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AGRICULTURE IN A SOCIALIST CITY: Towards an Alter‐Urban Political Ecology
Abstract Urban political ecology has developed as a critique of capitalist urbanization. This article develops the concept of alter‐urban political ecology to define urban environments emerging not from capitalist urbanization but from efforts to transform it. Drawing on archival research and ethnographic fieldwork in five urban farms in socialist Cuba,
Gustav Cederlöf
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Residential Development in the Coal Mining Districts of the Kuznetsk Basin in 1930–1932
The article features the problem of residential development that migrant workers had to face in the mining districts of the Kuznetsk Basin during the first five-year plan.
D. P. Sarin
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Japanese Prefabricated Housing Manufacturers
Japanese prefabricated housing manufacturers have gained international recognition for their innovative approaches to the whole design process, ranging from initial design to innovative cutting-edge technologies, state-of-the-art automated production lines, meticulous workmanship, and mass customisation. In this entry, three manufacturers (Daiwa House,
Hing-Wah Chau +3 more
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The Mutable Original: How Chinese Counterfeits Become Nigerian Originals in African Markets
ABSTRACT Affordable Chinese copies of Western brands are ubiquitous in African markets. Despite democratizing consumer access, these goods appear to cement hegemonic value hierarchies that rank Chinese or local products as inferior to Western goods.
Jing Jing Liu
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Možnosti uporabe lesa v dodajalnih tehnologijah (3D-tiskanju)
Additive manufacturing technologies have developed greatly over the last decade in terms of technology and printing materials. Special emphasis is placed on the development of cheaper materials that are derived from natural sources, without the release ...
Mirko Kariž +2 more
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Abstract Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the inherent and after cyclic loading fracture strength of implant‐supported cantilevered fixed prostheses fabricated from recently introduced additively manufactured (AM) and subtractively manufactured (SM) materials, considering variations in prosthesis height.
Mustafa Borga Dönmez +6 more
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After World War II, Finland and Poland needed swift housing reconstruction. In Finland, the solution was prefabricated, wooden detached houses, which soon were exported globally.
Mia Åkerfelt +3 more
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Modern housing design: prefabricated and modular design in Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture
This paper investigates the residential architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, especially the designs which were conceived from an idea of prefabricated, modular, low-cost, and high-scale construction.
Ana Tagliari
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Comparison of tooth fracture load between different conventional and CAD‐CAM denture base materials
Abstract Purpose To assess the fracture load at the tooth‐denture base interface in dentures fabricated using three different production methods: compression mold, computer‐aided design and computer‐aided manufacturing (CAD‐CAM) milled (monolithic and bonded), and 3D‐ printed dentures (monolithic and bonded).
Eman Al Kaba +6 more
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In the 1940s and 1950s, Finland became a major exporter of wooden prefabricated detached houses. The growth of this industry coincided with a great global demand for housing which followed the Second World War. Different companies and sawmills
Tzafrir Fainholtz, Mia Åkerfelt
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