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Variation in Land Surface Temperature in Informal Settlements Relative to Surrounding Heterogeneous Areas: Insights from Dunoon and Masiphumelele, Cape Town

Land
Informal settlements are home to more than one billion people worldwide, with forecasts suggesting this number may increase to nearly three billion by 2050.
Nhlanhla Ntsevu, Masilonyane Mokhele
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Conflict Management Strategies Among Cohabiting Undergraduate Students in Ilorin, Nigeria

Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Conflicts among cohabiting partners are often more complex or intractable because their relationships are not formalized culturally or institutionally. The inability to resolve conflicts among cohabiting partners may threaten their safety and well‐being.
Lanre Abdul‐Rasheed Sulaiman, Moshood Issah, Austin A. Ayodele   +2 more
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The efficacy of roof-based adaptations to reduce heat stress exposure in informal dwellings

Acta Structilia
While climate change represents a universal threat to the sustainable growth efforts globally, its impacts are not experienced equally with marginalised population groups, especially informal settlement residents, being highly exposed to its negative ...
Ethan Viljoen , Jan Hugo
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From Custom to Court: The Evolution of Mediation in European Legal Systems

Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article traces how European mediation has repeatedly rebalanced three variables—(1) the source of mediator authority, (2) the degree of institutionalization, and (3) the operative meaning of voluntariness—from antiquity to the present. Using three periods—Proto‐Mediation (c. 500 BCE–c. 1750), Classical Mediation (c.
Viktoriia Hamaiunova
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Synergies and Trade‐Offs in Circular Economy and Community Development Nexus: Pathways to Local Sustainability

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Recent scholarship shows growing interest in the circular economy (CE) approach, which promotes resource‐efficient, community‐friendly activities. However, scientific evidence is still needed on the synergies and trade‐offs between CE and community development (CD).
Michael Odei Erdiaw‐Kwasie, Matthew Abunyewah, Kerstin Zander, Patrick Arhin, Amila Kasun Sampath Udage Kankanamge, Walter Leal Filho, Khorshed Alam   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A holistic framework to improve urban flood management in cities with informal settlements

Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability
Urban flooding is being exacerbated by climate change and rapid urbanisation. Informal settlements often disproportionately experience the negative impacts of flooding due to their location, perceived transience, and socio-economic vulnerabilities.
Hannah Tillermuir, Lara Carboni, Cody Hotchin, Harrison Lal, Rosie Morrison   +4 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
wiley   +1 more source

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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Adaptive housing mechanisms within resettlement sites: a case study of Ouled M’Barek resettlement program, Kenitra, Morocco

Urban, Planning and Transport Research
Resettlement programs, integral to the ‘Villes Sans Bidonvilles’ (Cities without Slums) initiative, aim to rehouse populations from informal settlements to serviced allotments.
Ouassim Bensouda, Iman Meriem Benkirane, Vincent Becue, Jérémy Cenci   +3 more
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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
wiley   +1 more source