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BEHIND THE FACES OF AESTHETICIZED URBANISM IN TUNXI, CHINA

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban policy in China has become increasingly predicated on securing an approved aesthetic that reflects ideological campaigns and political programmes. In highlighting the role of the aesthetic in Chinese urbanism, this article argues that the party‐state draws on an aesthetic palette that places the contemporary urban landscape in a ...
Yanpeng Jiang, Paul Waley, Asa Roast
wiley   +1 more source

Integration of ERT and Geotechnical Investigation for River Restoration: A Case Study of Dam Removal Site Characterization. [PDF]

Environ Manage
Rahimi M, Wood CM, Befus KM, Holt JJ, Thompson G, Fathizadeh M.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

GOVERNING THE CLOUD: Infrastructural Statecraft and the Political Ecology of Digital Expansion in Oregon

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Oregon's wave of data center and semiconductor projects shows how cloud capitalism reorganizes resource systems and territorial governance. Examining Amazon, Google, and Intel, the article traces how fiscal incentives, utility programs, and land‐use instruments are recalibrated to secure hyperscale loads.
Justin Kollar
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial Differentiation of River Health and Potential Influencing Factors in the Pearl River Basin, Guangdong Province

Renmin Zhujiang
This study aims to systematically characterize the river health status in the Pearl River Basin, Guangdong Province, and to identify potential influencing factors.
PENG Sihan, YANG Bing, HUANG Dong
doaj  

Source Apportionment and Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Groundwater Around Typical Karst Region of the Lower Yellow River, China. [PDF]

Water Environ Res
Guomeng G, Chunwei L, Qingyu X, Dalu Y, Hekuan M, Huan Q.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

ENVIRONMENTAL STATECRAFT AND CHANGING ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS: Chengdu's Ecological Preservation and Eco‐development

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract This article develops the concept of environmental statecraft to study changing urban environmental politics in China and beyond. Our review of existing conceptions reveals a growing need to account for temporal and geographical complexity. Neoliberal conceptions of eco‐state restructuring are increasingly strained by contemporary geopolitical
Handuo Deng, Fulong Wu, Fangzhu Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

A Century of Overabundant Ungulates in Yellowstone's Lamar Valley: First Elk and Now Bison. [PDF]

Environ Manage
Beschta RL, Ripple WJ, Kauffman JB.
europepmc   +1 more source

INFRASTRUCTURAL CONCEALMENT: Everyday Festival Economies and Riverine Ecologies in Kolkata

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Urban infrastructures are often celebrated within marketized development logics for their promise of equitable access while concealing ecological harm. This article examines whether and how ecological degradation is integral to infrastructural modernization, showing how infrastructures that promise improvement and inclusion simultaneously ...
Debapriya Chakrabarti, Deljana Iossifova, Alexandros Gasparatos   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal Combination of Measures for Flood Risk Mitigation Within Probabilistic and Uncertain Situations. [PDF]

Risk Anal
Zhou Z, Chen Z, Yi C, Liu B, Chen Y, Zhao Y.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

EVICT, NEGLECT, OR INVEST? Community Power and the Politics of Urban Informality Governance in Jakarta

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do some informal neighborhoods receive public investment while others are neglected or evicted? This article addresses the inconsistent governmental responses to informal settlements in Jakarta, Indonesia, during the democratic period. State actions range from violent evictions to tolerance and community‐led improvements.
Kadek Wara Urwasi
wiley   +1 more source