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Endowing urban business environments with an intelligent brain: empirical evidence from cities in western China. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Chen T, Zhao Z, Zheng Y, Ma L.
europepmc   +1 more source

HYPERSCALING HOUSING: Venture Capital, Real Estate Start‐Ups and the Race to Build a Global Residential Brand

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What happens when venture capitalists try to reinvent housing in their own image? Synonymous with the rise of Big Tech, venture capitalists (VCs) are asset managers that invest in early‐stage companies, pursuing aggressive growth and market domination. Since the 2008 financial crisis, VCs have poured huge sums into real estate start‐ups.
Tim White
wiley   +1 more source

A gradient-structured all-cellulose biofoam enabled by solvent-induced molecular assembly for sustainable insulation modules. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Zeng S, Tong Z, Li X, Lu H, Tang H, Sun Y, Zhao D, Yu G, Yu H.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

ENVIRONMENTAL STATECRAFT AND CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS: Chengdu's Ecological Preservation and Eco‐development

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Evolution and driving mechanisms of eco-environmental quality across different urbanization stages. [PDF]

Sci Rep
He Z, Guo Q, Yin Z, Luo X, Sun M.
europepmc   +1 more source

INFRASTRUCTURAL CONCEALMENT: Everyday Festival Economies and Riverine Ecologies in Kolkata

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
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, Deljana Iossifova, Alexandros Gasparatos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimizing urban development through identification of urban fringe areas and construction of ecological security pattern. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Zhong Y, Zhu X, Zhang T, Liu Y, Zhao H, Jia C, Cao J.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

ALL POSSIBLE PASTS: Heritage, Simulacra, and Gentrification in Seoul

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing spatial accessibility of rabies post-exposure prophylaxis clinics in Gansu Province, China. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Liu S, Jin N, Liang X, An J, Song X, Zhang X.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Environmental Impacts of Natural Resource and FinTech in Oil‐Rich Economies: The Role of FinTech in Mitigating the Carbon Curse

Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This research investigates the joint environmental impacts of natural resource rents and FinTech in oil‐rich economies. It addresses the carbon curse hypothesis and argues that the integration of FinTech can be a transformative force, improving energy and carbon intensities in these countries.
Kingsley I. Okere, Ismail O. Fasanya, Stephen Kelechi Dimnwobi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source