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Crossing Boundaries: The Ethics of AI and Geographic Information Technologies

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Over the past two decades, there has been increasing research on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and geographic information technologies for monitoring and mapping varying phenomena on the Earth’s surface. At the same time, there has been growing
Isaac Oluoch
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From Slum Tourism to Slum Tourists

Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2015
Slum tourism is a growing topic in international tourism scholarship. Mainstream scholarship in slum tourism is dominated by research which investigates urban slums as destinations for international travellers mainly from the global North. Minimal acknowledgement is given to the role of these areas as potential source regions for tourism.
Christian M. Rogerson, Tintswalo Mthombeni   +1 more
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GOVERNING INFORMALITY: Eviction, Recognition, and Legal Ambiguity in Kampung Akuarium, Jakarta

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Informal settlements in Jakarta have long been governed through cycles of tolerance, eviction, and selective recognition. Rather than resulting from the absence of planning, informality is often produced through spatial regulations, legal ambiguity, and political intervention.
EKA PERMANASARI, DIAN NOSTIKASARI, AMAL BARRE   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Industrial Slums of Tokyo, front

, 2013
On front: “INDUSTRIAL SLUMS OF TOKYO, JAPAN” Found on page 11, Scrapbook 2.INDUSTRIAL SLUMS OF TOKYO ...
Harold Sword
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Making peace in the slums [PDF]

, 2013
- How more peaceful slums affect real estate (Kalinka ...
Iaquinto, Kalinka
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RAY Evaluation: A Study on Shimla Slums [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Slums are a topic of much research. While architects see it as a problem with design and construction materials, some it as an issue with infrastructural accessibility and security of tenure. Slums, according to policy analysts, are a result of a lack of
Sharma Bharti, Mandal Adhirath
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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

‘PARTICIPATION IS WHAT WE DO EVERY DAY’: Unpacking the Meanings and Practices of Participation Addressing Mobility Justice in Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre, Brazil

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Participation is a topic that has been widely debated in urban studies. Despite this, we argue in this paper that policies and academic work on mobility planning have paid little attention to the meanings attached to participation and its role in mobility justice.
Aline Fernandes Barata, Sue Brownill
wiley   +1 more source

Intellectual Solidarity and Reflexive Dislocation: Sociology in the Age of Global Authoritarianism

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article contributes to current debates on the ethics of critical scholarship in an era of authoritarian consolidation and institutional erosion. It introduces intellectual solidarity as an ethical stance and reflexive dislocation as a methodological practice that together offer a grounded response to the complicities and constraints of ...
Salvador Santino Regilme
wiley   +1 more source

O fim das favelas? Planejamento, participação e remoção de famílias em Belo Horizonte

Cadernos Metrópole
Resumo Ao contrário do observado em várias partes do mundo, Belo Horizonte apresentou decréscimo no número de favelas e de seus moradores, indicando intenso processo de remoção de famílias e desfavelização, levado a cabo pelo próprio Estado.
Clarice de Assis Libânio
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