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Community unionism : a comparative analysis of concept and contexts

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Development of the compact city index and its application to Japanese cities

Lee, Jungchan; Kurisu, Kiyo; An, Kyoungjin; Hanaki, Keisuke - In: Urban Studies 52 (2015) 6, pp. 1054-1070

assess urban compactness of populations, facilities and amenities centred on public transport systems at both community and …

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Does social participation improve self-rated health in the older population? A quasi-experimental intervention study

Ichida, Yukinobu; Hirai, Hiroshi; Kondo, Katsunori; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 94 (2013) C, pp. 83-90

‘salons’ (or community centers). In this quasi-experimental intervention study, we compared 158 participants with 1391 non … surveys of community residents both before (in 2006) and after (in 2008) the opening of the salons. Even with a pre … participation in the newly-opened community salon was associated with a significant improvement in self-rated health over time. The …

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Place-specific constructs of social capital and their possible associations to health: A Japanese case study

Hanibuchi, Tomoya; Murata, Yohei; Ichida, Yukinobu; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 1, pp. 225-232

The story of Roseto, Pennsylvania, USA, is one of the most widely cited studies of the putative influence of community … social cohesion on population health. However, few contemporary studies of community-based “social capital” on health have … manufacturing company). Our study points to the need to ground studies of community-based “social capital” and health on detailed …

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Designing Tomorrow's School

Chung, Nicolas; Ponti, Giorgio; Fukabori, Naoto; Reyna, … - Directorate for Education, Organisation de Coopération … - 2003

A seminar entitled "Designing Tomorrow's School" was organised by the OECD Decentralised Programme on Educational Building (PEB), the Irish Ministry of Education and Science and the National University of Ireland (NUI), Galway, and was held in Galway, Ireland, in September 2002. Certain...

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