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Freedom dreaming of migrant justice: Critical reflections on counterspaces and institutional violence in the university

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract US universities are built on stolen land and sustained through hierarchies of power that produce what migrant justice scholars name as b/order regimes. As institutions that claim to be sites of learning and inclusion, universities are fraught with contradictions as simultaneously sites of dispossession, exclusion, and control.
Sara L. Buckingham   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Rural Heritage House Facades as the Initial Step Towards Their Adaptive Reuse and Renovation: A Case Study of Sixteen Houses in Mazandaran Province, Iran

open access: yesBuildings
The facades of buildings stand as one of the most influential aesthetic elements in urban and rural districts, serving as a boundary between exterior and interior while historically expressing various cultural and climatic functions.
Soufia Ahmadi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Facade Segmentation in the Wild

open access: yesCoRR, 2018
16 pages, 7 ...
John Femiani 0001   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Stakeholder Perspectives on Therapeutic and Safe Building Design in Residential Care

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Residential care is a form of out‐of‐home care that plays a critical role in supporting vulnerable young people in Australia. However, there is an evidence gap regarding the built environment in this context. This research aimed to explore the perspectives of key stakeholders in residential care in Victoria, Australia, regarding design that ...
Carmen Schroder   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the ESG Facade: Measuring and Addressing Corporate ‘Lip Service’

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid growing global attention to environmental, social and governance (ESG), this study examines the misalignment between ESG disclosures and actual practices—termed ‘lip service’—using data from Chinese firms from 2006 to 2022, constructing an index to quantify it.
Jia Xu, Mingwei Liu, Helen X. H. Bao
wiley   +1 more source

Solutions To Improve The Facade Quality Of Residential Buildings In Tehran [PDF]

open access: yesبرنامه‌ریزی توسعه شهری و منطقه‌ای
The recent developments and the speed of construction in cities and the subsequent disorder in the appearance of urban spaces require a more careful look at the issue of the urban landscape and at a smaller level the issue of the urban landscape.In order
Marjan Golipour   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Fast, the Steady and the Tenacious: Funding Pathways for Circular Start‐Ups

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Circular start‐ups (CSUs) are critical for unlocking the circular economy, yet they face persistent barriers in accessing finance. Despite growing interest from policymakers and financing institutions, little empirical evidence explains how these ventures pursue and secure funding.
Pilar Mejía‐Vélez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Double glazings: spectrophotometric characterization for facade modules [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
ISBN 978-85-92631-00-0Glazing contributes significantly to heat transfer between outdoor and indoor spaces and these surfaces act directly on daylighting and thermal comfort.
Caram, Rosana   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Updated urban facade design for quieter outdoor spaces [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The increasing migration into cities leads to an increasing number of people stressed by noise. More and more people are moving into urban settings comprised of multiple noise sources and hard reflective glass and steel facades.
Krimm, J. (author)   +11 more
core   +2 more sources

A Critical Analysis of Microsoft's Rhetoric and Reality of Sustainability Engagement

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study critically examines Microsoft's environmental, social and governance (ESG) rhetoric and operational reality, to offer insights that extend beyond conventional greenwashing or bluewashing. Drawing on over 20 years of Microsoft's sustainability reports (2003–2024), third‐party ESG evaluations and media investigations, it employs ...
Omaima A. G. Hassan, Iqbal Khadaroo
wiley   +1 more source

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