This study uses GIS (Geographic Information Systems) to conduct an evaluation of the degree of the sufficiency of public green spaces such as parks and urban green areas as an indicator of the density of metropolitan areas, in particular the Chubu metropolitan area, in Japan. To that end, it first grasps the distribution situation of green spaces in the three metropolitan areas in Japan, especi...

This study contributes to the field of political marketing through use instruments based on Theory Forgotten Effects. According this theory, when individuals attribute value incidences or connections between two sets entities, with one set acting as cause and other effect, intervening elements sometimes remain hidden, thus resulting in forgotten effects. To demonstrate above, a group citizens f...

This study explored the conceptual constructs of consumer benefits and perceived risks online fashion rental services (Online FRS) their impacts on usage intention towards Online FRS. The mediating roles service trust were examined in this research. A survey was performed female shoppers between ages 20–30 residing a metropolitan area. Results research as follows: (1) results analyzing sub-dime...

Trust, along with transparency, is an important indicator of a satisfactory relationship between a government and the public. Considering transparency as the key to trust in government, the purpose of this paper is to postulate a link between transparency and trust taking into account satisfaction as a psychological factor. This paper tries to find the answer of these questions: “Is there...

CONTEXT This article explores the relationship between metropolitan fragmentation, as defined by the total number of governmental units within a metropolitan statistical area (local municipalities, special service districts, and school districts), and racial disparities in mortality among blacks and whites in the 1990s. The presence of numerous governmental jurisdictions in large metropolitan a...

social capital has received considerable attention in all branches of social sciences, and has recently been the focus in the field to explain about procreator elements. trust is one of the social capital elements and plays an important role in specifying consequences incidental to social capital. nearly two decades ago, robert putnam proposed an explanation of trust relying on associational li...

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background: social capital has been defined as norms, networks, and social links that facilitate collective actions. social capital is related to a number of main social and public health variables. therefore, the present study aimed to determine the factors associated with social capital among the residents of tehran, iran.   methods: in this large cross-sectional population-based study, 31531...

trust is an important element in human relations and cooperation between members of the organization. trust can be the interpersonal or inter-group, in special mode; or be generalized and related to the whole organization in general mode. special-generalized trust as a complex interactive process is influenced by various personal and social factors and variables. some of the most important fact...