la recherche en géographie
This paper investigates differences in opinion about the attractiveness of these landscapes between groups of people according to their linguistic area and other socio-demographic characteristics in Belgium. Dutch speakers found chessboard agrarian
landscapes more attractive. Less educated par-ticipants felt more positive towards anthropogenic landscapes. Women were more attracted by farmed fields. Qualitative data added depth to the analysis, permitting to explore different ways in which people related
Creating attractive places for whom? A discourse-theoretical approach to knowledge and planning
Attractiveness ; Autonomy ; Conflict ; Discourse ; Knowledge ; Norway ; Place ; Planning ; Project ; Residence ; Rural area ; Rural development ; Theory
On the basis of a study of an INTERREG IV A-project in Norway, the AA. question how and by whom the discourse regarding what is attractive about places is constructed and how the implicit or explicit knowledge is treated in local planning. They find
Attendance ; England ; Green space ; Hertfordshire ; Land ; Landed estate ; Landscape ; Landscape esthetics ; Private property ; Residence ; Residential attraction ; Residential mobility ; Tourism ; United Kingdom
Over the centuries, the location of Hertfordshire just north of London has proved particularly attractive to ambitious and acquisitive newcomers, with great houses and landscape parks changing owners at a rapid rate. Landowners followed prevailing
fashions in the design and development of their parklands, beginning with enclosures for deer hunting and moving to landscape gardening of extensive areas. Now, many of the great houses and private parks of the past have been transformed into golf courses
, schools, or hotels, sold off as real estate, or conserved as tourist attractions. - (HC)
Examen des principaux lieux centraux de cette région. Etablissement d'une classification en tenant compte de la qualité et du type de services que ces centres offrent. Evaluation de l'intensité de leur attraction et délimitation de leur aire
A scale-sensitive test of attraction and repulsion between spatial point pattern
Distribution of points ; Location ; Retail trade ; Scale ; Simulation ; Spatial analysis ; Test ; Urban area
Ces tests font intervenir la statistique du plus proche voisin et celle du comptage de cellules. L'A. insiste sur la deuxième méthode, qui permet d'identifier les échelles spatiales pour lesquelles la répulsion et l'attraction sont les plus
significatives. Il est ainsi possible d'identifier à la fois l'attraction et la répulsion entre la même paire de points-populations à différentes échelles d'analyse. Application à la localisation des commerces (épiceries) à Philadelphie.
Area of attraction ; High technology ; Innovation ; Lisbon ; Portugal ; Real estate development ; Research and development ; Science park ; Technology ; Territoriality ; Urban attraction ; Urban change
Aire d'influence ; Attraction urbaine ; Changement urbain ; Innovation ; Lisboa ; Parc scientifique ; Portugal ; Promotion immobilière ; Recherche-développement ; Taguspark ; Technologie ; Technologie de pointe ; Territorialité
Ce parc scientifique spécialisé dans les technologies de pointe stimule l'innovation. Bien ancré territorialement, il n'est pas étranger aux opérations de promotion immobilière. Il participe pleinement à l'attraction urbaine et agit au niveau du