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CAPITALIZING CRISIS: Urban Extractivism in Athens Amidst Neoliberal Restructurings

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In this article we examine the post‐2009 transformation of Athens through the analytical lens of urban extractivism. We argue that the Greek sovereign debt crisis did not operate as a temporary disruption, but as a durable political condition that enabled the institutionalization of extractive urban governance.
Konstantinos Zafeiris, Chryssanthi Petropoulou, Mara Zacharaki   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Amplified Arctic iceberg traffic reshapes benthic biodiversity. [PDF]

Nature
Krumpen T, Meyer-Kaiser KS, Wekerle C, Ackermann L, Castle D, Bergmann M, Hoppmann M, Khan SA, Purser A, Schmithüsen H.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

UNPACKING THE SUSTAINABILITY FIX: Governance Mechanisms in Urban Redevelopment Across Central and Eastern Europe

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how sustainability is mobilized as a governance strategy in large‐scale urban redevelopment. Focusing on the RIVUS Mall project in Cluj‐Napoca, alongside comparative cases from Bratislava and Gdańsk, it traces how environmental objectives are translated into institutional practices, planning rationales, and financial ...
MIHAI IACOB
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial distribution characteristics and protection strategies of National intangible cultural heritage in the Pearl river basin. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Wang Y, Yu R, Hu J.
europepmc   +1 more source

CONTESTED METABOLIC NODES: Shareholding Cooperatives and Planetary Ruralization in China

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract China's recent shareholding cooperative (SC) reform heralds a shift from expropriation‐led rural change to a post‐expropriation regime in which the countryside is reconstituted through circulation, capitalization, and new forms of collective governance. Existing interpretations, whether framed as market‐driven de‐collectivization, state‐led re‐
Yong Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Cancer without borders: Policy frameworks for oncology care in humanitarian and conflict settings. [PDF]

Oncotarget
Parmar P, Rathod G.
europepmc   +1 more source

GOVERNING INFORMALITY: Eviction, Recognition, and Legal Ambiguity in Kampung Akuarium, Jakarta

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Informal settlements in Jakarta have long been governed through cycles of tolerance, eviction, and selective recognition. Rather than resulting from the absence of planning, informality is often produced through spatial regulations, legal ambiguity, and political intervention.
EKA PERMANASARI, DIAN NOSTIKASARI, AMAL BARRE   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The geography of waiting: surveillance latency as the hidden driver of Ebola risk in East Africa. [PDF]

Front Public Health
Ugwu OP, Ugwu CN, Anyanwu GE, Basajja M, Ebuoh MC.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

THE TRANSCALAR POLITICS AND SPATIAL IMPLICATIONS OF INVESTMENTS IN SHOPPING MALLS IN AFRICAN CITIES: A Study of Accra's West Hills Mall, Ghana

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract A surge in the number of shopping malls across many African cities reflects capital's responses to the continent's growing middle class and deepening neoliberal globalization. This article develops an analysis of the transcalar nature of these urban investments using the case of the West Hills Mall (WHM) in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (
Rosina Sheburah Essien, George Owusu, Kofi Kekeli Amedzro, Musah Aziba Issah, Jennifer Robinson, John Spyropoulos   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The changing surface of the world's roads. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Randhawa S, Randhawa G, Langer C, Andorful F, Herfort B, Kwakye D, Olchik O, Lautenbach S, Zipf A.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source