Places to play, but 'stranger danger' fears keep inner-city kids home: Study
Fear of dangerous strangers in inner-city neighbourhoods is keeping kids and teens from using playgrounds and parks to be physically active.
View ArticleEarly intervention essential to success for at-risk children: study
Children living in disadvantaged neighbourhoods are more likely to succeed if they participate in a community-based prevention program, according to findings released recently from a multi-year...
View ArticleCoastal Canadians living in high-risk neighborhoods in poorer health: study
Canadians living in deprived neighbourhoods are twice as likely to have poor health if they live on the Atlantic or Pacific Coast, according to a new study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital.
View ArticleHigh-tech remedy for urban planning headaches
Big cities everywhere grapple with similar issues: what is the best way to reduce urban sprawl, revitalize aging neighbourhoods and create more sustainable communities? Urban problems are complex for...
View ArticleBird song-sharing like verbal sparring
While singing the same songs as your neighbours may sound harmonious, research conducted at Queen's University Biological Station (QUBS) suggests that song-sharing amongst song sparrow populations is...
View ArticleLost letter experiment suggests wealthy London neighborhoods are 'more...
Neighbourhood income deprivation has a strong negative effect on altruistic behaviour when measured by a 'lost letter' experiment, according to new UCL research published today in PLOS ONE.
View ArticleResearch suggests that evolution sometimes meant becoming simpler, not more...
(Phys.org)—The view that animals have become more complex over time could be a thing of the past, according to the latest research.
View ArticleUK: Neighbourhood segregation of ethnic groups declining
(Phys.org)—Ethnic group segregation in neighbourhoods has decreased throughout England and Wales for all minority groups over the last decade, a new study from the University of Liverpool has shown.
View Article'Bad neighbourhoods' on the internet are a real nuisance
Of the 42,000 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) surveyed, just 20 were found to be responsible for nearly half of all the internet addresses that send spam. That just is one of the striking results of...
View ArticleSave the milkweed, save the monarch
(Phys.org) —Could there soon be a summer without the iconic monarch butterfly?
View ArticleWhat contributes to improving a child's educational success?
A study of schools across Europe has identified educational initiatives which can improve school success.
View ArticleHow teenagers cope with inner-city risks
With concerns often expressed about youth crime and violence in the UK, researchers have been investigating what young people really think about living in an inner-city neighbourhood that has high...
View ArticleEthnic diversity is good for your health, reveal researchers
A study by social scientists at The University of Manchester has revealed that Britain's most ethnically diverse neighbourhoods are also the healthiest.
View ArticlePolitical options tested in a virtual wind tunnel
A team of researchers from ETH Zurich, the Graduate Institute for International and Development Studies in Geneva and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have developed an evidence-based model of...
View ArticleEthnic profiler for every part of England and Wales available online
A fascinating free interactive tool has been published online by University of Manchester researchers, which allows you to calculate the ethnic profile of where you live.
View ArticleResidents feel safer with walkable, retail space
The characteristics of walkable neighbourhoods have been explored for their associations with perceived crime risk and fear of crime in Perth's new suburban housing developments.
View ArticleUrban planners urged not to ignore city pedestrians
When most people think about urban transportation systems, they focus on infrastructure, including streets, subways and even sidewalks. University of Toronto researcher Paul Hess takes a much broader...
View ArticleOne in three Bangladeshis and Pakistanis living 'in deprived neighbourhoods'
New analysis reveals a shocking one in three Bangladeshis and Pakistanis in England and Wales lived in a deprived neighbourhood at the time of the 2011 Census, as defined by the government.
View ArticleA brief visit to a neighborhood induces the social attitudes of that...
Spending as little as 45 minutes in a high-crime, deprived neighbourhood can have measurable effects on people's trust in others and their feelings of paranoia. In a new study, students who visited...
View ArticleTransport trends depend on walkability to neighbourhood destinations
Data collated over seven years from the RESIDential Environments (RESIDE) study supports evidence that neighbourhood walkability (how easy it is to walk around your neighbourhood) is an important...
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