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Spatialisation of Women Street Traders in Cities: Lessons of Newcastle
Full text linkGender remains an underexplored dimension in urban development, with dominant “right to the city”
frameworks often failing to account for gendered experiences. Women street traders play a vital role in urban
economies by fostering job creation, enhancing economic activity, and strengthening social networks that
contribute to urban vibrancy. Their presence in public spaces enriches social interactions and improves the
overall urban environment. However, their spatial practices also expose significant barriers, including
regulatory constraints, inadequate infrastructure, accessibility challenges, and insufficient essential services.
The allocation of designated market spaces underscores the necessity of creating environments that cater to
their unique needs while promoting inclusivity. Analyzing the spatial distribution of women street traders
provides key insights into the extent to which cities are inclusive and accessible, aligning with the objectives
of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study examines the intersection of gender, urban
planning, and spatial rights, highlighting the need for more gender-responsive and accessible urban spaces.
Using qualitative methods – including interviews with women street traders and municipal officials,
alongside observational data from various cities – the research argues that existing urban planning
approaches frequently overlook women’s specific needs, resulting in their marginalisation in public spaces.
The paper concludes by offering policy recommendations and urban design strategies to create equitable and
supportive environments for women street traders, contributing to the broader discourse on the “right to the
city” and advocating for urban planning that accommodates diverse populations
Exploring the Intersection of Gender Equality, Urban Planning, and Sustainability: A Systematic Review
Full text linkGender equality is a critical yet often overlooked aspect of urban planning and sustainability. Urban environments significantly shape social, economic, and environmental dynamics but frequently fail to account for the distinct needs, experiences, and challenges faced by women. This systematic review examines the intersection of gender equality, urban planning, and sustainability, highlighting how traditional urban planning practices, when developed without a gendered perspective, perpetuate existing inequalities, particularly in areas such as access to public spaces, safety, and essential services. The study aims to fill a gap in the literature by exploring the integration of gender-sensitive approaches into urban sustainability practices. Bibliometric analysis will be conducted using VOSviewer to map and analyse research trends in gender equality, urbanism, and sustainability. The PRISMA protocol for systematic reviews will be followed to ensure a rigorous and transparent methodology in selecting and analysing relevant publications. This review provides an overview of the current state of research and offers insights for future studies and policy development aimed at integrating gender-sensitive approaches into urban planning to promote sustainability and social equity
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Full text linkWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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