Does culture-tourism integration policy enhance urban ecological resilience? Evidence from a multi-period difference-in-differences analysis of Chinese cities. [PDF]
Lu F, Wang J, Zhai X.
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Concrete in architecture: Redefining form, space, function, and insights from bibliometric analysis
Abstract Concrete has become a cornerstone in architectural and engineering innovation, as it seamlessly integrates structural performance with artistic expression. Its evolution from ancient opus caementicium to contemporary ultra‐high‐performance concrete illustrates its adaptability to the change in technological, environmental, and design paradigms.
Mouhcine Benaicha +2 more
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The impact of carbon emission trading pilot policy on China's energy eco-efficiency. [PDF]
Zhang L, Ma S, Dai Y, Tang W.
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Abstract This article develops the concept of environmental statecraft to study changing urban environmental politics in China and beyond. Our review of existing conceptions reveals a growing need to account for temporal and geographical complexity. Neoliberal conceptions of eco‐state restructuring are increasingly strained by contemporary geopolitical
Handuo Deng, Fulong Wu, Fangzhu Zhang
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Exploring how green location-oriented industrial policies promote urban energy efficiency: evidence from National eco-industrial demonstration parks in China. [PDF]
Liu Y, Jiang H, Cui J.
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INFRASTRUCTURAL CONCEALMENT: Everyday Festival Economies and Riverine Ecologies in Kolkata
Abstract Urban infrastructures are often celebrated within marketized development logics for their promise of equitable access while concealing ecological harm. This article examines whether and how ecological degradation is integral to infrastructural modernization, showing how infrastructures that promise improvement and inclusion simultaneously ...
Debapriya Chakrabarti +2 more
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Baselining Urban Ecosystems from Sentinel Species: Fitness, Flows, and Sinks. [PDF]
Convertino M, Wu Y, Dong H.
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ALL POSSIBLE PASTS: Heritage, Simulacra, and Gentrification in Seoul
Abstract Urban heritage scholars have often criticized simulacra as ‘bad’ copies that degrade the ‘good’ model of the past through commercialization and gentrification. This article challenges such Platonic dichotomies of good/bad and model/copy, arguing that the binary of good heritage and bad simulacra is flawed because heritage is itself actualized ...
Myung In Ji
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Artificial intelligence applications and the improvement of carbon emission efficiency from the perspective of sustainable development: empirical evidence from China. [PDF]
Wen H, Yang W.
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Abstract Contemporary cities in the global South are being reshaped through the intersecting logics of burgeoning real estate sectors and diasporic investment. This article examines the case of Pakistan to explore how emigration trajectories and remittance practices contribute to the transformation of urban landscapes in countries of origin through ...
Fatima Tassadiq
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