THE AESTHETICS OF URBAN METABOLISM: Landscape, Design and the Politics of In/Visibility
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In this article, we chart the evolving aesthetic contours of urban metabolism across London, focusing on the River Lea and Thamesmead to the north and south of the River Thames, respectively. We begin in the nineteenth century, when these two sites formed critical nodes within a new sewerage system that relegated the city’s circulatory flows ...
Ben Platt, Zuhri James
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Urban park system on public health: underlying driving mechanism and planning thinking. [PDF]
Front Public Health, 2023 Zhang C, Su Q, Zhu Y.
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STREETS AS STAGES: Traffic Enforcement and the Competition for Cultural Growth in China
International 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
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THE POWER OF CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT: What Does it Mean to do Critical Urban Scholarship from the South?
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In this essay I reflect upon the challenges of conducting critical urban research from the global South, where profound inequalities and limited resources shape our work and where, at the same time, academics are often called upon for help by communities, social movements and governments alike.
María José Álvarez‐Rivadulla
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Understanding the Lost: Reconstruction of the Garden Design of Villa Peretti Montalto (Rome, Italy) for Urban Valorization. [PDF]
Plants (Basel), 2023 Bartoli F +4 more
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Theorizing White Ignorance From Du Bois to Mills: Narrative and Consumptive Innocence
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Starting with Du Bois, scholars of race have investigated the role of White ignorance as it perpetuates White supremacy. Today, Charles Mills and scholars continue this inquiry by expanding the importance of White ignorance to include multiple forms. This article contributes to this inquiry by highlighting the role and types of White innocence.
Miguel Montalva Barba, Camille Petersen
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Understanding place attachment to remote environments: An Antarctic case study
Geographical Research, EarlyView.Abstract The Anthropocene presents unique challenges for humanity’s relationship with remote environments. Transboundary environmental problems, such as climate change or plastics pollution, affect places that are beyond most people’s direct experience.
Katie Marx +3 more
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Study on Spatial-Temporal Change of Urban Green Space in Yangtze River Economic Belt and Its Driving Mechanism. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2021 Chen C, Bi L, Zhu K.
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Urban food trees: Recognition of care and belonging by local governments
Geographical Research, EarlyView.Acceptance of food producing trees (FPT) as a mainstream option for urban greening and public space development remains largely contested. In a study of local government policies and practices towards FPT in metropolitan Melbourne, we found that while FPT remain commonly excluded, some councils are seeking pathways for their inclusion.
Anastasia Gramatakos +2 more
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Computer Vision Interaction Design in Sustainable Urban Development: A Case Study of Roof Garden Landscape Plants in Marine Cities. [PDF]
Plants (Basel), 2023 Zhang L, Kim C.
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