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‘Mere Amateurs’? Elementary Teachers and the Making of Scientific Authority in the British Child Study Movement

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract This article offers new perspectives on the relationship between elementary teaching, scientific expertise and the professionalization of the human sciences. Previous scholarship has demonstrated the ready existence of ‘amateur’ science societies in the nineteenth century where cross‐class exchanges were common.
Julia Gustavsson
wiley   +1 more source

REPRODUCING OPERATIONAL LANDSCAPES: The Rock Mining for Indonesia's New Capital City

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Indonesia's new capital city is designed to become a green and sustainable city. In this article, we examine the (un)sustainability of the process through which the city is coming into being. Using the sociospatial theory of planetary urbanization, we trace the dialectical relationship between the new city and sites beyond it to show how ...
Bosman Batubara   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of the Characteristics and Influencing Factors of Sandy Shoreline Changes

open access: yesHaiyang Kaifa yu guanli
Since the 1960s, coastal erosion has affected approximately 70% of the world′s sandy coasts to varying degrees. Studying the characteristics, stability, and potential influencing factors of sandy shorelines is of great significance for the protection and
WANG Jiangman   +4 more
doaj  

Study on Dynamic Monitoring of Tidal Flat Based on UAV Technology

open access: yesHaiyang Kaifa yu guanli, 2022
The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has the characteristics of high efficiency, small size and cost, which can monitor the evolution trend of tidal flat, and can also observe the short-duration developments of tidal flat that are difficult to be captured ...
Cheng QIU   +7 more
doaj  

STRATIFIED ADAPTATION: Infrastructure, Elevation, and Cascading Floods in the Urban Mekong Delta

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Flood‐prone cities in the global South are increasingly the target of infrastructure projects aimed at building climate ‘resilience’. At the same time, residents of these cities take adaptation to flooding into their own hands. In this article we examine the interrelationship between household‐scale and urban‐scale flood mitigation projects in
Lizzie Yarina   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Global potential for the growth of fresh groundwater resources with large beach nourishments

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2019
Whether a coastal area is suitable for beach nourishments and can induce a growth in fresh groundwater resources depends on the appropriateness of the intended site for beach nourishments, and the attainable growth in fresh groundwater resources. In this
S. Huizer   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

High-resolution, large-scale laboratory measurements of a sandy beach and dynamic cobble berm revetment. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Data, 2021
Blenkinsopp CE   +21 more
europepmc   +1 more source

300 Years of Degradation in Wales Estuaries and Coasts

open access: yesNatural Resources Forum, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The world's oceans are in a severe state of degradation, yet our understanding of that degradation is often based on changes observed only in the past 20–50 years. This narrow view leads to marine conservation efforts that aim to preserve already degraded ecosystems, shaped by shifted ecological baselines.
Richard K. F. Unsworth   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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