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Eco‐Esteem and Depopulation: Broadening the Perspective on the Demographic Challenge in the Rural World*

open access: yesRural Sociology, Volume 90, Issue 1, Page 46-63, March 2025.
Abstract The dynamics of contemporary rural depopulation have been explained and addressed mainly as a result of structural transformations brought about by economic globalization. The influence of cultural/relational aspects has been less present in the scientific literature, where much of the analysis has been concerned with questions such as the ...
Germán Jaraíz‐Arroyo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

City diplomacy of ordinary cities: Harnessing migrant inclusion policies for international engagement in Amadora, Portugal

open access: yesGovernance, Volume 38, Issue 1, January 2025.
Abstract This paper adds to the literature on urban diplomacy by focusing on the role of smaller cities with an active international engagement in migration matters. What are the motives driving the involvement of these “ordinary” cities in international groupings?
Amandine Desille, Thomas Lacroix
wiley   +1 more source

Structural Constraints in Current Stomatal Conductance Models Preclude Accurate Prediction of Evapotranspiration

open access: yesWater Resources Research, Volume 60, Issue 8, August 2024.
Abstract Evapotranspiration (ET) plays a critical role in water and energy budgets at regional to global scales. ET is composed of direct evaporation (E) and plant transpiration (T) where the latter is regulated via stomatal conductance (gsc), which depends on a multitude of plant physiological processes and hydrometeorological forcings.
Pushpendra Raghav   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The elusive role of urban form, centrality and scale in the absence of a metropolitan planning agenda: Central European perspective

open access: yesGrowth and Change, Volume 55, Issue 1, March 2024.
Abstract This paper explores the implementation of grand spatial planning narratives such as the compact city and polycentricity in planning practice. The effects of overlapping scales on the application of spatial imaginaries in metropolitan space are examined.
Jiří Malý   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metropole

open access: yes, 2013
Metropole ist ein schillernder Begriff. Er verspricht Urbanität, Modernität, Kreativität, Vielfalt und ruft bestimmte Wünsche, Sehnsüchte und Weltstadtbilder hervor. Als Inbegriff des Urbanen erlebt das Diskursphänomen „Metropole“ in gesellschaftlichen, stadtpolitischen und wissenschaftlichen Kontexten seit nunmehr zwei bis drei Jahrzehnten eine ...
openaire   +2 more sources

La métropolisation en Pologne : le fonctionnement et l’avenir des espaces métropolitains polonais

open access: yesMétropoles, 2012
Poland like other European countries is the place of occurrence of metropolization phenomenon which influences the space and functioning of Polish cities and agglomerations.
Robert Pyka
doaj   +1 more source

Métropolisation, inégalités sociales et modes d’habiter : trajectoire d’une ville millionnaire russe vue par ses dačniki

open access: yesEchoGéo, 2021
Russia has experienced a recent urbanization process affected by the economic crisis of the 1990s and, more recently, by the metropolization of large cities. Kazan, capital of Tatarstan, offers a good example of these new growing metropolises.
Camille Robert-Boeuf
doaj   +1 more source

La récupération des déchets à Buenos Aires : un travail de l’âge global

open access: yesConfins, 2014
Waste Picking in Buenos Aires : Working in the Global Age - In Buenos Aires (Argentine), waste picking revealed new socio-economical and working dynamics strongly linked with metropolization processes in the years 1990.
Marie-Noëlle Carré
doaj   +1 more source

تداعيات دينامية التجمعات العمرانية بالمحيط الجنوبي الغربي لميتروبول الدار البيضاء

open access: yesAMJAU, African and Mediterranean Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, 2023
The present article tackles the impact of the extension of buildings on the environment and living conditions in the space located south of Casablanca and north of Azemmour.
هلال عبد المجيد   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Between naturalness and urbanity, how are protected areas integrated into cities? The case of Helsinki (Finland)

open access: yesArticulo: Journal of Urban Research, 2017
Helsinki boasts numerous protected nature areas with a variety of statuses and objectives, including 52 nature reserves within the metropolitan area and two national parks just outside the city.
Camille Girault
doaj   +1 more source

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