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Unnatural Wills: Inheritance Disputes and Inequality

open access: yesThe British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within the conceptual frame of relational economic sociology, inheritance disputes are a canonical form of relational mismatch. But the social patterning of relational mismatches, and their various ties to inequality, remain murky. In this paper, I examine all known inheritance disputes in Dallas from 1895–1945 within their social context to ...
Shay O'Brien
wiley   +1 more source

Big Cruise Ships Going Feral: An Ecocritical Reading of Overtourism in Venice

open access: yesLagoonscapes
The problem of big cruise ships overtourism in Venice is examined with an ecocritical approach, through two novel concepts: Feral entity and Plantationocene.
De Giorgi, Irene
doaj   +1 more source

Feasibility of Zero-Emission Cruise Ships: A Novel Hydrogen Tri-Generation System for Propulsion and Hotel Loads

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering
The decarbonization of large cruise ships is challenged by their extreme and tightly coupled electrical, thermal, and cooling demands. This study investigates a liquid hydrogen (LH2)-based tri-generation system for cruise ships that simultaneously ...
Albert Gil-Esmendia   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable Development Goals Applied to the Maritime Transportation Sector: Setting Sail for the Future

open access: yesNatural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aims to eradicate poverty, protect the environment, and promote prosperity through 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Achieving these goals requires a multi‐sectoral approach. Maritime transportation, vital to the global economy, significantly contributes to several SDGs and plays a strategic ...
Cátia Sousa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Market Integration and Nonlinear Price Transmission in 19th‐Century British Wheat Markets

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Important developments in infrastructure and institutions characterized 19th‐Century wheat markets in Great Britain. Among these developments was the construction of the national rail system which enabled cheaper and more efficient transport of grain and other bulky cargoes between inland towns and ports.
Barry K. Goodwin, A. Ford Ramsey
wiley   +1 more source

Sailing Through Time: Building Pacific Maritime Resilience

open access: yesGlobal Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership (PBSP), an ambitious initiative aimed at decarbonising maritime transport across Oceania. The study explores the cultural, historical and technological aspects of wind‐propelled shipping in the Pacific.
Christiaan De Beukelaer   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

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