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A literature review of measurement methods for building designs that enable higher-value resource recovery: the circular economy potential framework

International Journal of Sustainable Engineering
The construction sector is a major contributor to global raw material and land use, waste production, and water and energy consumption. Despite overall high consumption, some built structures are more sustainable than others; particularly, some ...
Goran Sibenik, Benjamin Sanchez, Rudi Stouffs, Pieter Herthogs   +3 more
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Urbanity, Precarity, and Homeland Activism. Burmese Migrants in Global Cities

Moussons, 2013
This article interrogates the link between urbanity and “precarity of place” for non-citizen populations, relying on evidence drawn from the transnational homeland activities of Burmese migrants in two global cities (Bangkok and Tokyo).
Susan Banki
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Generation X School Leaders as Agents of Care: Leader and Teacher Perspectives from Toronto, New York City and London

Societies, 2016
This paper draws on evidence from our three-year Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)-funded research study of the lives, careers, experiences and aspirations of Generation X (under 40 years of age) principals and vice-principals in London, New ...
Karen Edge, Katherine Descours, Keren Frayman   +2 more
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National and urban public policy agenda in tourism. Towards the emergence of a hyperneoliberal script? [PDF]

, 2017
Following the 2007–2009 Global Financial Crisis (GFC), some national governments have been pursuing a counter-reform of the public sector characterised by further policy centralisation and the ‘hollowing out’ of regional authorities.
Amore, Alberto, Hall, Colin Michael
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The Functioning of Cities in the Context of Globalization: Saskia Sassen's Theory

Социологическая наука и социальная практика, 2020
The current trends and specifics of transformations of modern sociological theory are determined by the challenges that faced by societies of the XXI centuries.
Kristina L. Khomyakova
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Current status and challenges of planetary health education: a scoping review

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
Background: Climate change poses significant threats to human health, necessitating the integration of environmental protection into public health efforts.
Yayoi Shoji, Kana Suzuki, Masushi Kohta, Nao Tamai   +3 more
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US Global Cities as Centres of Attraction of Foreign TNCs

Bulletin of Geography. Socio-Economic Series, 2019
The concept of global cities and the importance of transnationalisation processes in their formation are widely acknowledged. However, the debate surrounding global city identification continues.
Pilka Martin, Sluka Nikolay
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Relational Urbanisation, Resilience, Revolution: Beirut as a Relational City?

Urban Planning, 2022
The destruction of Beirut’s port and large areas of the inner city following the August 2020 explosion occurred amid (and has exacerbated) an unprecedented national economic and social crisis portending another potential phase of urban “reconstruction ...
Michael Rafferty
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Towards reviving post-Olympic Athens as a cultural destination [PDF]

, 2012
This paper examines the effects of global change on the status and qualities of the Greek national capital, Athens, focusing on how they affect the development of cultural tourism in the city.
Alevizopoulou M., Apostolopoulos Y., Arksey H., Asprogerakas E., Denzin N. K., Georgios Boustras, Glaser B. G., Graham B., Hall C. M., King N., Koutoulas D., Leontidou L., Leontidou L., Maitland R., McKercher B., Meethan K., Miles M., Morgan N., Nikolaos Boukas, Papageorgiou-Venetas A., Shaw G., Theobald W. F., Van der Borg J., Vassilios Ziakas, Weed M., Wickens E., Yin R. K.   +26 more
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Globalization and urban centers: Impact, challenges and development of global cities [PDF]

Zbornik radova Departmana za geografiju, turizam i hotelijerstvo
The paper focuses on globalization and its impact on the world's urban centers, i.e., on the interaction of globalization and (large) cities. The globalization of cities refers to the process by which the cities become increasingly involved in global ...
Mujević Demir
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