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The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract There is an increasingly powerful argument for the decentralisation of policy making in England's highly centralised political context. In recent years, this issue has represented one of the clearest examples of consensus in the UK's increasingly polarised party politics.
James Hickson, Jack Newman
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Recent scholarship has examined the informal activities of elites. While existing theories suggest that informality is a realm where the state guarantees unhindered access to land and property rights and, subsequently, citizenship entitlements for elites, they have yet to explain how affluent residents of informal colonies obtain citizenship ...
Vivek Mishra
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Prevalence of work-related injuries and associated factors among municipal solid waste collectors in Hawassa City, Sidama, Ethiopia 2023. [PDF]
Sci RepOumer E +3 more
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Henry George advocated for capturing land value increases for public ends. The active approach of public authorities organizing and financing land development can help capture higher land value increases, as Hartman and Spit indicate. However, this approach hardly happens in developing countries, where the coalition of private developers and ...
Nannan Xu
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A route for energy recovery from municipal solid waste and developing a framework for waste management in Brunei Darussalam. [PDF]
Sci RepShams S, Sahu JN, Mubarak NM.
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THE AESTHETICS OF URBAN METABOLISM: Landscape, Design and the Politics of In/Visibility
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In this article, we chart the evolving aesthetic contours of urban metabolism across London, focusing on the River Lea and Thamesmead to the north and south of the River Thames, respectively. We begin in the nineteenth century, when these two sites formed critical nodes within a new sewerage system that relegated the city’s circulatory flows ...
Ben Platt, Zuhri James
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Characteristics and management of municipal solid waste in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria. [PDF]
Sci RepBassey U +7 more
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Everyday geographies of uneven water infrastructures and practices in China
Geographical Research, EarlyView.This research unpacks the disparate distribution of centralised water supply at both household and community scales in Changsha and explores how alternative, heterogeneous water supply modalities contribute to filling everyday service gaps, but also produce and exacerbate additional layers of inequality.
Dongyang Mi +3 more
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Utilization of Municipal Solid Waste Incineration (MSWIFA) in Geopolymer Concrete: A Study on Compressive Strength and Leaching Characteristics. [PDF]
Materials (Basel)Xu Q, Shang N, Ko JH.
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