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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"everyday mobility"”.
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The role of open streets Cape Town street events in shaping everyday mobility in Salt River and Observatory : towards bridging mobile, spatial and social divide
… in disrupting complex systems and hierarchies of everyday street mobility that maintain the mobile, spatial and social divides of Cape Town. The test was whether OSCT events 1) bridged the mobile divide by replacing car-dominated streets with people-centred public space; 2) bridged the spatial …
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Policy and Polity: Space, Boundaries, and Governance in Early Modern London, 1580-1640
… century. This nurtured more dense and frequent mobility and produced a dynamic, kinetic city. For civic authorities, however, boundaries took on greater urgence. Drawing on theories and principles of border studies, this dissertation treats the city's boundaries as processes forged and …
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Development and Evaluation of the iWalker: An Instrumented Rolling Walker to Assess Balance and Mobility in Everyday Activities
The rollator is a mobility aid commonly used to facilitate balance and mobility for individuals with cardiorespiratory, musculoskeletal, or neurological deficits. Despite its popularity, there are also reports of adverse effects related to walker use linked to increased fall risks. Studies …
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Kalasataman autopaikaton kortteli asumisen konseptina
… important to respond to the growing demand for mobility in an environmentally sound manner. Parking-free concept can be seen as part of urban development which concentrates on car-free planning or the reduction of private car use. Such development aims to defragment urban structures by improving …
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Wheelchair Training Program for New Manual Wheelchair Users
Manual wheelchairs are commonly used for everyday mobility among people with lower limb impairments, including persons with spinal cord injury (SCI). Manual wheelchair users often experience pain and chronic overuse injuries in their upper extremities, limiting their mobility and their ability to …
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Development and Validation of a Passive Prosthetic Foot Design Framework based on Lower Leg Dynamics
… limb amputations face considerable challenges to everyday mobility that affect their quality of life. This is especially the case in low and middle income countries (LMIC) where the lack of affordable high-performance prosthetic devices forces people to use inadequate limbs that require more …
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A sustainable journey to school: global issues, local places, children's lives
… thinking about children’s choices in their everyday mobilities. My thesis makes an original contribution by filling in large gaps in knowledge about the journey to school experiences of the children, commenting on household circumstances, public space policy, social exclusion and children’s …
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Barns röster om växelvis boende. Vardagsliv, familjepraktiker och nära relationer
… perspectives, to provide knowledge about everyday life when lived across two households, with a special focus on family practices, influence and personal relationships. The thesis draws on qualitative interviews with children and teenagers, whose stories, descriptions and reflections have …