Toxic Entanglements: Asylum and Extraction in the Republic of Nauru
PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Volume 49, Issue 1, May 2026.ABSTRACT Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the outsourcing of asylum processing and resettlement from Global North to South. Many of these containment practices retrace the fault lines of more typically thought‐of colonial extractive regimes. This article draws on long‐term ethnographic research conducted in the Republic of Nauru, the world'
Julia Morris
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PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Volume 49, Issue 1, May 2026.ABSTRACT In Rotterdam, the Netherlands, grassroots organizers with a forced migration background provide support to recent refugees. These organizers try to sustain the informal character of the work they do, while, at the same time, they seek to institutionalize their organization by entering into collaborative government arrangements that are ...
Lieke van der Veer
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Sustainable consumption and happiness [PDF]
One of the reasons for promoting sustainable consumption is that it may give rise to greater happiness of a greater number, at least in the long run. In this paper I explore the strength of that moral account.
Veenhoven, Ruut
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The relative importance of visual and sound design in the rehabilitation of a bridge connecting a highly populated area and a park [PDF]
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Surface Runoff Discrepancy in Urban‐PLUMBER Land Surface Models
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 8, 28 April 2026.Abstract Enhanced surface runoff in urban environments reduces water availability and limits the evaporative cooling potential. We evaluate surface runoff in 18 urban land surface models (ULSM) in Urban‐PLUMBER for 6,570 rainfall events across 21 urban sites.
H. J. Jongen +14 more
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American Anthropologist, Volume 128, Issue 2, Page 424-426, June 2026.
Andrew Brandel
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“Epiphanic” peripheries, re-appropriation of the city and dwelling quality. Periferie epifaniche, riappropriazione della città e qualità dell’abitare [PDF]
, 2014 Le periferie, e soprattutto quelle romane, sono spesso associate all’idea del degrado. In realtà, la realtà delle periferie è molto più complessa. In primo luogo esistono molte situazioni diverse di periferia.
Arduini, Guilherme +2 more
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Zoning’s Centennial: A Complete Account of the Evolution of Zoning into a Robust System of Land Use Law—1916-2016 (Part IV) [PDF]
, 2016 Fracking is happening and local governments are subjected to many of its associated risks. They either need to act, or know—clearly and convincingly—why they should not. The federal government has stopped far short of comprehensive regulation of fracking;
Nolon, John R
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17-11 Evaluation of Transit Priority Treatments in Tennessee [PDF]
, 2019 Many big cities are progressively implementing transit friendly corridors especially in urban areas where traffic may be increasing at an alarming rate.
Chimba, Deo, Ikiriko, Sotonye
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Smart city construction and urban livability: evidence from a quasi-natural experiment in China
Humanities & Social Sciences CommunicationsAs global urbanization speeds up, smart city construction has become crucial for improving urban management and elevating residents’ life quality. Its impact on urban livability is now a key issue in urban planning and public policy.
Ke-Liang Wang +4 more
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