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Network structure of subway passenger flows

, 2016
The results of transportation infrastructure network analyses have been used to analyze complex networks in a topological context. However, most modeling approaches, including those based on complex network theory, do not fully account for real-life ...
Bai, Yun, Mao, Baohua, Xu, Qi
core   +1 more source

What can lithics tell us about food production during the transition to farming? Exploring harvesting practices and cultural changes during the neolithic in Southwest Asia: a view from Qminas (north‐western Syria)

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines the continuity and change in harvesting practices between the Late Pre‐Pottery Neolithic B (LPPNB) and the Early Pottery Neolithic at Qminas, north‐western Levant, through a traceological analysis of flint sickles. By combining qualitative traceological analysis with quantitative functional approaches, we demonstrate that ...
Fiona Pichon, Osamu Maeda, Juan José Ibáñez Estévez, Patricia Anderson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Nature of Contemporary Conflicts and Prospects for Adapting Collective Security Systems: A Triadic Approach

Vestnik RUDN. International Relations
The study focuses on the analysis of the nature of modern conflicts, and the prospects for the adaptation of collective security systems in the context of the emergence of a polycentric world order.
Natalia I. Kharitonova
doaj   +1 more source

Dinâmica territorial e seus rebatimentos na organização regional do estado de São Paulo

Confins, 2013
Territorial dynamics and its repercussions on regional organization of the state of São Paulo- In this study, the territorial dynamics and its repercussions on regional organization of the state of São Paulo will be analyzed demographic, economic and ...
Claudio Antonio Gonçalves Egler, Vagner de Carvalho Bessa, André de Freitas Gonçalves   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Inferring urban polycentricity from the variability in human mobility patterns. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2023
Cabrera-Arnau C, Zhong C, Batty M, Silva R, Kang SM.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Quasimarket failure [PDF]

The efficiency of “quasimarkets”—decentralized public goods provision subjected to Tiebout competition—is a staple of public choice conventional wisdom.
Boettke, Peter, Coyne, Christopher, Leeson, Peter   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Tinkering Towards Sustainability: Bundling Innovations to Electrify the Fossil‐Dependent Process Industry

Creativity and Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability transitions, such as electrifying the process industry, require a bundle of related innovations to make meaningful progress. Drawing on literature on innovation through tinkering, that is, adaptive, typically small‐scale experimentation with various forms of innovation, and applying a micropolitical perspective, this qualitative
Karin Wigger, Anna Yström, Alexander Gorgijevski, Viktor Werner   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

On the Feasibility of "Twofold Transformation". Can Institutions of Sustainability Evolve in Transition Countries? [PDF]

This paper aims at explaining the role and importance of the evolution of institutions for sustainable agri-environments during the transition process by referring to agrienvironmental problems faced in Central and Eastern European countries.
Hagedorn, Konrad
core   +1 more source

Entrepreneurial State as a Creative Destroyer: Comparison of Hong Kong and Singapore's Creative Industries

Creativity and Innovation Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the limits of mission‐directed entrepreneurial states by drawing on the theory of recombinant innovation and F.A. Hayek's insights on the spontaneous growth of knowledge in society. First, the use of discretionary policymaking curtails the range of knowledge generated in the process of social interaction, limiting the scope
Bryan Cheang, Praharsh Mehrotra
wiley   +1 more source

From campaign-style response to positive response: how local actors’ behaviors affect the effectiveness of polycentric water governance

Ecology and Society
Resolving complex social-ecological challenges requires many actors to coordinate and collaborate to take concerted governance actions. This is consistent with the concept of polycentricity, which focuses on self-governance.
Liuzhao Huang, Xiaoxin Liang, Yiqing Su
doaj   +1 more source