Urban heat islands (UHIs) and their energy consumption are topics of widespread concern.
This study used remote sensing images and building and meteorological data as …

This article contributes to explanations of rural poverty and deprivation by focusing on the
rural–urban poverty and deprivation gap in European countries. Using European Union …

This paper focuses on the analysis on income inequality in Italy at the municipal level of the
areas defined by the National Strategy for Inner Areas. We discuss an analysis of the …

BIEGAŃSKA J., ŚRODA-MURAWSKA S., KRUZMETRA Z., SWIACZNY F., 2018. Peri-urban
development as a significant rural development trend. Quaestiones Geographicae 37 (2) …

It is increasingly appreciated how all societies contain many 'wicked problems' or socio-
cultural challenges that are multidimensional, hard to pindown and consequently extremely …

Reflective inquiries to better understand" the rural" have tried to embed rural research within
the notion of performativity. Performativity assumes that the capacity of language is not …

The condition of the environment is one of the most fundamental concerns of cities
worldwide, especially when high levels of pollution and environmental destruction exert …

The concepts 'rural'and 'urban'have long been criticized by geographers for their lack of
analytical and explanatory power, yet have remained a vital source for conceptual guidance …

Poverty and social deprivation remain some of the biggest concerns in the face of obtaining
social sustainability. In this respect, the continuing immense spatial differences between …

Concepts are the basic building blocks of all knowledge, while the strength of any societal
project is dependent on the quality of those concepts. As two of the oldest geographical …