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WASTELAND ACTIVISM: Political Weeds and Ecological Imaginaries in Montreal
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Montreal, this article examines the ways in which urban dwellers and activists engage with the living materialities of wastelands to illuminate evolving ecological imaginaries and their political potentials.
Daniela Giudici
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the use of eminent domain in São Paulo, Bogotá, and Mexico City [PDF]
, 2008 En este trabajo el autor ofrece un examen sobre las prácticas de dominio eminente (eminent domain) en tres de las más importantes ciudades latinoamericanas. Aborda conforme lo anterior, de manera crítica, las relaciones entre las reglas legales usadas
Azuela, Antonio
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The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Shersingh Joseph Tumber‐Dávila +5 more
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article engages signage as a medium through which urban stakeholders negotiate the politics of housing redevelopment and gentrification in cities. Focusing on Toronto, we examine housing‐related signage in three neighbourhoods where social mix approaches to redevelopment have ushered in gentrification: Parkdale, Regent Park, and Moss Park.
Lindi Jahiu +2 more
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Development of lignite open pits - challenges and solutions [PDF]
MATEC Web of ConferencesBefore 1990, the problem of spatial development of lignite open pits was solved from the design phase, considering the fact that there were no restrictions related to land expropriation.
Lazar Maria +4 more
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South Africa: The Ambiguities of a Middle Power
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT South Africa represents an interesting species of a middle power. This derives from its inherited economic muscle as Africa's powerhouse and the liberation struggle against apartheid, both of which have shaped its democratic transition. The traditions of liberation and democracy, in turn, have profoundly influenced how South Africa has ...
Garth L. le Pere
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Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Philip Morris lawsuits against Australia and Uruguay in the early 2010s highlighted the need to reform international investment agreement (IIA) practices to ensure that governments do not give up their regulatory autonomy for foreign investment. We undertook a policy analysis to reveal how interests, ideas and institutions shaped reform in
Dori Patay +3 more
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An anatomy of worldmaking: Sukarno and anticolonialism from post‐Bandung Indonesia
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract This article analyzes the anticolonial worldmaking of postcolonial Indonesia's first president Sukarno, during Guided Democracy (1959–1965). Using worldmaking as a conceptual interface, the article offers three interconnected interventions.
Say Jye Quah
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Public Parks and Expropriation of Land
Journal of the Japanese Institute of Landscape Architects, 1986 公園に対する土地収用法の適用は明治25年に始まるその後、 明治33年の上地収用法改正によって公園拡張、 新設の適用事例が増加する大正8年には都市計画法か公布され、 都市計画公園事業のなかて収用法か適用される. 特に関東大震災後の復興公園には多く見られるさらに、 日華事変の勃発とともに、 防空緑地として公園、 緑地の建設のため収用法の適用か増える本稿てはいくつかの事例に沿いその収用法適用の背景を考察する.
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HAZARDS OF EXPROPRIATION:TENURE INSECURITY AND INVESTMENT IN RURAL CHINA [PDF]
This paper uses household data from Northeast China to examine the link between investment and land tenure insecurity induced by China's system of village-level land reallocation.
Jacoby, Hanan G. +2 more
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