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Urban encounters: juxtapositions of difference and the communicative interface of global cities [PDF]

, 2008
This article explores the communicative interface of global cities, especially as it is shaped in the juxtapositions of difference in culturally diverse urban neighbourhoods.
Amin, A., Appadurai, A., Beck, U., Benjamin, W., Derrida, J., Eade, J., Georgiou, M., Georgiou, M., Massey, D., Miller, T., Myria Georgiou, Robins, K., Urry, J.   +12 more
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Actors of Contemporary World Politics: Trends of Development

Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2013
The article is devoted to tendencies of development of transnational actors in XXI century. It is shown that their activity intensified, became involved a large number of people and cover all areas.
M. M. Lebedeva
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Educational selectivity of native and foreign-born internal migrants in Europe

Demographic Research, 2022
Background: It is well-established that internal migration is selective, particularly with respect to age, educational attainment, and nativity status. However, the interplay between education and immigrants' origin remains largely unknown.
Miguel González-Leonardo, Aude Bernard, Joan García-Román, Antonio López-Gay   +3 more
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Effects of the interplay between topology and function of an integrated urban development on patterns of user movement

Scientific Reports
With the advent of distributed multi-sensory networks of devices, vast troves of real-time data can be gathered about our interactions with the built environment.
Ajaykumar Manivannan, Wei Chien Benny Chin, Srilalitha Gopalakrishnan, Daniel K. H. Wong, Thomas Schroepfer, Roland Bouffanais   +5 more
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No. 01: Hungry Cities of the Global South [PDF]

, 2016
The recent inclusion of an urban Sustainable Development Goal in the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda represents an important acknowledgement of the reality of global urbanization and the many social, economic, infrastructural and political challenges ...
Crush, Jonathan
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Trends and opportunities in adaptive planning for the built environment: A literature review

City and Environment Interactions
Adaptive planning supports long-term decision-making under uncertainties, such as those arising from the dynamics of complex systems such as the built environment.
Jin Rui Yap, Orlando Roman, Bryan Tyrone Adey, Tanvi Maheshwari   +3 more
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Relationship between National and City Policies in the Field of Migration

Контуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право, 2020
The article discusses the issue of consistency in migration policy conducted by local and national governments. Four global cities (Paris, Shanghai, Seoul, Moscow) were chosen as the objects of the study, as these four cities represent common ...
F. V. Sleznov
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Urban Densification and Outdoor Thermal Comfort: Scenario-Based Analysis in Zurich’s Altstetten–Albisrieden District

Land
The growing urban population has made densification a key focus of urban development. It is crucial to create an urban planning strategy that understands the environmental, social, and economic effects of densification at both the district and city ...
Yingying Jiang, Sacha Menz
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Implementing Reflective Group Work Activities in a Large Chemistry Lab to Support Collaborative Learning

Education Sciences, 2019
Many classrooms in higher education are becoming increasingly diverse. Diversity is an asset when student interactions are promoted and facilitated by instructors.
Hannah Leopold, Ann Smith
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Network effect and economic development: for a theory of bond value (Effetto rete e sviluppo economico: per una teoria del valore legame)

Science & Philosophy, 2021
The article presents sociological considerations in regards to the advent of globalism. With the implosion of capitalism and the acceleration of globalization, the concept of globalism is in need of new interpretations. Some sociologists indeed would see
Luigi Gentili
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