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THE GROWTH POLES STRATEGY IN REGIONAL PLANNING: THE RECENT EXPERIENCE OF GREECE [PDF]

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In recent years, there has been an attempt to stimulate the developmental role of urban centres in Greece in the context of regional and spatial planning. In essence, through the recent basic programming texts for the periods 2000-2006 and 2007-2013, the
Athanasios PAPADASKALOPOULOS   +1 more
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Australia's Migration Strategy: An Effective Response to Migrant Worker Exploitation?

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A series of publicised migrant worker injuries and deaths has drawn attention to the issue of migrant worker exploitation (MWE) in Australia. In response, the Australian Government has included ‘Tackling Worker Exploitation’ as a key area of its Migration Strategy which it introduced in 2023. However, it is unclear how effective the Strategy’s
Evelyn Dowling, Alexandra Ridgway
wiley   +1 more source

Motivations, expectations and experiences of Australian rural and regional planners [PDF]

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Despite playing an extremely important role in shaping communities, the role and contribution of planners is not widely understood or acknowledged. At the same time, there is a shortage of planners in Australia, especially in non-urban areas.
Clevo Wilson   +4 more
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Providing innovative planning education experience: teaching regional planning in an international context [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Rapidly changing economic, social, and environmental conditions have created a need for urban and regional planning practitioners who are resilient, innovative, and able to cope with the increasingly complex and cosmopolitan nature of major metropolitan ...
Mayere, Severine   +3 more
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How Are Australian Local Governments Responding to the Homelessness Crisis? Findings From a National Study

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian local governments are facing intensifying pressures to respond to worsening visible homelessness. This paper presents one of the first national studies on how local governments are responding to these pressures, and the first since the onset of the post‐pandemic housing crisis.
Andrew Clarke   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the Application of Circular Economy Principles to Underutilized Urban Resources in Global Case Studies تقييم تطبيق مبادئ الاقتصاد الدائري على الموارد العمرانية غير المستغلة بالتجارب العالمية [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Urban Research
This research paper aims to evaluate the application of circular economy principles in selected global case studies as a tool for achieving sustainable urban development.
Dalia Shaban El-Sayed   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sustainable Landscape Development with Regional Parks - Overcoming Problems of Landscape Multifunctionality in Urban Agglomerations [PDF]

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Urban agglomerations all over Europe are growing at the expense of the surrounding landscapes. Given the enormous growth of built-up land for settlement and transport use within recent decades in Western and Southern Europe and, more recently, comparable
Ludger Gailing
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Pelvic morphology and body size in relation to the preauricular sulcus: Evidence from medieval to modern Iberia

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The preauricular sulcus has long been debated as a pelvic feature variably attributed to obstetric stress, ligamentous traction, and broader biomechanical processes. To clarify its determinants, we analyzed 409 adult individuals from three archeological and one early modern skeletal collection from the Iberian Peninsula, integrating graded ...
Rebeca García‐González   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Treasure Valley State of the Region Report: A Preliminary View of Performance Indicators [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The Treasure Valley State of the Region Report, while preliminary, describes the Boise- Nampa MSA using 49 indicators on social, economic, fiscal and environmental aspects of the region. Comparisons using the indicators are also made with peer regions in
Hill, Gregory C.   +3 more
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