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AGRICULTURE IN A SOCIALIST CITY: Towards an Alter‐Urban Political Ecology

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban political ecology has developed as a critique of capitalist urbanization. This article develops the concept of alter‐urban political ecology to define urban environments emerging not from capitalist urbanization but from efforts to transform it. Drawing on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in five urban farms in socialist Cuba,
Gustav Cederlöf
wiley   +1 more source

THE TERRITORIALIZATION OF ANGOLA'S REAL ESTATE FRONTIER: How Private‐led Housing Developments are Reshaping the Outskirts of Luanda

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Africa is recognized as the final frontier for urbanization and capitalism. Following a long wave of massive loans to promote state‐led developments, small private foreign and local developers are transforming the urban landscape on the outskirts of Luanda, forging partnerships with Angola's national and local governments and developing an ...
Higor Carvalho
wiley   +1 more source

DINÂMICAS TERRITORIAIS E MÉTRICAS ESPACIAIS: AVALIAÇÃO DE EXPANSÃO URBANA EM CIDADE DE PORTE MÉDIO

Urban populations have grown rapidly, driving intense expansion of urban areas, especially in cities of developing countries. These challenges have led to new regulations and policies aimed at more sustainable urban development.
Gonçalves, Luciana Marcia, Menzori, Ivan Damasco   +1 more
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HOUSING RETROFIT AND THE JUST TRANSITION IN THE METROPOLIS: Governance, Redistribution, and Inequality in London and Barcelona

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Metropolises are rapidly becoming spaces of stark inequalities. While much literature has emphasized the metropolitan scale as a driver of agglomeration economies, recent scholarship highlights either the ungovernable nature of large metropolises or the weak redistributive capacity of their governments as key causes of increasingly unequal ...
Lucía Cerrada Morato, Marc Martí‐Costa, Cecilia Conde López   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban Sprawl\u27s Drivers in Iran = Los conductores de la expansión urbana en Irán

, 2019
Urban sprawl as a low-density, planned or unplanned, unlimited and discontinuous expansion in peripheral areas of the cities is traditionally considered one of the global challenges. Iran has confronted with urban sprawl over the past four decades.
Mehriar, Melika
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Habitat Features, Coyotes, and Humans Drive Diel Activity Variation Among Sympatric Mammals

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We found that multiple mammal species show considerable variation in diel activity in response to several factors, with biotic variables (habitat features and the presence of coyotes Canis latrans) having the strongest overall effects. Our results have important implications for trophic dynamics. Future studies will need to account for these underlying
Nathan J. Proudman, Maximilian L. Allen
wiley   +1 more source

Potential vs. Realized Large Carnivore Density: The Influence of Livestock on Carnivore Carrying Capacity Estimation

Animal Conservation, EarlyView.
In an unfenced mixed‐use savanna landscape in Namibia, we compared realized densities of leopards and cheetahs estimated using spatial capture–recapture models with prey‐based carrying capacity predictions. Leopard densities exceeded predictions based on wild prey alone but closely matched livestock‐supplemented models, suggesting that vulnerable ...
Kathan Bandyopadhyay, Bogdan Cristescu, Stuti Anjaria, Stijn Verschueren, John L. Koprowski, Joseph D. Holbrook, Jeffrey L. Beck, Laurie Marker   +7 more
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Periodización de dinámicas expansivas de ciudades intermedias. El caso de Río Grande (Argentina) entre los siglos XIX-XXI

Estudios Socioterritoriales: Revista de Geografía
Las ciudades intermedias, tanto en Argentina como a nivel global, tienen un peso significativo en términos cuantitativos y en relación con la población que concentran.
Nadia Finck
doaj   +1 more source

Análisis de la expansión urbana de la parroquia Caricuao del municipio bolivariano Libertador del Distrito Capital, durante el período 2006-2016

, 2019
La investigación se presenta de manera diacrónica para el período 2006-2016 y con proyecciones para el período 2016-2030, considerando: variables socioeconómicas (tales como densidad poblacional, viviendas no planificadas, entre otros); patrones de uso ...
Carrera R., Emily S.
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Proceso de expansión urbana : Ordenamiento Territorial en el partido de La Plata [PDF]

, 2012
La creciente urbanización a nivel mundial, conjuga en determinadas ciudades procesos simultáneos de atracción y dispersión urbana. En muchas de ellas el modelo de ciudad compacto -con el tradicional gradiente de periferización- coexiste con nuevos ...
Ríos, Licia, Rocca, María Julia
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