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FROM NY‐LON TO SILK? Shifting Centres of Attention in the World's Urban Fabric
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This Interventions essay explores Silk Road urbanism's emergence as a rival to New York and London (NY‐LON) for global centre stage in Anglophone urban and regional studies. Through China's Belt and Road Initiative, more attention is being given to urban formations and associated new centralities beyond North Atlantic global/world cities ...
Tim Bunnell, Han Cheng, Wenn Er Tan
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Revisiting and revitalizing political ecology in the American West [PDF]
, 2019 Political ecology, initially conceived to better understand the power relations implicit in management and distribution of natural resources in the developing world, came “home” to the American West in the 1990s and 2000s.
Bergmann, Nicolas +5 more
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Journal of Political EcologyZinc is a green mineral that is increasingly required for manufacturing low-carbon technology. This demand has been promoted mainly by the Global North-led green policies to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
Anna Heikkinen
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REPRODUCING OPERATIONAL LANDSCAPES: The Rock Mining for Indonesia's New Capital City
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Indonesia's new capital city is designed to become a green and sustainable city. In this article, we examine the (un)sustainability of the process through which the city is coming into being. Using the sociospatial theory of planetary urbanization, we trace the dialectical relationship between the new city and sites beyond it to show how ...
Bosman Batubara +4 more
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The Political Economy of Universal Pensions in Bolivia [PDF]
, 2017 While non-contributory pensions are spreading around the globe, Bolivia is still the only Latin American country with a universal old-age pension scheme.
Müller, Katharina
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An intergenerational transmission of sustainability?:ancestral habitus and food production in a traditional agro-ecosystem of the Upper Guinea Forest, West Africa [PDF]
, 2015 The need for sustainable alternatives to industrial farming has led to a revival of interest in traditional agro-ecosystems. Whilst it is well recognised that traditional agro-ecosystems are both social and physical–technical – few case studies have ...
Fraser, James +2 more
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Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2005 Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms, conhecida localmente como camalote, é uma planta aquática nativa da América do Sul, abundante no Pantanal. Os índios Guató usavam essa planta no Pantanal para a confecção de esteiras para dormir.
Ieda Maria Bortolotto +1 more
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper argues that the growing space for industrial policies, at least in its present form and shape, is unlikely to promote sustainable development in most Global South countries, especially in the smaller economies. This claim builds on those who have thought about structural transformations for and from the Global South throughout ...
Nicolás M. Perrone
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e-cadernos ces, 2017 This article highlights the social and environmental impacts that occur due to the process of exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons (oil and gas) in the municipality of Papantla, Veracruz, indicating some of the changes that took place as a result
Victoria Chenaut
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“Green Developmentalism” and the Role of International Law in Negotiating the Energy Transition
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Policy evolutions in North American and European capitals have prompted debates about ongoing shifts in global economic governance from a primary emphasis on promoting markets to a more extensive role for the state in steering economic relations.
Lorenzo Cotula
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