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The Hidden Connection in City-wide Reform: How Charter Schools Can Bring Equity to Public Education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Many civic leaders believe that the New Orleans reform strategy holds promise for increasing educational outcomes in other cities. This is likely true. But this is also true: New Orleans continues to make an equally meaningful contribution to advancing ...
Neerav Kingsland
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Do Smart Cities Grow Faster? [PDF]

open access: yes
Previous studies have found a strong positive correlation between human capital, measured as the share of the adult population with a college degree, and population growth in metropolitan statistical areas (MSA) in the U.S.
Adrián G. de la Garza Treviño
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Material Flow Analysis: Outcome Focus (MFA:OF) for Elucidating the Role of Infrastructure in the Development of a Liveable City [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Engineered infrastructures (i.e., utilities, transport & digital) underpin modern society. Delivering services via these is especially challenging in cities where differing infrastructures form a web of interdependencies. There must be a step change in
Hunt, D., Leach, J., Lee, S., Rogers, C.
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Large cities are less green

open access: yes, 2014
We study how urban quality evolves as a result of carbon dioxide emissions as urban agglomerations grow. We employ a bottom-up approach combining two unprecedented microscopic data on population and carbon dioxide emissions in the continental US.
Andrade Jr., J. S.   +2 more
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Parents' time with a partner in a cross-national context: A comparison of the United States, Spain, and France

open access: yesDemographic Research, 2017
Background: Time shared with a partner is an indicator of marital well-being and couples' want to spend time together. However, time spent with a partner depends on work and family arrangements as well as on the policies, norms, and values that prevail ...
Joan García-Román   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cities within cities

open access: yes, 2021
This dissertation analyses the phenomenon of a city within a city (CIC) in China. In particular, the palace CICs in the pre-1949 era and modern CICs constructed by work units in Beijing are examined and compared to other types of CICs and gated commercial communities in China as well as other parts of the world.
openaire   +1 more source

Anatomic Reconstruction of the Medial Collateral Ligament and the Posterior Oblique Ligament With Allograft for High-Grade Valgus Laxity

open access: yesArthroscopy Techniques
The medial collateral ligament (MCL) and the posterior oblique ligament (POL) are 2 of the main structures of the posteromedial corner of the knee. The MCL is important for valgus stability, whereas the POL is important for rotational stability. In cases
Luke V. Tollefson, B.S.   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

How wide are European borders? New evidence on the integration effects of monetary unions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
We use consumer price data for 81 European cities (in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Portugal) to study deviations from the law-of-one-price before and during the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) by analysing both aggregate and
Beck, Günter W., Weber, Axel A.
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Centrality Measures in Spatial Networks of Urban Streets

open access: yes, 2005
We study centrality in urban street patterns of different world cities represented as networks in geographical space. The results indicate that a spatial analysis based on a set of four centrality indices allows an extended visualization and ...
A. Bavelas   +9 more
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A Partnership Perspective on Ecosocial Reciprocity for Cultural Transformation

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies
Eco social health is the impact of our biology by social, economic, and environmental influencers which inform how the psychosomatic body as a whole system functions.
Angelica Walton   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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