A climate‐sensitive tropical urbanism under extreme heat†
Tropical urban dwellers face twin climate challenges that impinge on their quality of life: climate overheating and the urban heat island (UHI). The latter superimposed on the former to lead to high levels of thermal discomfort, carbon and energy consequences.
Rohinton Emmanuel
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Structural model of hard overburden shell in thick coal seam and its application. [PDF]
Fu X +5 more
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Why Nicaraguan Peasants Remain in Agricultural Production Cooperatives [PDF]
Many Nicaraguan peasants remain members in agricultural production cooperatives despite the change in the policy environment that now supports parcellation of cooperative lands into individual holdings.
Lerman, Zvi, Ruben, Ruerd
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ABSTRACT This paper presents a close‐hearing analysis of Forest 404, a transmedial audio drama that was released to BBC Sounds in 2019. Despite the drama's eco‐dystopian critique of teleological ‘progress’ narratives (that enable and perpetuate the destruction of the natural world), I argue that the series ultimately propagates a sense of inevitability
Matilda Jones
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Acid mine drainage control in mining areas: identification of groundwater recharge pathways and source reduction strategies. [PDF]
Zhang C, Zhang F, Mu W, Li H.
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THE EVOLUTION OF FARMING SYSTEMS IN NORTHERN COTE D'IVOIRE: BOSERUP VERSUS MALTHUS AND COMPETITION VERSUS COMPLEMENTARITY [PDF]
A socio-economic analysis of a sample of farms in Northern Cote d'Ivoire revisits two debates about the evolution of farming systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Taking into account the diversity of farming systems, the debates "Boserup vs.
Demont, Matty +3 more
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The “Pesticide Chip”: Chemical Legacies and Agrarian Futures in Costa Rica
Abstract For decades, agro‐industrial capital has adopted cascading chemical and biotechnical interventions, or fixes, to secure accumulation through the cultivation of monocrops. We develop a framework that centres on how monocrop‐induced susceptibility to pests and pathogens—and the patchwork of fixes to address these—produces uneven chemical ...
Soledad Castro‐Vargas, Marion Werner
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Influence of joint fissure occurrence on stress distribution of coal wall in large mining height. [PDF]
Guo W, Gao Y, Wang G.
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Impact of agricultural trade liberalization between the EU and Mediterranean countries: the case of the tomato processing industry [PDF]
This study aims to describe and explain the impact of trade liberalization between the EU- 15 and the southern Mediterranean countries, with special emphasis on Southern EU (Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Greece).
Briz, Julian +3 more
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Abstract In the context of global market integration, capital accumulation relies on social reproduction; yet unlimited accumulation disrupts the reproductive processes that sustain it. Vietnam is pursuing economic growth in the same fashion, relying on cheap migrant labour in urban areas that are stabilising rural areas through remittances and care ...
Thuy Ho
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