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THE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES OF INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD: EVIDENCE FROM CULLINAN, SOUTH AFRICA [PDF]

open access: yesGeo Journal of Tourism and Geosites, 2018
Industrial heritage is attracting a growing focus within the international expansion of research around heritage tourism. The largest share of literature relates to industrial heritage in developed economies.
Clinton D. VAN DER MERWE   +1 more
doaj  

Heritage and Resilience: Issues and Opportunities for Reducing Disaster Risks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper examines the unique role of cultural heritage in disaster risk reduction. Itintroduces various approaches to protect heritage from irreplaceable loss and considers ways to draw upon heritage as an asset in building the resilience of ...
Albrito, Paola   +10 more
core  

Soft Power in Trade: Quantifying the Impact of Confucius Institutes on China's Exports

open access: yesInternational Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role of Confucius Institutes (CIs) as a form of China's cultural diplomacy and their impact on international trade, particularly exports. Using a gravity model, we analyze data from 1990 to 2019 across countries, finding that the presence of CIs significantly boosts China's exports.
Renjing Chen, Wei Jin, Tangrui Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Unlocking multiple potentials: a data-driven framework for adaptive reuse of industrial heritage in Changzhou, China

open access: yesJournal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
Adaptive reuse of industrial heritage can showcase industrial culture and drive urban transformation but faces issues like homogenization, secondary ruins, and long-term adaptation deficits.
Jing Zhang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

New pattern of industrial identity in the spatial structure of polish cities [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The process of deindustrialisation has significantly increased the number of areas where existing industrial units had lost their previous role in production and became a document of industrial heritage.
Joanna Sokolowska Moskwiak
core  

Realistic Representation, Dynamic Evolution and Determinants of Institutional Quality in China

open access: yesInternational Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The paper delves into the role of institutional quality in bolstering China's economic resilience post‐COVID‐19, CITIC‐Entropy. It divides institutions into basic and changeable categories, establishing an index system via the CITIC‐Entropy TOPSIS model.
Susu Wang, Qidi Zhang, Jing Fang
wiley   +1 more source

Patrimoniul arhitectural industrial romanesc – trecut şi prezent [PDF]

open access: yesUrbanism. Arhitectura. Constructii, 2012
The development of industrial activities on the Romanian territory is experiencing a considerable seniority, generating as a result an industrial heritage that stands out through its versatility (history, technology, architecture and esthetic).
Daniela Stoian   +2 more
doaj  

Nature‐Based and Community‐Level Responses to Climate Distress in Young People: A Systematic Review

open access: yesJournal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Climate change is both an environmental crisis and a growing source of psychological distress for young people, calling for responses that nurture emotional resilience and collective engagement. The emerging response to climate distress has mainly focused on formal psychological and individual‐level interventions.
Meghana Bhupati   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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