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City diplomacy as a strategic partnership: insights from Manchester and Wuhan. [PDF]

J Int Relat Dev (Ljubl)
Chen W, Boni F, Zhang Y.
europepmc   +1 more source

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

International 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, Vuong Kha Tu, Tran Kim Bao, Ly Quoc Dang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Herland Voice : v.10: no.7(1993)

, 1993
The Herland Voice is the monthly publication of Herland Sister Resources, a womanist organization with a strong lesbian focus based in Oklahoma ...
Herland Sister Resources
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Characterization of the complete plastid genome and 45S nrDNA sequences of <i>Murdannia medica</i> (Lour.) D.Y. Hong (Commelinaceae) and its phylogenetic analysis. [PDF]

Mitochondrial DNA B Resour
Duong Nguyen Xuan L, Tran Thi Van A, Thai Hong D, Le Thi Tuyet A, Vo Ngoc Linh G.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Unnatural Wills: Inheritance Disputes and Inequality

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within the conceptual frame of relational economic sociology, inheritance disputes are a canonical form of relational mismatch. But the social patterning of relational mismatches, and their various ties to inequality, remain murky. In this paper, I examine all known inheritance disputes in Dallas from 1895–1945 within their social context to ...
Shay O'Brien
wiley   +1 more source

The Herland Voice : v.13: no.2(1995)

, 1995
The Herland Voice is the monthly publication of Herland Sister Resources, a womanist organization with a strong lesbian focus based in Oklahoma ...
Herland Sister Resources
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An Updated Taxonomy of <i>Talaromyces</i> (Trichocomaceae, Eurotiales): New Series and Species. [PDF]

J Fungi (Basel)
Peng LY, Song H, Wang YF, Zhuang WY, Wang XC.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Understanding the Role of Migration, Culture and Transnational Ties in Family Financial Assistance With Home Ownership

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Family financial assistance with home ownership has attracted significant scholarly attention in recent years. However, the role of culture and ethnicity, transnational ties, and migration in this practice remains significantly under‐addressed.
Julia Cook
wiley   +1 more source

Family Work Among the Astors

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Within classical sociological accounts of capitalism, families are curious remnants of the past. Contemporary elite sociology dismisses the family in a different way: by primarily focusing on individual men. When the family does appear within elite studies, scholars frequently follow a stratification framework, which focuses on the ...
Shamus Khan, Max Besbris, Estela Diaz
wiley   +1 more source

Unequal Family Ties, Wealth Transmission and Social Mobility Among Congolese Traders in Kinshasa

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Based on ethnographic fieldwork among Congolese traders operating in Kinshasa's urban economy, this article examines how differentiated family ties and wealth transmission shape social mobility and the intergenerational reproduction of inequality. We show that family support is neither uniform nor equally productive: its effects depend on both
Héritier Mesa, Joël Noret
wiley   +1 more source