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The Political Implications of Norway’s Sovereign Wealth Fund investments in Eastern and Central Europe [PDF]

, 2017
Although there has been vivid academic debate as to what extent Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) are motivated by political reasons, it is rather clear that countries can use state-owned investment funds as a tool of their foreign policy. Even Barack Obama,
Urban, Dariusz
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Injected Urbanism? Exploring India’s Urbanizing Periphery

Economic Geography, 2022
Engaging with different literatures in economic geography, postcolonial urbanism, and planetary urbanization, this article seeks to develop a theoretical understanding of remote urban formations taking shape in India’s countryside. The analysis draws on extensive primary data collected at two study sites in Bihar and West Bengal, which rendered an ...
Robbin Jan van Duijne, Jan Nijman, Chetan Choithani   +2 more
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Smart Sustainable Coastal Areas [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
This article is intended to explore the role urban planners in a smart and sustainable manners in coastal areas, which was inspired by previous article on smart sustainable cities five years ago.
Sutriadi R.
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Extension and Faith-Based Organizations – Understanding Past and Present Linkages and Future Opportunities for Urban Communities

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 2022
This examination of the literature explored the limited empirical data available regarding the networks formed between Cooperative Extension (Extension), local partners, and faith-based organizations (FBOs) within metropolitan areas.
Jeffery A. Young, Kenneth R. Jones
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urban

Проект Байкал, 2019
The URBAN section presents several materials about the development of the Soviet urban planning school and some of their brightest representatives. One by one they are leaving us.
Elena Grigoryeva
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Book Review – The Art of Being Indispensable at Work: Win Influence, Beat Overcommitment, and Get the Right Things Done

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 2022
With new technology, constant change, uncertainty, and virtual teams, getting things done at work is tougher and more complex than ever. Finding your place amid the collaboration revolution working with everyone across silos and various platforms can ...
Eric Killian
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House crows (Corvus splendens): the carrier of pathogenic viruses or the misunderstood bird?

Journal of Applied Animal Research, 2022
The house crow (Corvus splendens) is globally recognised as a pest. It is an invasive species that can populate Malaysia's urban landscape and urban coastal areas. C.
Siti Aishah Johan, Umarqayum Abu Bakar, Farah Shafawati Mohd Taib, Jasmine Elanie Khairat   +3 more
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Urban Deforestation and Urban Development [PDF]

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2011
This paper has developed a model of a single forest owner operating with perfect foresight in a dynamic open-city environment that allows for switching between alternative competing land uses (forest and urban use) at some point in the future. The model also incorporates external values of an even-aged standing forest in addition to the value of timber
Franco, Sofia, Sa, Antonieta, Rosa, Renato   +2 more
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Editorial

Sub\urban
In Städten lebt ein Großteil der Menschheit. Das bedeutet im Umkehrschluss, dass auch vorrangig dort gestorben wird. Als symbolisch aufgeladener und zugleich selbstverständlicher Teil von Gesellschaft schreibt sich das Sterben unweigerlich in das ...
sub\urban sub\urban
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Depression in the elderly: Prevalence and associated factors in urban population

Journal of the Indian Academy of Geriatrics, 2022
Introduction: Depression in elderly population is a serious public health concern but is often undetected and ignored as a medical problem, leading to poor quality of life.
Rupali Verma Bagga, Anamika Prashant
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