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Levels of Resistance to Pyrethroid among Distinct kdr Alleles in Aedes aegypti Laboratory Lines and Frequency of kdr Alleles in 27 Natural Populations from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [PDF]
Background. Several mutations in voltage gated sodium channel (NaV) have been identified in Aedes aegypti populations worldwide. However, only few are related to knockdown resistance to pyrethroids, most of which with variations in the 1016 and 1534 NaV sites.
Brito LP +4 more
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Uneven geographies: ageing and population dynamics in Latvia
Abstract The twin phenomena of ageing populations and declining populations are profoundly transforming societies and economies in Europe. Driven by decreasing fertility rates and the continuing increased life expectancy, populations have not been ageing uniformly across time and space.
Zaiga Krisjane +4 more
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Exploring the impact of depopulation on a country's population geography: Lessons learned from Japan
Abstract The total population of Japan reached its peak in 2008 and has since experienced population decline. This trend has had a profound effect on many of the country's spheres of activity. The purpose of this article is to comprehensively review the existing literature, mainly published since the peak year, through the perspective of the impact of ...
Takashi Inoue +3 more
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Unintended effects of regional planning in Germany
Abstract Regional planning plays a central role in Germany's multi‐level system for managing regional and local land use, giving concrete shape to state planning specifications and providing municipalities with binding guidelines for urban land use planning. While planning proponents affirm the positive effects of regional planning such as reduced land
Sebastian Eichhorn, David Pehlke
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THEORY FROM EMPTY LAND: Informal Commoning Outside/Within Economies and Ecologies of the Urban
Debates over the ontology of contemporary urbanization have questioned the notion of a meaningful ‘outside’ to the urban and have called for greater attention to the socially contested construction of urban subjects and space. Ethnographic study of informal peri‐urban agriculture in the rapidly urbanizing city of Chongqing in Southwest China allows for
Asa Roast
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In this study, we proposed the detecting method of relative densely inhabited district (RDID) improved by “Information Loss Minimization.” We identified the urban shrinkage or structure changes in Japanese cities using RDID and analyzed the changing trends from 1995 to 2015.
Akihiro Kawabe, Shun Watanabe
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Abstract In a time of data science, online crowdsourced data and advanced data analytics would be a waste of resources and knowledge if these tools wouldn't assist urban planning. This paper uses sentiment analysis to understand policy debates' present in online media in a re‐urbanized city and discusses how these tools and new datasets can help ...
Yiqiao Chen +2 more
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In Leipzig, despite strong growth, reurbanization and re-densification, in the last decade it has still been possible for the city to green brownfields with a new type of green space: urban forests. The background to this was of course the city’s decades
Dieter Rink, Catrin Schmidt
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In recent decades, informal settlement upgrading and housing deficit in Latin America has been addressed through a variety of urban programs, usually structured around physical-spatial and social actions with an emphasis on the provision of basic ...
Jorgelina Hardoy +5 more
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Women in the participatory processes of reurbanization of the popular habitat: scope of feminist urbanism in the Redevelopment of Villa 20 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. [PDF]
When thinking about the place of women in the popular habitat management from feminism, questions arise: How these processes of social production were throughout history? How should a Feminist Urban Management be? What subjectivities matter?
Roitman, Anabella +2 more
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