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Towards an Urban Political Ecology of Coastal Land Reclamation

Geo: Geography and Environment, Volume 13, Issue 1, January‐June 2026.
Short Abstract In this paper, I suggest an urban political ecology of land reclamation, which focuses on the making of urban land. I consider the discursive, legal and material dimensions of coastal mega‐projects. This approach helps to comprehend the relations between imaginaries of coastal urbanism, spatial planning and regulations that co‐produce ...
Jonas Hein
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Becoming adopted: Rebuilding adoptive identity through artifacts

Journal of Family Theory &Review, Volume 17, Issue 3, Page 386-404, September 2025.
Abstract In this article, I share my experiences navigating identity formation as an adult adopted in childhood. I examine my unique and complicated perspective both as an adoptee and as an adoptive parent. By engaging with others, I highlight the inner world of adoptees—an aspect of identity that is often difficult to capture in theory or practice ...
Ellen Reeve
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MAGIC: Multi-User Advanced Graphic Immersive Configurator for Sustainable Customization of Complex Design Products—A Sailing Yacht Case Study

Future Internet
Modern design products are increasingly complex and emotionally significant, demanding versatile and collaborative customization. However, a literature and commercial review reveals a limited availability of flexible, multi-user, photorealistic Virtual ...
Saverio Piccininni, Mine Dastan, Fabio Vangi, Michele Fiorentino   +3 more
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Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Along the Coast of Israel: Abundance and Social Structure

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 35, Issue 8, August 2025.
ABSTRACT The dynamics of cetacean populations profoundly shape the survival and well‐being of their members, particularly in nutrient‐deficient and anthropogenically impacted regions like the eastern Mediterranean Sea. The common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus), one of the most extensively studied cetaceans, exhibits complex and diverse social ...
Yaly Mevorach, Ori Galili, Eyal Bigal, Oz Goffman, Mia Roditi‐Elasar, Yotam Zuriel, Kim Kobo, Yaron Haitovich, Nir Hadar, Meytal Markovich, Dror Vardimon, Dana Reininger, Shlomi Marco, Danny Morick, Dan Tchernov, Dan Kerem, Aviad Scheinin   +16 more
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Why it Can Be Permissible to Have Kids in the Climate Emergency

Journal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 24-43, February 2025.
ABSTRACT Having a child is one of the highest‐carbon decisions made by affluent individuals. Does this uncomfortable fact mean they should limit biological family size? This salient question also forces attention to two key issues. One is just how demanding individual climate justice duties are.
Elizabeth Cripps
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‘Where’ Are the Children in Safeguarding Policies of Sport? An Analysis of National and International Discourses in Policy Documentation

Child Abuse Review, Volume 34, Issue 2, March/April 2025.
ABSTRACT Within sport governance, there is increasing recognition of the significance of policy in protecting athlete welfare. However, there has been a distinct lack of research evaluating the messages conveyed in policy text. This research evaluated safeguarding policies of sport governing bodies nationally and internationally to understand how the ...
Suzanne Everley
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A transdisciplinary co‐conceptualisation of marine identity

People and Nature, Volume 6, Issue 6, Page 2300-2324, December 2024.
Abstract Challenge 10 of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021–2030) calls for the restoration of society's relationship with the ocean. Research suggests that the relationship people have with marine environments can influence their depth of engagement in marine citizenship action, and the important role for ...
P. M. Buchan, L. D. Glithero, E. McKinley, M. Strand, G. Champion, S. Kochalski, K. Velentza, R. A. Praptiwi, J. Jung, M. C. Márquez, M. V. Marra, L. M. Abels, A. L. Neilson, J. Spavieri, K. E. Whittey, M. M. Samuel, R. Hale, A. Čermák, D. Whyte, L. West, M. Stithou, T. J. Hegland, E. S. Morris‐Webb, V. Flander‐Putrle, P. Schiefer, S. Sutton, C. Onwubiko, O. Adeoye, A. Akpan, D. L. Payne   +29 more
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New Data on the Distribution of Sperm Whales in the Western Mediterranean Highlights Insufficiency of Currently Proposed Protection Measures

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 34, Issue 11, November 2024.
ABSTRACT As part of ongoing efforts to protect marine megafauna, especially cetaceans, in the NW Mediterranean Sea, a ‘Particularly Sensitive Sea Area’ (PSSA) was established in July 2023 by the governments of France, Italy, Spain and Monaco through the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO ...
J.‐M. Brotons, M. Cerdá, E. Pirotta, L. Rendell   +3 more
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Not all maps are equal: Evaluating approaches for mapping vessel collision risk to large baleen whales

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 61, Issue 11, Page 2576-2593, November 2024.
The approach used to map risk (here, vessel collision to whales), affected the location, and total area, identified as ‘high risk’. The variation in outputs, depending on approach used, underscores the importance of methodological transparency, informed data selection and careful interpretation when predicting collision risk.
E. L. Hague, W. D. Halliday, J. Dawson, S. H. Ferguson, M. P. Heide‐Jørgensen, N. Serra Sogas, K. Gormley, B. G. Young, L. H. McWhinnie   +8 more
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System Identification and the Modeling of Sailing Yachts [PDF]

SNAME Maritime Convention, 2012
It is common for physics-based models to be the foundation of a modern computer control system. Presented here is an overall description of a project dedicated to advancing understanding of physics-based sailing yacht models validated with full scale data.
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