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Giving consumers of British public services more choice: what can be learned from recent history? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced in the autumn of 2001 that he wanted to extend individual consumer choice in the public services (Blair, 2001).
6, P
core   +1 more source

Accelerating Discovery to Deployment: Argonne's Materials Engineering Research Facility (MERF) and Its Role in Scaling Materials Technologies for Water and Resource Solutions

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
In this Perspective, we highlight the processing science and scale‐up capabilities of the Materials Engineering Research Facility (MERF) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory, with an emphasis on practical solutions for sustainable water and critical resource recovery. We demonstrate how national laboratories bridge fundamental
Yuepeng Zhang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Are Peer Effects Present in Residential Solar Installations? Evidence from Minnesota and Wisconsin [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
There are geographic differences in the rate of adoption of residential photovoltaic (PV) solar. Are adoption rates in small scale localities (counties and zip codes) influenced by previous, nearby adoptions?
Mezic, Nadia
core   +1 more source

Information Transmission Strategies for Self‐Organized Robotic Aggregation

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
In this review, we discuss how information transmission influences the neighbor‐based self‐organized aggregation of swarm robots. We focus specifically on local interactions regarding information transfer and categorize previous studies based on the functions of the information exchanged.
Shu Leng   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Residential Zones of Students around a University in Ho Chi Minh City: Characteristics and Preferences

open access: yesInternational Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability
The student housing market has had free and unsystematic development in developing cities with a high density of universities. In Ho Chi Minh City, the situation has resulted in specific negative urban issues and low life quality
Ngoc T. Nguyen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigating Women's Preferences in the Public Spaces of Gated Communities - A Case Study of Atisaz Residential Complex [PDF]

open access: yesتوسعه پایدار شهری
This study examines the needs and preferences of women in the public spaces of gated communities. Given that the type and extent of outdoor activities in built environments are heavily influenced by physical and spatial planning, exploring the concept of
Sara Anbari   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

DOES DISTANCE MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS? THE ROLE OF SPATIAL EXTERNALITIES AND INCOME IN RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS [PDF]

open access: yes
Scattered residential development is explained using a theoretical model of residential location in which household interactions generate externalities that determine location choices.
Irwin, Elena G.   +1 more
core   +1 more source

The Persistence of Segregation in Buffalo, New York [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Debates about the causes of segregation continue to consider the role that own-race preferences have in understanding the persistence of racial residential segregation in American cities.
Trudeau, Daniel
core   +1 more source

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