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New Suburbanism: Sustainable Spatial Patterns of Tall Buildings
Buildings, 2018 Much of the anticipated future growth in North America will occur in suburbia. The critical challenge that we will face is how to accommodate this growth in a sustainable and resilient manner.
Kheir Al-Kodmany
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Mobility constraints in segregation models. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2023 Gambetta D, Mauro G, Pappalardo L.
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Policy Integration for Enabling Environments: Decentralised Water Technologies for Rural Water Reuse
Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Water reuse holds significant promise for addressing global water challenges, yet wide scale implementation remains limited. Decentralised water technologies for reuse have been highlighted as a potential aide in the reduction of water challenges, specifically for environments that have typically been considered ‘water rich’, and in rural ...
Elizabeth Lawson, Jaime Amezaga
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The Role of Suburbanization in Metropolitan Segregation After 1940. [PDF]
Demography, 2023 Logan JR +4 more
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Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Disasters exacerbated by climate change have prompted adaptation measures, including seawall heightening, which is an effective approach to protecting coastal areas. However, the combined effect of rising sea levels and tsunamis can create a compound coastal hazard, in which long‐term sea level rise amplifies the impact of tsunamis.
Yushi Miki +7 more
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New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines tensions between the accountability and learning functions of evaluation through a case study of an evaluation capacity building (ECB) initiative undertaken in an Australian primary health care setting. We describe the ECB approach and strategies and identify enablers and barriers influencing their implementation and ...
Brad Astbury, Lucio Naccarella
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Keeping their powder dry: Purity, pollution, and handgun ownership among Jewish women in Israel
Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the gendered practices through which Jewish women in Israel experience and negotiate personal handgun ownership in everyday life. Drawing on interviews, participant observation in gun‐related spaces, and analysis of women‐only online forums, we explore the expanding participation of Jewish women in civilian gun ownership,
Maya Maor +3 more
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Geographical characterisation of British urban form and function using the spatial signatures framework. [PDF]
Sci Data, 2022 Fleischmann M, Arribas-Bel D.
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Legacy effects of redlining on the distribution of greenspaces in US cities
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.We investigated how a discriminatory housing policy—redlining—has shaped the spatial patterns and configurations of greenspaces throughout 177 cities in the contiguous US. Housing segregation has been a long‐term development practice that has sequestered communities of color to areas with elevated environmental and public health risks.
Travis Gallo +4 more
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Head &Neck, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Patients with HPV+ oropharyngeal cancer (OPC) have worse outcomes with longer smoking history (≥ 10 pack‐years). This has been confirmed in trials of primary radiotherapy but not surgery, suggesting differential smoking impact by treatment received. We assessed smoking‐related outcomes at a single institution.
Michelle M. Kwan +17 more
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