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ENTANGLED PUBLIC ESSENTIALS: Female Perspectives on Public Toilets in Portugal and How to Propel Change

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Women living in more affluent urban contexts have poor access to sanitary infrastructures owing to a lack of female public toilets. Existing toilets are often poorly maintained, and their design does not suit women’s daily needs. In this essay I use a mixed‐methods approach that combines the analysis of documents and secondary sources with the
Bruna Coelho
wiley   +1 more source

Jane Jacobs and creative cities

open access: yes, 2012
In February 2007, I published a short review of the biography Jane Jacobs: Urban Visionary, in the Dutch weekly Intermediair. It began as follows: “The Jacobses are a close-knit, productive family. The most famous at this moment is perhaps my cousin Marc,
Dalm, Roy van, Jacobs, D.
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The city as relationships, not things

open access: yes, 2020
Jane Jacobs (19162006) is an icon in urban planning and became known worldwide for her book The Death and Life of Great American Cities. The book and her street-level activism in 1960s New York made Jacobs a central figure in urban planning issues, and ...
Högström, Ebba,
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THE URBANOLOGISTS COME TO TOWN: Professional Life and Work in the Urban Solutions Industry

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article charts the upsurge of an eclectic global community of professionals new to the field of urban policy and governance, animated by playful and celebratory attitudes towards cities and urbanization: the urbanologists. It contributes to debates in critical urban theory and critical ethnographies of technology to problematize ...
Rachel Bok
wiley   +1 more source

Jane Jacobs is still here: Jane Jacobs 100 Her legacy and relevance in the 21st Century

open access: yes, 2018
On the occasion of Jane Jacobs’ 100 anniversary, the chair of Spatial Planning and Strategy of the Delft University of Technology, together with the OTB Research Institute for the Built Environment and the Rotterdam Erasmus University College organised a
Rocco, Roberto; TU Delft, Architecture and the Built Environment
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VITALITAS PERKOTAAN DI KOTA SEMARANG: REKONSTRUKSI METODE JANE JACOBS

open access: yes, 2023
Urban vitality is considered an important factor in promoting and improving the quality of life in cities. This study aims to reconstruct four important factors in Jane Jacobs\u27 theory of urban life and vitality.
Hariyanto, Annisa Dira   +3 more
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PLACE‐FRAMING URBANITY: The Case of Kalasatama, Helsinki

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Narratives, visuality and symbolic representations are increasingly important in contemporary urban planning and development. This article seeks to understand how urbanity, one of the key goals of Helsinki's recent planning, has been constructed in the Kalasatama regeneration area. The construction of urban image and identity is viewed as soft
Tuomas Ilmavirta
wiley   +1 more source

Jane Jacobs. — Cities and the Wealth of Nations

open access: yes, 1985
Rivière Jean. Jane Jacobs. — Cities and the Wealth of Nations. In: Revue Française d'Etudes Américaines, N°23, février 1985. Aspects du Sud aujourd'hui.
Rivière, Jean
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Co‐phylogeny and biogeography of the myrmecophilous beetle Paussus favieri (Carabidae, Paussinae) and its host ant Pheidole pallidula (Hymenoptera, Myrmicinae)

open access: yesInsect Science, EarlyView.
Strict patterns of co‐divergence have rarely been documented other than among organisms and their symbionts. In this paper, using a molecular approach, we inferr the population‐level phylogenies of a Mediterranean ant species Pheidole pallidula and its nest parasite, the obligate myrmecophilous beetle Paussus favieri. We then investigate the role of co‐
Davide Bergamaschi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Testicular Cancer Consortium (TECAC): Filling Knowledge Gaps in the Genetic Etiology of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors

open access: yesAndrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background The Testicular Cancer Consortium (TECAC) was established in 2012 and is comprised of researchers from over 25 centers in Europe and North America. TECAC's overarching goal is to investigate the genetic susceptibility of testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT) to better understand their biology, impact prevention strategies, and inform ...
Peter A. Kanetsky   +28 more
wiley   +1 more source

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