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Collaborative decision-making for localized emergency response in major railroad projects. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Lei Y, Zhang J, Zhang R, Yu L, Ballesteros-Pérez P, Skitmore M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Folklore Studies, Fieldwork and the Making of a Domestic Anthropology in Fin‐de‐Siècle Britain

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article follows the ‘communities of knowledge‐making’ that formed around folklore collection at the end of the nineteenth century. Often regarded as eccentric or marginal figures in the history of human science, these collectors in fact engaged in lively and sophisticated discussions about the methodologies needed to study the mental ...
HARRY PARKER
wiley   +1 more source

Cost-Effective Train Presence Detection and Alerting Using Resource-Constrained Devices. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Zorbas D, Baizhuminova M, Urazayev D, Eduard A, Nurgazina G, Atymtay N, Ristin M.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

THE VIOLENCE OF FULL COST RECOVERY: Financing Water Infrastructure, and the History and Future of Perpetual Crisis in Mombasa

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Foregrounding the role of finance, this article examines the historical production and future trajectory of the urban water crisis in Mombasa. Drawing on archival research and contemporary fieldwork, it traces how principles of full cost recovery—institutionalized during the colonial period and later reworked through postcolonial ...
Joe Williams
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Study on optimization of multimodal transportation path of Jiamusi grain considering cargo loss under low carbon policy. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Ma C, Kang W, Zhou M, Liu Y, Feng J, Wang X.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

MIRACLE URBANIZATION: Spatial Production and Political Legitimation in the Sochi 2014 and Beijing 2022 Olympics

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract From desert ski resorts to subtropical Winter Games, there is a global proliferation of ‘mission‐impossible’ mega‐projects. The prevailing frameworks of city branding and urban entrepreneurism fail to explain the political logics behind these seemingly irrational projects.
Yiqiu Liu, Sven Daniel Wolfe
wiley   +1 more source

A Hybrid Deep Learning and Improved SVM Framework for Real-Time Railroad Construction Personnel Detection with Multi-Scale Feature Optimization. [PDF]

Sensors (Basel)
Chen J, Xiong H, Zhou S, Wang X, Lou B, Ning L, Hu Q, Tang Y, Gu G.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

POPULAR ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A Grammar of Moral Economy in Contemporary Urban Peripheries

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how popular entrepreneurship operates as a cultural grammar that disrupts established practices of wageless life in urban peripheries. Drawing on four years of ethnographic research conducted in São Paulo, it analyses entrepreneurial discourses not simply as ideological impositions, but as ambivalent mediations of ...
Henrique Costa
wiley   +1 more source

Development and operation of a 100 W wave energy converter for persistent ocean observation. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Rusch CJ, Hammagren E, Prudell J, Zhang Z, Thomson J.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

UNPACKING THE SUSTAINABILITY FIX: Governance Mechanisms in Urban Redevelopment Across Central and Eastern Europe

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how sustainability is mobilized as a governance strategy in large‐scale urban redevelopment. Focusing on the RIVUS Mall project in Cluj‐Napoca, alongside comparative cases from Bratislava and Gdańsk, it traces how environmental objectives are translated into institutional practices, planning rationales, and financial ...
MIHAI IACOB
wiley   +1 more source