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Climate Change and (Mal)Adaptation in Tourism‐Intensive Alpine Regions

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Tourism, especially in winter, accounts for a large share of economic income in Alpine regions. At the same time, these regions are more severely affected by climate change, leading to shorter winter seasons and reduced snow cover. This presents a pressing issue for areas reliant on income from winter tourism through activities such as skiing.
Valentina Ausserladscheider
wiley   +1 more source

What Are Select Committees For?

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The modern select committee system in the UK House of Commons was introduced in 1979 to deepen opportunities for backbench MPs to hold government to account and strengthen Parliament vis‐à‐vis the executive. However, select committees play a much bigger role in parliamentary life.
Marc Geddes
wiley   +1 more source

Building in the Right Places: Can Labour Build Two Million New Homes?

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Britain's housing crisis reflects not only insufficient supply but also the persistent tendency of new homes to be delivered in suboptimal locations. Even where excess demand is most acute—typically in the cores and fringes of major cities—planning constraints, political pressures and land‐use designations often limit development, while ...
Nikhil Datta, Amrita Kulka
wiley   +1 more source

Firearm Safety in a Country of Arms

open access: yesThe Milbank Quarterly, EarlyView.
Policy Points Firearm safety policy in the United States cannot succeed through legislation alone; effective interventions must also address the social, economic, and infrastructural conditions that shape perceptions of safety. Evidence suggests that place‐based investments can reduce violence and firearm deaths while strengthening social cohesion and ...
JONATHAN M. METZL
wiley   +1 more source

The Top Five Advances in Solid Organ Transplantation in the Past Fifty Years

open access: yes
World Journal of Surgery, EarlyView.
Stephen J. Wigmore, Diana A. Wu
wiley   +1 more source

The Gender of Fossil Fuels: Oil and Domestic Perils in Mandate Palestine

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the gender dynamics behind the rise of kerosene – an oil derivative – as the main domestic fuel in Mandate Palestine. It argues that these dynamics were constitutive in determining who began to use oil, where and for what purposes, in turn demonstrating that women in Palestine were the promoters and targets of a campaign ...
Shira Pinhas
wiley   +1 more source

COVID-19 Headlines in World Media

open access: yes
The dataset includes COVID-19 headlines from major media companies in the world. Each file represents one country. We collected these data using web-mining directly from the media websites or using google when the search results were not sufficient.
Kilani, Ahmad, Georgios, Georgiou P
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