International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article analyses ideas of ‘good governance through technology’ in India that first emerged from the software industry, symbolizing state support for the ‘new middle‐class’ values of liberalized private enterprise. We suggest that the contemporary prominence of consulting firms in government represents a second transformation that embeds ...
Matt Birkinshaw, Sanjay Srivastava
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DB-LIO: Database-Driven LiDAR-Inertial Odometry for Memory-Bounded Persistent Mapping. [PDF]
Sensors (Basel)Kim HH, Kang HH, Noh DH, Lee HM.
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READING HOUSING AS AN URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE PATTERNING THE ‘WHORE STIGMA’
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In this article, I conceptualize housing as an urban infrastructure enabling the reproduction, exploitation, circulation and emplacement of the ‘whore stigma’. To this end, I engage with infrastructural scholarship, particularly the emerging field of infrastructural housing studies, and situate it in dialogue with critical perspectives on ...
Daniela Morpurgo
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The effect of lifting eviction moratoria on fatal drug overdoses in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. [PDF]
Am J EpidemiolRivera-Aguirre A +8 more
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WASTELAND ACTIVISM: Political Weeds and Ecological Imaginaries in Montreal
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Montreal, this article examines the ways in which urban dwellers and activists engage with the living materialities of wastelands to illuminate evolving ecological imaginaries and their political potentials.
Daniela Giudici
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Exploring the association between housing insecurity and mental health among renters: A systematic review of quantitative primary and secondary studies. [PDF]
PLoS OneTalmatzky M +3 more
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Marketplaces, crucial sites for low‐income populations as sources of affordable goods and social interaction, are at a critical juncture. They are experiencing decline due to the rise of shopping centres and neglect by public authorities, while at the same time being rediscovered as tourist attractions, sources of profit and tools for urban ...
Francesca Ru
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911 calls for service and community context: associations between community safety needs and neighborhood environment. [PDF]
BMC Public HealthKoenigsmark F, Gutierrez C, Martin CL.
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BEHIND THE FACES OF AESTHETICIZED URBANISM IN TUNXI, CHINA
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban policy in China has become increasingly predicated on securing an approved aesthetic that reflects ideological campaigns and political programmes. In highlighting the role of the aesthetic in Chinese urbanism, this article argues that the party‐state draws on an aesthetic palette that places the contemporary urban landscape in a ...
Yanpeng Jiang, Paul Waley, Asa Roast
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Predicting depressive and anxiety symptoms among Lebanese and Syrian adults in a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, during concurrent crises: nested cross-sectional study. [PDF]
BMJ OpenShamas H +5 more
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