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BEHIND THE FACES OF AESTHETICIZED URBANISM IN TUNXI, CHINA
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban policy in China has become increasingly predicated on securing an approved aesthetic that reflects ideological campaigns and political programmes. In highlighting the role of the aesthetic in Chinese urbanism, this article argues that the party‐state draws on an aesthetic palette that places the contemporary urban landscape in a ...
Yanpeng Jiang, Paul Waley, Asa Roast
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The phenomenon of beggary and its impact on the community of the city of Al-Amarah
مجلة ابحاث ميسانBegging is a social phenomenon that affects society's structure and is a deviation from good behavior and a departure from prevailing customs and traditions because of poverty, unemployment, homelessness, family conflicts and wars. In addition,
Wisam Dargal
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Governance in the gullies : democratic responsiveness and leadership in Delhi's slums [PDF]
The authors use detailed ethnographic evidence to design and interpret a broad representative survey of 800 households in Delhi's slums, examining the processes by which residents gain access to formal government and develop their own informal modes of ...
Jha, Saumitra +2 more
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PARTY‐STATE URBANISM: Coevolution of Local State Capacity and Strategic Alliances in Shenzhen
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract What is distinct about Chinese urban governance? Classic theories predict that when the central state retreats from resource allocation, capacity‐strained local governments must form alliances with non‐state actors, thereby diluting state power. In China, however, state power remains dominant despite decentralization.
Yunhan Wen
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Magnitude and predictors of normal-weight central obesity– the AWI-Gen study findings
Global Health Action, 2019 Background: Normal-weight central obesity is associated with higher mortality than general obesity as defined by body mass index, particularly in the absence of central fat distribution.
Shukri F. Mohamed +4 more
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how socio‐political constructions of rental markets create housing vulnerabilities for subaltern renters. Going beyond the typical focus on occupancy claims in slums, I study rent and racialization in Indian cities through the experiences of Northeastern migrant women living in Bengaluru.
Meghna Mohandas
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article outlines possibilities for counter configurations of data‐based urbanisms, whereby data practices, rather than reproducing logics of urban entrepreneurialism and smart‐city governance, are made from within urban peripheral territories.
Andrés Luque‐Ayala, Rodrigo Firmino
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INFRASTRUCTURAL CONCEALMENT: Everyday Festival Economies and Riverine Ecologies in Kolkata
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban infrastructures are often celebrated within marketized development logics for their promise of equitable access while concealing ecological harm. This article examines whether and how ecological degradation is integral to infrastructural modernization, showing how infrastructures that promise improvement and inclusion simultaneously ...
Debapriya Chakrabarti +2 more
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Songs from the Slums - poems by Toyohiko Kagawa
, 1935 This record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete.
Jones, David F.
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How Does Work Shape Informal Cities? The Critical Design of Cities and Housing in Brazilian Slums
, 2016 This essay is conceived as a reaction to the past conference Shaping Cities of the Urban Age at the 2016 Venice Biennale, Reporting from the Front.
Chagas Cavalcanti, A.R. (author)
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