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Assessment of metropolitan livability variations using objective-subjective approach
World Development SustainabilityA case of the rapid propensity of urbanization leading to skewed dynamics of metropolitan urban agglomeration (MUA) and its extent of complementarities with the socio-economic and socio-cultural well-being of the communities. Analyses of the dynamics and
Arpan Paul
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Simulating the Impact of Traffic Calming Strategies [PDF]
, 2019 This study assessed the impact of traffic calming measures to the speed, travel times and capacity of residential roadways. The study focused on two types of speed tables, speed humps and a raised crosswalk.
Chimba, Deo, Mbuya, Christian
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Refusal and Aporia: At the Limits of Anthropological Knowledge
American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 2, Page 339-348, June 2026.ABSTRACT As anthropologists increasingly take up refusal, opacity, and other forms of resistance to surveillance and subjugation, this paper questions what implications this has for the discipline in practice. Considering anthropology's enduring centrality in defining what it means to be human, including the various ways that this category has been ...
Cory‐Alice André‐Johnson
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Minor epic: Notes toward a different “Anthropoetry”
Anthropology and Humanism, Volume 51, Issue 1, June 2026.Abstract Anthropologists have often turned to poetry as a means of accessing emotional registers of which conventional academic prose is unable to avail. In doing so, they have tacitly conflated poetry with lyric poetry, today probably the most widely practiced poetic genre, associated in particular with the expression of inner feelings and subjectival
Stuart McLean
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Narrating Entanglement Without Dehumanisation in Contemporary Eco‐Fiction
Future Humanities, Volume 4, Issue 1, May 2026.ABSTRACT This essay presents a comparative analysis of two contemporary works of eco‐fiction, Richard Powers's The Overstory (2018) and Eleanor Catton's Birnam Wood (2023). Both novels use multiperspective narration in the service of entanglement narratives, forms of storytelling that emphasise the interconnection of human and nonhuman life.
Diana Rose Newby
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Health Science Reports, Volume 9, Issue 5, May 2026.ABSTRACT Objective Chattogram, a major economic hub with an expanding population, requires additional healthcare facilities. This study identifies current pharmaceutical waste management practices throughout the district and assesses their impact on public health in both urban and rural settings.
Mohammed Abu Sayeed +5 more
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Monitor Sustainable Municipalities Report 2019 Key topic Circular Economy. Bertelsmann Stiftung Study 4 November 2019 [PDF]
, 2019 At first sight, the concept for a recycling economy appears to be just the latest trend in the field of urban development, but in fact conversion to circular value creation also contains numerous oppor-tunities for the creation of long-term sustainable ...
Beckmann, Janpeter, Dhawan, Piyush
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Informal Women's Work in Public Spaces: Why Should It Matter?
Gender, Work &Organization, Volume 33, Issue 3, Page 756-767, May 2026.ABSTRACT Informal women's work in public spaces is central to livelihoods and social dynamics in cities of the Global South. For decades, public spaces have functioned as vital sites of economic activity, particularly for women engaged in informal work.
Philipa Birago Akuoko, Michèle Amacker
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Urban Livability Assessment in South Korea: Incorporating Climate Change Vulnerability
Urban ScienceThis study aims to develop an urban livability assessment index that incorporates climate change vulnerability and to apply this index to urban areas in South Korea, thereby analyzing the impact of climate change on living environments and quality of ...
Sunmin Jun, Juchul Jung
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The nuances in policing Brussels' informal street trade [PDF]
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Boels, Dominique
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