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Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2019 Surface subsidence and fissures, especially surface fissures, are typical geological disasters related to groundwater activities in the Su-Xi-Chang area, China.
Jishan Xu, Jianbing Peng, Haibo An
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Comparative assessment of the vulnerability and resilience of 10 deltas : work document [PDF]
Background information about: Nile delta (Egypt), Incomati delta (Mozambique), Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (Bangladesh), Yangtze (China), Ciliwung (Indonesia), Mekong (Vietnam), Rhine-Meuse (The Netherlands), Danube (Romania), California Bay-Delta ...
Bucx, T. +3 more
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In South Africa, citizens in both low‐ and high‐income areas are increasingly providing their own services to mitigate the unreliability, unaffordability and inaccessibility of state services. This article examines diverse case studies across socio‐economic and residential typologies to explore shifts in service provision responsibilities from
Fiona Anciano +3 more
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Recent scholarship has examined the informal activities of elites. While existing theories suggest that informality is a realm where the state guarantees unhindered access to land and property rights and, subsequently, citizenship entitlements for elites, they have yet to explain how affluent residents of informal colonies obtain citizenship ...
Vivek Mishra
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BACK TO THE FUTURE: A WILLINGNESS TO PLAY REEXAMINED [PDF]
As the Central Arizona project is being completed and contracts are being negotiated, economic analysis continues to show that neither agriculture nor municipalities would benefit from the project if repayment actually is required according to previously
Martin, William E.
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract While many African cities, such as Nairobi, fared comparatively well during the pandemic years, urban residents still faced compounded uncertainties and an unequal distribution of burdens that were infrastructurally co‐mediated, for example, within and through place‐specific waterscapes and their socio‐technical infrastructures.
Moritz Kasper +2 more
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Ecological IndicatorsSubterranean coal mining results in the occurrence of surface subsidence, soil degradation, and damage to agricultural lands, which is especially severe in regions with high groundwater levels.
Yiheng Jiao +5 more
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Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2019 The Datong basin is one of the complex geologic environments in China. Several faults are distributed in the basin, and a number of hidden faults have been discovered within the basin. Ground fissures (GFs) and land subsidence occur in this region.
Chengsheng Yang +5 more
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Evaporating Asset: Water Scarcity and Innovations for the Future [PDF]
, 2014 The World Economic Forum has identified "water crises" as one of the top ten issues of greatest concern to the global economy in 2014. What is causing these crises and how do we address them?
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution, EarlyView.Abstract New incentives and instruments for financing ecosystem restoration require frameworks that support planning, monitoring and reporting, including the identification and use of leading indicators. Leading indicators have the potential to predict the outcomes of restoration interventions before full recovery has occurred.
Sarah J. Luxton +8 more
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