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Rural livelihood, accumulation and class formation in post-development-induced displacements in Zimbabwe

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences
Land transactions and deals often lead to displacements and removal of people from their traditional and ancestral lands, disrupting rural livelihoods and causing significant socio-economic consequences for affected communities.
Fadzai Chipato
doaj   +1 more source

Solar Energy in 2025: Global Deployment, Cost Trends, and the Role of Energy Storage in Enabling a Resilient Smart Energy Infrastructure

open access: yesENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.
This paper explores global solar PV deployment, cost trends, and grid integration challenges in 2025. It examines the role of energy storage in firming solar output and supporting electric vehicle (EV) growth, alongside policy shifts, investment flows, and technological innovations.
Ehsan Rezaee, S. Ravi P. Silva
wiley   +1 more source

Carbon dioxide pipelines are disproportionally located in marginalized communities in the United States

open access: yesCommunications Earth & Environment
Carbon capture and storage and carbon dioxide removal technologies are pivotal for net-zero climate goals, requiring extensive carbon dioxide pipeline expansion across the U.S.
Julia A. Davis   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experiences of Black Adolescents With Depression in Rural Communities

open access: yesThe Professional Counselor, 2020
TeShaunda Hannor-Walker   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

The Changing Face of Rural America [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
After a decade of population loss, rural America has seen its population grow again. Nearly three-fourths of the 2,303 counties classified as rural in 1993 gained population between 1990 and 2000.

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The Role of European Union (EU) Metagovernance in Supporting the Voluntary and Community Sector in Northern Ireland

open access: yesEuropean Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article argues that European Union (EU) peacebuilding scholarship can benefit from organizational research on the socio‐spatial dynamics of policy implementation. It introduces a strategic‐relational heuristic to address two key gaps: the marginalization of grassroots agency in spatial analyses and the separation of strategy from ...
Giada Lagana, Sioned Pearce
wiley   +1 more source

Variation in COVID-19 vaccination and adverse outcomes: a state of Georgia case study

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Background Differences in COVID-19 vaccine coverage, deaths, and hospitalizations across racial and ethnic groups have been documented in the United States.
Akane B. Fujimoto   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Black women in post-apartheid South Africa, nation-building and radio: the case of Ukhozi FM [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Nation-building as it relates to the notion of belonging, is a pertinent topic in post-apartheid South Africa. This is primarily because of the prevailing discourse about nation and belonging in apartheid South Africa, whereby citizenship to large ...
Nkosi, Lethiwe
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Social Anxiety and Peer Relationships Predict Weight Recovery in Adolescent Onset Anorexia Nervosa

open access: yesEuropean Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adolescence is period of social change during which peer relationships are prioritised. The desire for social approval, which heavily influences behaviour, is often linked to an increased risk of developing an eating disorder (ED). Social cognition is impaired in ED and both autism and social anxiety frequently co‐occur.
Victoria Burmester   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building Assets to Reduce Poverty and Injustice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Outlines the basic ideas for Ford's Asset Building & Community Development Program to support the development of financial holdings, natural resources, social bonds, and marketable skills for low-income people in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the U ...

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