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“Excluded Participation”: Some Observations of Non‐Reciprocal Interaction in a Danish Fifth Grade Classroom

open access: yesSymbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
This article introduces the concept of excluded participation to examine how inclusion and exclusion are negotiated in real time within a Danish fifth‐grade classroom. Using a micro‐sociological framework, particularly the work of Erving Goffman, the study focuses on the case of Anders, a student whose participation is symbolically recognized yet ...
Jørn Bjerre
wiley   +1 more source

Achieving urban climate adaptation in Europe and Central Asia [PDF]

open access: yes
Many cities across Europe and Central Asia are experiencing the impacts of climate change, but most have not integrated climate adaptation into their agendas. This paper examines the threats faced and measures that can be taken by cities in the region to
Carmin, JoAnn, Zhang, Yan
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Impact of building services integration on heritage shophouse facade in George Town,Penang [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Penyelidikan ini adalah kajian terhadap fasad rumah-rumah kedai di George Town, Pulau Pinang dan bagaimana ianya terkesan oleh pemasangan elemen perkhidmatan bangunan moden.
Adil Sabah, Omar
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STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In keeping with China’s desire to build soft power to parallel its economic growth, the policing of city streets has moved to the forefront as a mechanism for moral regulation and improving urban prestige. Under pressure to civilize their citizenry, many Chinese cities have become entrepreneurial cities within a type of cultural growth ...
Gregory Fayard
wiley   +1 more source

Impacts of energy efficiency retrofitting measures on indoor PM concentrations across different income groups in England: a modelling study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
As part of an effort to reduce carbon emissions in the UK, policies encouraging the energy-efficient retrofit of domestic properties are being implemented. Typical retrofits, including installation of insulation and double glazing can cause tightening of
Das, P   +5 more
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ORCHESTRATING DIFFERENCE AND SIMILARITY: Black Fungibility, and the Spatial Redrawing of Racial Categories in Spanish Colonial Morocco, Sahara and Guinea

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article I dissect the spatial strategies through which the Spanish attempted to orchestrate both racial difference and similarity in the African colonies of Morocco, Western Sahara and Equatorial Guinea during the first half of the twentieth century.
Pol Fité Matamoros
wiley   +1 more source

Designing Adaptability Strategy to a Novel Kinetic Adaptive Façade (NKAF); Toward a Pioneering Method in Dynamic-objects Daylight Simulation (Post-Processing)

open access: yesJournal of Daylighting
The design and evaluation of adaptive facades (AFs) have become increasingly complex due to advancements in morphology, control strategies, and adaptability techniques.
Ali Goharian   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of different seismic non-linear analyses of an ancient masonry building [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This paper presents a study about the possibilities of non-linear static analyses for evaluating the seismic performance of ancient masonry buildings. The adopted case study is a Portuguese typology of the 19th century.
Lourenço, Paulo B., Mendes, N.
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Adaptive Skins - Adaptive and Autoreactive Building Facades

open access: yes, 2013
Building envelopes – the interface between the occupier of a building and the individual climatic conditions of the environment – are the essential influencing factors for the energy consumption of a building.[1]The dispute on different levels between each area, components, groups of components and materials, has always been crucial for new and ...
Braun, Dirk Henning, Bader, Benedikt
openaire   +2 more sources

THE LEGITIMACY TRAP: Street Vending Heterogeneity and Selective Enforcement in San Francisco

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Literature on street vending regulation often emphasizes the challenges in enforcing legal frameworks due to unclear laws or insufficient state capacity. However, it tends to overlook diversity among vendors themselves along crucial parameters such as spatial location, community ties and processes of goods procurement.
Irene Farah
wiley   +1 more source

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