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Morphogenic processes of adaptability and interconnectedness between urban interventions and informal settlements

Frontiers of Architectural Research
Contemporary intervention strategies in Latin America have been mainly based on adaptability and informal interconnection processes based on observing morphogenic evolution in informal settlements. These behaviours were first explored by John F.C. Turner
Carlos Augusto Martínez Muñoz, Francisco Javier Maroto Ramos   +1 more
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Relational Capital and Sustainable Development in Developing Economies: A Systematic Review of Pathways, Practises and Impacts

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study critically examines the role of relational capital (RC) in shaping the sustainable development of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs). Although RC is widely recognised as a strategic resource, existing evidence remains fragmented, context‐dependent and theoretically underdeveloped.
Rana Kayyal, Ali Meftah Gerged
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How should ‘informal settlement’ be understood in Beijing China? [PDF]

, 2018
Informal settlements have become an essential part of urban habitation patterns both globally and in China. This research reviews the interaction of industrialisation, urbanisation, migration and the informal economy alongside institutional factors that ...
Ge, Ling
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Local realities, global discourses and decolonising the curriculum in a post‐92 UK context: Academic voices on enacting decolonial curriculum change

The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explored how lecturers in a post‐92 UK university conceptualise and enact decolonial curriculum principles within their teaching and programme design. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews with academic staff across multiple disciplines, the research adopts a qualitative, phenomenologically informed approach to examine the interplay
Reece Sohdi
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Intersectional inequalities in healthcare utilisation in informal settlements in Freetown, Sierra Leone: a multilevel analysis of individual heterogeneity and discriminatory accuracy (MAIHDA)

International Journal for Equity in Health
Introduction Residents of informal settlements face significant intersectional inequalities, due to the overlapping and compounding effects of multiple social factors.
Ibrahim Juldeh Sesay, Samira Sesay, Haja Wurie-Kamara, Sia Morenike Tengbe, Sullaiman Fullah, Dora Vangahun, Ibrahim Gandi, Noemia Teixeira de Siqueira Filha, Rajith Lakshman, Abu Conteh, Samuel Saidu, Braima Koroma, Bintu Mansaray, Helen Elsey, Lana Whittaker, Laura Dean, Neele Wiltgen Georgi, Motto Nganda, Francis Refell, Joseph M. Macarthy, Alastair H. Leyland, Rachel Tolhurst, Eliud Kibuchi   +22 more
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Some Distributive Patterns in the Housing Programme and Subsidies: A situational analysis with special reference to Khayelitsha and other informal settlement in the city of Cape Town.

, 2008
Magister Philosophiae - MPhilThe study provides a situational analysis of some distributive patterns in the housing programme and subsidies. The overall research question revolved around the extent to which the post-apartheid housing policy responds to ...
Njokweni, Xoliswa
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Policy Integration for Enabling Environments: Decentralised Water Technologies for Rural Water Reuse

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Water reuse holds significant promise for addressing global water challenges, yet wide scale implementation remains limited. Decentralised water technologies for reuse have been highlighted as a potential aide in the reduction of water challenges, specifically for environments that have typically been considered ‘water rich’, and in rural ...
Elizabeth Lawson, Jaime Amezaga
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Labour Law, Judicial Efficiency and Informal Employment in India [PDF]

This study assesses the effects of industrial disputes legislation and the dispute settlement process on informal versus formal employment in India.
Sonja Fagernäs
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Constructing Policy (In)coherence in Germany's Energy Transition and Impacts on (In)equality

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Policy coherence is widely regarded as essential for achieving sustainable development, climate targets, and reducing inequality, as reflected in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Recent scholarship has moved beyond technocratic approaches, drawing on comparative politics, particularly the “3 I's” of ideas, interests, and ...
Alexia Faus Onbargi, Ines Dombrowsky
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Climate change, informal settlement governance and justice-oriented urban adaptation in Ngozi mine, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

Discover Cities
Informal settlements across the Global South are increasingly exposed to climate-related risks while remaining marginalized within formal urban governance and climate adaptation planning. This study examines the relationship between climate vulnerability,
Witness Dlamini, Vusisizwe Ncube
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