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Experimental Study on Carbonization of Magnesium Slag Cement [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 Magnesium slag is a kind of industrial waste with the similar chemical composition to silicate cements, which is of hydration activity to some extent.
Dai Yuheng, Ma Jianxun, Guo Chen, Xu Xin
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Slum Health: Arresting COVID-19 and Improving Well-Being in Urban Informal Settlements
Journal of urban health, 2020 The informal settlements of the Global South are the least prepared for the pandemic of COVID-19 since basic needs such as water, toilets, sewers, drainage, waste collection, and secure and adequate housing are already in short supply or non-existent ...
Jason Corburn +17 more
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Urban–rural human settlements in China: Objective evaluation and subjective well-being
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 2022 Human settlements have an important impact on human health, livability, and the economy, which has attracted widespread concern worldwide. Few studies have, however, paid attention to a comprehensive evaluation of urban and rural areas, as well as ...
C. Fang +6 more
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International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2023 The regularisation of informal settlements has become a common initiative for addressing urban development and growth in many cities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, its governance is still complex and unexplored.
Said Nuhu, Neema Munuo, Lazaro Mngumi
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The Effect of Offer‐of‐Settlement Rules on the Terms of Settlement [PDF]
The Journal of Legal Studies, 1998 Under an "offer of settlement" rule, a party to a lawsuit may make a special offer to settle with the other party, such that if the other party rejects this offer, then this offer (unlike an ordinary offer) becomes part of the record in the case and may affect the allocation of litigation costs.
Bebchuk, Lucian Arye, Chang, Howard F.
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Disaster Risk Assessment of Informal Settlements in the Global South
Sustainability, 2022 More than a billion people live in informal settlements worldwide. Their high exposure and vulnerability increase the risk of disaster in their lives. Global changes challenge the capacity to seek practical and quick solutions for the most disadvantaged ...
Adolfo Quesada-Román
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IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2023 Urbanization as a human activity alters the surface structure, modifying the urban ecological environment. In this study, the greenness, wetness, building index, and heatness of Dalian, a coastal city in northeast China, were extracted from the summer ...
Chunli Li, Jun Yang, Yuqing Zhang
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Local response in health emergencies: key considerations for COVID-19 in informal urban settlements
Environment & Urbanization, 2020 This paper highlights the major challenges and considerations for addressing COVID-19 in informal settlements. It discusses what is known about vulnerabilities and how to support local protective action.
Annie Wilkinson
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Integrated Community Onsite Sanitation System for Close Loop Faecal Management [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2021 The achievement of safe sanitation access is about 7.42 % in 2018, that indicates high risk of faecal contamination from unmanaged onsite sanitation system and has not been fully supported by faecal sludge service.
Hastuti Elis +4 more
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Visualizing the cultural landscape gene of traditional settlements in China: a semiotic perspective
Heritage Science, 2021 China has a deep traditional culture and a long history, and is rich in traditional settlements (designated as “Famous Historic-Cultural Villages/Towns”, “Chinese Traditional Villages” by Chinese Government).
Zui Hu +4 more
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