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- Title: 'White Slaves' in a Colonial Nation: The Dutch Campaign against the Traffic in Women in the Early Twentieth Century
Author: Petra De Vries
Periodical: Social & Legal Studies 2005, 14, 1, Mar, 39-60
- Title: Migrant Sex Workers in the Netherlands Speak Out
Author: Licia Brussa
Periodical: Research for Sex Work Amsterdam: Vrije Universiteit. Research for Sex Work, 3, 19.
- Title: Everyday Lives of Sex Workers in the Netherlands
Author: Katherine A. Gregory
Dissertation: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: The Humanities and Social Sciences, 2004, 64, 11, May, 4210-A-4211-A
- Title: Economies of Desire: Sexual Commerce and Post-Industrial Culture
Author: Elizabeth Bernstein
Dissertation: Dissertation Abstracts International, A: The Humanities and Social Sciences, 2002, 63, 2, Aug, 778-A
Note: Authored interviewed and observed over 200 prostitutes and others in Copenhagen, Denmark, Oslo, Norway, Goteborg, Sweden, and Amsterdam, the Netherlands, over a seven-year period.- Title: Gender, Exploitative Migration, and the Sex Industry: A European Perspective
Author: Thanh-Dam Truong
Periodical: Gender, Technology and Development 2003, 7, 1, Jan-Apr, 31-52
- Title: Bodies, Borders, and Sex Tourism in a Globalized World: A Tale of Two Cities-Amsterdam and Havana
Author: Nancy A. Wonders, Raymond Michalowski
Periodical: Social Problems 2001, 48, 4, Nov, 545-571
Location: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks HQ1111 .E64 2006
Location: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks HQ211 .G74 2005
Location: Bothell Stacks, Suzzallo/Allen Stacks HV6252 .I45 1999
Location: Bothell/CCC Stacks HQ111 .P44 1996
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Database Used: PsychInfo "Urban Ethnography" 209 hits
- Title: The ethnography of urban benches
Author: Molly G. Schuchat
Periodical: CRM: [bulletin] 2001, v.24, n.5, p.50-52
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Articles Possible Search Terms: "IJburg," ""Haveneiland," "Bijlmermeer," "Architekten Cie," "Deltametropolis," "Zuidas (Amsterdam’s South Axis)," "Claus en Kaan," "Comprehensive Plan"
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- Title: Achieving sustainable accessibility: an evaluation of policy measures in the Amsterdam area
Authors: Frank Le Clercq, Luca Bertolini
Periodical: Built environment 2003, v.29, n.1, p.36-47- Title: Urban development without more mobility by car? Lessons from Amsterdam, a multimodal urban region
Authors: Luca Bertolini, Frank le Clercq
Periodical: Environment and planning A 2003 Apr., v.35, n.4, p.575-589
- Title: Exporting high-rise sustainability
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Periodical: Oculus 2001 Mar., v.63, n.7, p.21Search Sociological Abstracts
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Title: Squatters in the Creative City: Rejoinder to Justus Uitermark
Author: Hans Pruijt
Periodical: International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 2004, 28, 3, Sept, 699-705
Title: From New Towns to Delta Metropolis. Population Dynamics, Daily Mobility and Dutch National Urbanization Policy (In Dutch)
Author: Marco Bontje
Periodical: Mens en Maatschappi 2002, 77, 3, Sept, 231-253
Title: The Fragmented City (In Dutch)
Author: Jack Burgers
Periodical: Amsterdams Sociologisch Tijdschrift 2001, 28, 4, Dec, 472-494
Title: Gender in the Design of the Digital City of Amsterdam
Authors: Els Rommes, Ellen Van Oost, Nelly Oudshoorn
Periodical: Information, Communication & Society 1999, 2, 4, 476-495
Title: Coalition Building and Planning for Dutch Growth Management: The Role of the Randstad Concept
Author: Andreas Faludi
Periodical: Urban Studies 1994, 31, 3, Apr, 485-507
Title: The Stimulus of a Little Confusion: A Contemporary Comparison of Amsterdam and Los Angeles
Author: Edward W. Soja
Periodical: Comparative Urban and Community Research 1992, 4, 17-38
Title: Ideals of Town Planners and Tenants' Preferences (Conference Paper)
Author: Maarten A. Mentzel
Conference Paper: International Sociological Association (ISA), 1986
Title: The Climatological City of Peter Van Gogh
Author: Hendrik Matthes
Periodical: Impact of Science on Society 1977, 27, 2, Apr-June, 217-225
Title: To Build and to Live High or Low? (In Dutch)
Author: C. Bitter
Periodical: Mens en Onderneming 1962, 16, 3, MAY, 173-175
"Cycling accounts for some 12 percent of all trips in Germany and 27 percent of trips in the Netherlands. In contrast, in the United States, bicycle infrastructure is much less extensive and less sophisticated. As a result, cycling accounts for less than 1 percent of all trips."
Worldwatch Institute, Vital Signs 2003, “Bicycle Production Seesaws, “ pp. 58-59. <http://www.metro-region.org/article.cfm?articleid=5578> accessed 4/18/2007
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Structure of the Dutch Waste Sector and Impediments for Waste Reduction (1997)
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Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals "Wayfinding" 35 hits
Database Used: PsycInfo "Wayfinding" 209 hits
- Title: Flow: UN Studio's new transit hub tries to eliminate signs by using light and space as wayfinding devices
Author: Hans Ibeling
Periodical: Metropolis 2004 Jan., v.23, n.5, p.70-71
- Title: Navigating Complex Environments
Author: Carroll, David W
Periodical: PsycCRITIQUES. Vol 52 (13), 2007
- Title: Wayfinding Behavior and Spatial Knowledge of Adults and Children in a Virtual Environment: The Role of Landmarks
Author: Jansen-Osmann, Petra; Fuchs, Petra
Periodical: Experimental Psychology. Vol 53(3) 2006, 171-181
- Title: Influence of Map Design, Individual Differences, and Environmental Cues on Wayfinding Performance
Author: Soh, Boon Kee; Smith-Jackson, Tonya L.
Periodical: Spatial Cognition and Computation Vol 4(2) 2004, 137-165
- Title: Flow: UN Studio's new transit hub tries to eliminate signs by using light and space as wayfinding devices
Author: Hans Ibeling
Periodical: Metropolis 2004 Jan., v.23, n.5, p.70-71
- Title: Investigating the effectiveness of the least-angle strategy for wayfinding in unknown street networks
Author: Hartwig H. Hochmair
Periodical: Environment and Planning B, Planning & Design 2005 Sept., v.32, n.5, p.673-691
- Title: The role of spatial reference frames in architecture: misalignment impairs way-finding performance
Authors: Steffen Werner, Laura E. Schindler
Periodical: Environment and behavior 2004 July, v.36, n.4, p.461-482
- Title: The secret is to follow your nose: route path selection and angularity
Author: Ruth Conroy Dalton
Periodical: Environment and behavior 2003 Jan., v.35, n.1, p.107-131
- Title: Ten tips for designing a consumer friendly downtown
Author: Mark Brodeur
Periodical: Planning 2003 Apr., v.69, n.4, p.24-27Books
UW Catalog Search: "wayfinding"=31 hits
- Title: Assisting Pedestrian Wayfinding in Urban Settings: Why References to Landmarks are Crucial in Direction-Giving.
Author: Allen, Gary L (Ed)
Pub info: Mahwah, NJ, US: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers
Location: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks LB1044.87 .T68 2003
- Title: "Navigation" in The Cambridge Handbook of Visuospatial Thinking
Author: Montello, Daniel R author; in Shah, Priti, Miyake, Akira, (Ed)
Pub info: New York, NY, US: Cambridge University Press (2005)
Location: Suzzallo/Allen Stacks BF316.6 .C36 2005
- Title: Wayfinding : Designing and Implementing Graphic Navigational Systems
Author: Craig Berger
Pub info:Mies , Switzerland : RotoVision, c2005
Location: AUP Stacks NA2750 .B45 2005
- Title:" Lost in the Countryside: Developing a Toolkit to Address Wayfinding Problems" in Designing Social Innovation : Planning, Building, Evaluating
Authors: Ward Thompson, Catharine; Findlay, Catherine; Southwell, Katherine; Martens, Bob (Ed); Keul, Alexander G (Ed).
Pub info: Ashland, OH, US: Hogrefe & Huber Publishers
Location: AUP Stacks HT170 .I565 2004
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