Home-based businesses in the city

Background: Dog bites can have an array of negative health impacts on victims. Research focusing on the correlates of bites focused on limited sets of variables and produced conflicting findings. Objective: To expand knowledge about the correlates of dog bites by exploring a comprehensive set of variables related to the nature of the dog and the circumstances surrounding the bite not commonly explored in extant research. Methods: Data were drawn from police department reports of dog bites in the city of Detroit between 2007–2015; 478 dog bites were reported. Multiple regression was used to determine the significant correlates of dog bites, focusing on the nature of the dog and the circumstances surrounding the bite. Results: Bites were caused by a neighborhood dog. Thirty-two percent of the reports involved dogs running loose; 25% dogs that had escaped from a fenced or unfenced yard; 9% escaped from their home; and 8% had broken off a chain, were being walked, or were in their own home. Based on multiple regression, the victim was most likely bitten in their own yard by a single neighborhood dog that escaped from its home or yard. Breed of dog was not correlated with bites in multiple regression. Conclusions: The greatest risk of bites does not come from wandering feral dogs. Based on multiple regression, the victim was most likely bitten in their own yard by a single neighborhood dog that escaped from its home or yard. Human error often contributes to bites.

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Proximity tourism and cultural amenities: Evidence from a regional museum card

Tourism Economics ◽

10.1177/1354816619890230 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 135481661989023

Author(s):

Enrico Bertacchini ◽

Massimiliano Nuccio ◽

Alessandra Durio

Keyword(s):

Extensive Literature ◽

Cultural Institutions ◽

Data Set ◽

Heritage Sites ◽

Home Based ◽

Lower Socioeconomic ◽

Cultural Amenities ◽

Surrounding Areas ◽

Rural Destinations ◽

The City

Although cultural tourism has generated extensive literature, it has often overlooked proximity tourism practices and the determinants of visits to near-home cultural amenities, often located in rural destinations with lower market appeal. This article investigates visiting behaviors and characteristics of intra-regional flows from urban settings toward museums and heritage sites located in surrounding areas. We use a unique transactional data set of about 76,000 subscribers to a regional museum card in Piedmont (Italy) to analyze visiting patterns in the 2011–2014 period from the city of Turin to out-of-town cultural institutions. Our empirical analysis shows that being male, having lower socioeconomic status, visiting home-based museums, and loyalty to the card program are the most relevant factors explaining propensity to out-of-town visits. At the same time, a clear polarization of visits between a limited number of cultural attractors and the tail of minor heritage sites suggests that differences in museum characteristics can generate distinct motivations for visits to the two types of cultural institutions. From a policy perspective, although a definitive evaluation of the effect of the museum card on proximity tourism cannot be undertaken, findings suggest that bundle of minor attractions and major urban museums can generate indirect network advantages, foster cultivation of taste, and eventually stimulate both the demand for regional destinations and the development of original cultural programs.

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Working from Home

Built Environment ◽

10.2148/benv.47.3.367 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 47 (3) ◽

pp. 367-379

Author(s):

Frances Holliss

Keyword(s):

Paradigm Shift ◽

Residential Areas ◽

Working At Home ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Spatial Inequalities ◽

Home Based ◽

Central Business Districts ◽

The Uk ◽

Planning Space ◽

The City

The Covid-19 pandemic triggered an experiment in enforced home-working across the globe. In the UK, the home-based workforce jumped from 14 per cent to almost 50 percent of the overall working population, a trend mirrored in countries across the world. Largely welcomed by both employees and employers, many organizations predict a hybrid future that combines working at home and in a centralized collective workplace. This has major consequences for the way we inhabit, conceptualize and design the city and the suburbs, as more (and different) space is needed in the home and employers realize that they can reduce their property footprints. The 24-hour inhabitation of residential areas brings new life to local streets and economies, while Central Business Districts and High Streets lie silent. This paper approaches this as a paradigm shift: for more than a century mono-functional homes and workplaces have been systematically separated – ways now have to be found to reintegrate them. Covid has shone a spotlight on major social and spatial inequalities, with the poor and the young disproportionately impacted. Priorities for researchers and policy-makers include the future use of redundant commercial buildings, and analyses of policy and law, including planning, space standards, tenancy agreements, Bedroom Tax and social housing allocations, that obstruct home-based work – and proposals for alternatives.

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Pola Pemanfaatan Ruang pada Usaha Berbasis Rumah (UBR) di Klaster Batik Jenggot Kota Pekalongan

Jurnal Wilayah dan Lingkungan ◽

10.14710/jwl.3.3.175-188 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 175

Author(s):

Arisngatiasih Arisngatiasih ◽

Mohammad Muktiali

Keyword(s):

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Economic Structure ◽

Snowball Sampling ◽

Dwelling Unit ◽

Main Building ◽

Working Space ◽

Home Based ◽

The Family ◽

Qualitative Descriptive ◽

The City

<p><em>Housing has an important role in the economic development of the family. Besides has a function as a comfortable dwelling unit, the housing also used as a place to business activity through the Home Based Enterprises (HBE). Pekalongan City is the city where batik industries are growing rapidly. Cluster Batik Jenggot is the top three of batik clusters from 11 batik clusters in Pekalongan City. HBE is enterprises activities that highly contribute to the economic structure of Pekalongan City. However, HBE at Cluster Batik Jenggot is faced with the problems that the house used as a place of enterprises and dwelling has not clearly border. The aim of this research is to examine the pattern of utilization of space at HBE in Cluster Batik Jenggot. The study is conducted by qualitative research methods. Technique sampling is using snowball sampling to 9 respondents. The analysis is done by qualitative descriptive analysis. The results show that the pattern of space utilization at home for batik printing activities is classified into two typologies, i.e. mixture and separate typology. In the mixture typology, the utilization of space in the main building is both for a place to work and residence, which printing activity usually is done on the outside of the house. While in the separate typology, the working space is provided separately, which usually provided in the beside, behind, and in front of the main building. The utilization of spaces at UBR is adjusted to the type and timing of activity.</em></p>

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Bangladeshi Women and Gender Boundaries

Muslim American City ◽

10.18574/nyu/9781479828012.003.0005 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 118-145

Author(s):

Alisa Perkins

Keyword(s):

Urban Space ◽

Public And Private ◽

Domestic Spaces ◽

Teenage Girls ◽

Cultural Frameworks ◽

Home Based ◽

Paid Labor ◽

And Gender ◽

Democratic Spaces ◽

The City

This chapter analyzes how Bangladeshi American women and teenage girls in Hamtramck renegotiate conceptualizations of the public-private divide through ongoing interpretive and explorative spatial practices while referencing religious and cultural frameworks. It discusses how Bangladeshi women across generations organize the gendering of spaces within paid labor, public and private celebrations, streets, mosques, home-based religious gatherings, and schools. The analysis centers on how Bangladeshi women in Hamtramck are self-consciously and actively engaged in a process of negotiating their relationship to urban space, searching to interface with the city and its institutions in ways that maximize their sense of mobility, mastery, and centrality within public, semi-public, and domestic spaces of the city. In doing so, they advance new agendas of cultural citizenship, thus encouraging municipal environments and institutions to become more democratic spaces that represent and uphold the values of those who participate in them.

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Arrangements for the Care of Elderly in Shanghai

China Report ◽

10.1177/0009445520930388 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 56 (3) ◽

pp. 317-333

Author(s):

Madhurima Nundy ◽

Rama V. Baru

Keyword(s):

Emerging Markets ◽

Elderly Population ◽

The Elderly ◽

Continuum Of Care ◽

Tertiary Level ◽

Levels Of Care ◽

Home Based ◽

Care Of Elderly ◽

The City ◽

Multiple Actors

This article looks at the arrangements for the care of elderly in Shanghai through the conceptual framework of the ‘care diamond’ and ‘continuum of care’. The findings, that are based on fieldwork conducted by the authors in Shanghai, delineate what constitutes care diamond in the city for the elderly population. This is mapped through the levels of care from home-based to tertiary-level end-of-life services that are needed by the elderly population. It also looks at the emerging markets of care in this sector and discusses whether multiple actors providing a range of services achieve continuum of care for Shanghai’s elderly population.

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The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the City Pilots Served by AB InBev Foundation’s Global Smart Drinking Goals Initiative

10.21203/rs.3.rs-60028/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ashley Simons-Rudolph ◽

Liz Lilliott-González ◽

Deborah A. Fisher ◽

Christopher L. Ringwalt

Keyword(s):

Interpersonal Violence ◽

Community Coalitions ◽

Interpersonal Contact ◽

Alcohol Production ◽

Key Informants ◽

Harmful Drinking ◽

Home Based ◽

Community Fund ◽

The City ◽

Alcohol Sales

Abstract BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic has affected many aspects of global health, including efforts to curb harmful drinking. Very little is known about the effects of a prolonged disaster like this pandemic on alcohol consumption, misuse, and related harms, and on ongoing interventions designed to prevent or mitigate these harms. MethodsWe collected information from key informants in community coalitions in each of five City Pilots funded by the AB InBev Foundation that are implementing prevention and early intervention strategies to reduce harmful drinking. Key informants reported how the pandemic has affected alcohol sales and consumption in their communities, as well as alcohol-related harms such as interpersonal violence and drink driving. ResultsWe found that alcohol production has slowed and that sales of alcohol have uniformly decreased. However, the effects of local regulations on alcohol sales in on- and off-premise establishments have been uneven. Early reports suggest that home-based drinking has decreased during the pandemic, binge drinking is still problematic, and that while the prevalence of drink driving is greatly reduced, domestic violence has increased. We also report measures taken by the AB InBev Foundation to support the City Pilots’ efforts to combat the pandemic, which include transitioning in-person prevention strategies to online delivery where feasible, and the reorientation of the AB InBev Foundation’s Community Fund to support local efforts to combat the pandemic. ConclusionsWhile it presents considerable challenges for ongoing prevention efforts that depend on interpersonal contact, the Community Fund appeared to have a positive effect on building community coalitions, bringing new stakeholders to the table, and providing the opportunity for the coalitions to enhance their visibility and reputations in the communities they serve.

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Effects of Perceived and Objective Neighborhood Crime on Walking Frequency Among Midlife African American Women in a Home-Based Walking Intervention

Journal of Physical Activity and Health ◽

10.1123/jpah.7.4.432 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 432-441 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

April Y. Oh ◽

Shannon N. Zenk ◽

JoEllen Wilbur ◽

Richard Block ◽

Judith McDevitt ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

African American ◽

African American Women ◽

Neighborhood Crime ◽

American Women ◽

Walking Intervention ◽

Physical Activity Interventions ◽

Home Based ◽

Perceptions Of Crime ◽

The City

Background:Crime may be a significant barrier to physical activity for urban African American women, yet few studies have examined this relationship in intervention studies. This study examines relationships among neighborhood crime incidents, perceptions of crime and safety, and adherence in a walking intervention among urban, midlife African-American women.Methods:The sample includes 148 women living in the City of Chicago. Violent crimes, disorder crimes, gun violence, and crime-related safety were examined. Adherence to walking frequency was measured as the percentage of recommended walks completed.Results:Controlling for demographic characteristics and treatment group, multivariate regression analyses showed walking adherence was not associated with any of the crime measures or crime-related safety (R2 = 0.130 to 0.147). The effect of enhanced treatment did not differ by levels of objective or perceived neighborhood crime or safety. Weak to moderate bivariate correlations were observed between objective crime measures and perceived disorder crime and crime-related safety (r = 0.04 to 0.25).Conclusions:Weak correlations between perceived and objective crime measures suggest they are measuring different aspects of the crime environment. Future studies should examine perceived and objective measures in other populations and settings and other neighborhood social factors which may moderate crime and safety effects on outcomes of physical activity interventions.

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UMKM Pembinaan Usaha Mikro Kecil Dan Menengah Menggunakan Google My Business

Jurnal Pengabdian Barelang ◽

10.33884/jpb.v1i01.949 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 1 (01) ◽

pp. 5

Author(s):

JPKM UPB

Keyword(s):

Digital Technology ◽

Small And Medium Enterprises ◽

The Public ◽

Maximum Extent ◽

Home Based ◽

The World ◽

Medium Enterprises ◽

Online Buying ◽

The City

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises are growing rapidly in recent years. This activity is a government effort to improve the economy of its people. This is not wasted by the community, especially those in the city of Batam. Many home-based businesses have emerged that are varied and do not miss using existing technology. One of them is using Facebook and Instagram applications. On Facebook, there are many online buying and selling forums. On Instagram it is the same. Many accounts post merchandise with photo or video media. But there are also other types of applications that can be utilized, namely Google My Business. This application is a feature developed by Google to move business towards the world of digital technology and digital markets. On Google My Business, all of these things already exist, one package all when we have registered with the application. However, the use of this application made by Google is not well known by the public, especially in MSMEs. Therefore proper coaching needs to be done so that the use of this google application can be utilized to the maximum extent possible and of course also brings more benefits as well.

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Pemberdayaan bagi Masyarakat Mudah dan Bisa Jadi Usaha Rumahan Melalui Pelatihan Pengembangan Wirausaha Cara Ternak Ikan Cupang Di Kelurahan Putat Jaya Surabaya

PengabdianMu Jurnal Ilmiah Pengabdian kepada Masyarakat ◽

10.33084/pengabdianmu.v5i4.1450 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 5 (4) ◽

pp. 336-342

Author(s):

J E Sutanto ◽

Tina Melinda ◽

David Sukardi Kodrat

Keyword(s):

Hemorrhagic Fever ◽

Community Empowerment ◽

Group Discussions ◽

Entrepreneurship Training ◽

Location Factor ◽

Business Opportunity ◽

Implementation Team ◽

Home Based ◽

The City ◽

Additional Income

The purpose of community empowerment activities is a caring action from the Implementation Team of Ciputra University Surabaya towards the community to increase knowledge and carry out easily with direct practice. These community empowerment activities use lecture methods, group discussions, entrepreneurship training, FGDs, and the practice of operating facilities and infrastructure. First, about the importance of raising betta fish and an easy way to prevent dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF), so that public health factors become better and the possibility of contracting DHF is relatively slight. Statistical data in the city of Surabaya shows a significant decrease in DHF sufferers. Second, after being given entrepreneurship development training, it is hoped that the community individually can become a home-based business opportunity as well as making it an effort to empower the citizens' economy, bearing in mind that raising betta fish can have additional income for the community. Third, the location factor of Putat Jaya Village is very strategic, so that it becomes a business opportunity for the Putat Jaya community, especially for prospective consumers from inside and outside Surabaya to reach locations to get betta fish more efficiently.

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