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Strengthening urban resilience in China through underground infrastructures management: Addressing global climate challenges with technological solutions

open access: yesDeep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This paper explores how climate‐resilient technologies, such as smart grids, digital twins, and self‐healing materials, can enhance urban resilience. It highlights the urgent need for proactive planning, public‐private collaboration, and data‐driven innovation to future‐proof underground infrastructure amid accelerating climate and urban pressures ...
Kai Chen Goh   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Walking and chewing gum at the same time: Australia’s free trade area strategy [PDF]

open access: yes
The pursuit of free trade area agreements (FTAs), according to some, does not impede the multilateral trade negotiations process. It is argued to the contrary in the present paper that the FTA approach does impede the multilateral one.
Findlay, Christopher C.
core   +1 more source

Multilateral aid : structural change and donor preferences [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
It is rarely possible in practice to draw a clear distinction between bilateral and multilateral aid, as there are overlaps between them and they are often delivered in special forms.
Klingebiel, Stephan
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Bridging Cross‐Scale Science–Policy Interfaces for Coherent Land‐Use Governance: Knowledge Co‐Production and Uptake in Kenya's Polycentric System

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Land is fundamental to livelihoods and ecosystem health but faces mounting pressure from human activities, climate change, and competing development demands. Science–policy interfaces (SPIs)—platforms that connect experts and policymakers—are vital for co‐producing knowledge to inform coherent, sustainable land‐use governance.
Sara Velander   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

A conceptual model of foreign investment : a forestry internationalization case between New Zealand and Korea : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Agricultural Economics at Massey University [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
The purpose of this thesis is to explore comprehensive, strategic investment structure by examining the factor interactions revolving around the current issues which confront New Zealand forestry internationalisation in the global economic perspectives ...
Shin, Young-Woo
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Digital Rights Activism in Multilevel Governance

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Multilevel governance (MLG) without a clear hierarchical structure can create power imbalances among various actors, particularly in settings with overlapping jurisdictions and policy areas. This dynamic is especially pronounced in Internet governance, which faces a complex interplay of domestic laws, state interdependence, and heightened ...
Alison Harcourt
wiley   +1 more source

Multilateral Nuclear Approaches

open access: yesMeridiano 47, 2017
Calls for Multilateral Nuclear Approaches (MNAs) have been raised due to growing risks that the expansion of the nuclear power sector poses to a strained international non-proliferation regime. However, MNAs based on comprehensive arrangements lacks feasibility when proposing to divide the world into nuclear fuel suppliers and fuel clients. The growing
openaire   +1 more source

How defensive were lending and aid to HIPC? [PDF]

open access: yes
We investigate whether defensive lending and defensive granting motivated the transfer of resources by official donors to low income countries. We estimate a dynamic panel of 75 low-income IDA and IDA-Blend countries for the period 1982 to 2008, where ...
Alessandro Missale, Silvia Marchesi
core  

Domestic and International Health Expenditure and Health and Healthcare Use: Evidence From Mozambique

open access: yesHealth Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Evidence on the relationship between public health expenditure and health is mixed and particularly scarce for low‐income countries. Existing studies overlook the subnational distribution of expenditure and rarely distinguish between sources and governance over funding.
Eliana Chavarría‐Pino   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

PROSPECTS AND TRENDS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (CHINESE APPROACH AND CHINA'S ROLE IN THIS ORGANIZATION)

open access: yesӘл-Фараби Атындағы Қазақ Ұлттық Университеті хабаршы шығыстану сериясы
In the context of the constantly changing global geopolitical situation, special attention should be paid to the analysis of the activities of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), namely, the study of strategic approaches and the role of China ...
K.B. Nazarova , D.B. Dauyen
doaj   +1 more source

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