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PARTY‐STATE URBANISM: Coevolution of Local State Capacity and Strategic Alliances in Shenzhen

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract What is distinct about Chinese urban governance? Classic theories predict that when the central state retreats from resource allocation, capacity‐strained local governments must form alliances with non‐state actors, thereby diluting state power. In China, however, state power remains dominant despite decentralization.
Yunhan Wen
wiley   +1 more source

Emojis in Marketing and Advertising: A Systematic Literature Review. [PDF]

Behav Sci (Basel)
Vardikou C, Konidaris A, Koustoumpardi E, Kavoura A.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

GHOSTLY ENCOUNTERS IN LAGOS: Virtual Reality between Urban Marketing and Media Activism

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the role of virtual reality (VR) technologies in mediating and contesting dominant visions of urban futures in West Africa. Drawing on theoretical insights from a hybridization of the work of the German‐born Jewish critic Walter Benjamin and the Nigerian writer Amos Tutuola, I introduce the concept of phantasmagoria as a ...
Hervé Roquet
wiley   +1 more source

To Buy or Not to Buy Under Brand Image Transgression? Consumer Behavior and Underlying Mechanisms from a Power Distance Belief Perspective. [PDF]

Behav Sci (Basel)
Zhang L, Shi B.
europepmc   +1 more source

TRANSNATIONAL GENTRIFICATION IN NISEKO, JAPAN: A Model of Displacement Led by Linked Migration

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Transnational gentrification scholarship has provided insights into how transnational migration reshapes urban areas, yet its analytical lens has rarely extended to peripheral rural contexts outside Euro‐American settings, where distinct actors and mechanisms may emerge.
Ni Yan, Keisuke Sakamoto, Shizhen Huang, David Matarrita‐Cascante, Noriko Akita, Song Han, Zhengxu Zhou, Takahiro Yamazaki, Makoto Yokohari   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: Evolving economies in sports: management practices and market impacts. [PDF]

Front Sports Act Living
Kang P, Kim S, González Serrano MH.
europepmc   +1 more source

STRATIFIED ADAPTATION: Infrastructure, Elevation, and Cascading Floods in the Urban Mekong Delta

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Flood‐prone cities in the global South are increasingly the target of infrastructure projects aimed at building climate ‘resilience’. At the same time, residents of these cities take adaptation to flooding into their own hands. In this article we examine the interrelationship between household‐scale and urban‐scale flood mitigation projects in
Lizzie Yarina, Vuong Kha Tu, Tran Kim Bao, Ly Quoc Dang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beyond the Barriers: Alternative Payment Schemes may make Massage Therapy more Affordable. [PDF]

Int J Ther Massage Bodywork
Morgan V, Smith J, Smith D.
europepmc   +1 more source

THE URBANISM OF EXCEPTION: Scalar Rivalry and Political Loyalty in the Making of the Panorama Tbilisi Megaproject

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract In flawed democracies, such as the Republic of Georgia, legal exceptions for urban megaprojects are becoming a standard mode of governance. While frequently analyzed as singular, top‐down sovereign acts, I argue that the imposition of such exceptions is a complex and dispersed process.
David Gogishvili
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring the interplay of psychological entitlement, mindset, and luxury products or experience consumption. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Yue X, Cui X.
europepmc   +1 more source