The daily activities of metropolitan suburbanities and the urban daily rythm; the case study of Kawagoe, a suburb of Tokyo, and Nisshin, a suburb of Nagoya
Dailylife ; Honshu ; Japan ; Nagoya ; Suburbs ; Tokyo ; Urban practice ; Way of life ; Woman
This paper aims to examine the relationship between the daily activities of metropolitan suburbanities and the urban dialy rhythm. The A. choosed two cities in big metropolitan area and he analyzed behavioral patterns of women.
Daily-life activity space of Chinese citizens - A case study of Lanzhou City
China ; Cluster analysis ; Dailylife ; Gansu ; Space time ; Time geography ; Urban area
by cluster analysis. The daily-life activity space in each day is examined based on temporal-spatial changes of activities using time-geography approach. - (KA)
Evaluation of the collection, archiving and publication of daily snow data in the United States
Snow is an important component of the earth's environment and can significantly impact the everyday life. The quality of the data varies from one state to another, although it tends to be weakest where snow is least common. As a result
of this evaluation, the list of stations with daily snow data published in National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Climatological Data publications has been revised and expanded.
Slum dweller's daily movement pattern in a Calcutta slum
Calcutta ; Dailylife ; India ; Informal settlement ; Slum ; Social space ; Trip ; Urban settlement ; West Bengal
This study identifies the daily activity pattern of a city slum in Calcutta and analyzes the socio-economic correlates and proposes activity pattern models. The study area, Tangra slum is located in a low-lying poorly drained area. The ideal
Dailylife ; Theory ; Urban area ; Urban life ; Urban sociology
The A. wants to explore more closely Lefebvre's injunction for a careful examination of the relationship between space, language and politics. He wants to examine the metaphors used by scholars theorizing urban space and everyday urban life
Dailylife ; Family ; Leisure ; Netherlands (The) ; Social space ; Space time ; Structuration theory ; Time geography ; Woman
Based upon the structuration theory of Giddens and the time-space concepts put forward by Hagerstand the A. focusses upon the way women create leisure in striving to overcome the constraints of their dailylife. Daily activity patterns and changes
in the life paths of over forty women in different household, working and living situations are studied. In doing so three types of control could be distinguished : the classic, the family-oriented and the individualistic type. - (AGD)
Attitude ; Cambridgeshire ; Dailylife ; Gender difference ; High-tech industry ; Social geography ; Social space ; Societal relations ; United Kingdom
The paper explores the working out in dailylife of certain classic dualisms of western thought. It focuses on reason/non-reasaon and transcendence/immanence and on their influence in structuring social relations in and around high-technology
Bangkok ; Dailylife ; Inner city ; Large city ; Slum ; Thailand ; Urban geography ; Urban practice ; Urban settlement ; Urban society ; Urban structure
metropolis. Adopting insights from anthropology, urban studies and human geography, the A. examines the city's variety from the inner-city slums to the rural-urban fringe. He explains the dailylife of the city's inhabitants, middle class suburbanites
Concept ; Dailylife ; Economic strategy ; Energy resources ; Household behaviour ; Project ; Space time ; Time geography
The paper discusses how time-geography can be developed by closing the gap to other social sciences. The objective is to contribute to the development of a theory of action, dealing with everyday life.
Community ; Dailylife ; Neo liberalism ; Policy ; Service ; South Africa
Neoliberalism has seeped into interstices which govern everyday life in South Africa. It has caused hardship and this is evidenced by a number of community struggles around basic services. It is the struggles which give rise to alternatives
Dailylife ; Environment ; Hungary ; Impact ; Nuclear power station ; Physical geography ; Power station ; Social geography
The AA. give an overview of the physical and social geographical researches which focus on the changes and effects that the operation of power plant caused in the environment and the everyday life of local people. - (AM)