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Multi‐Functional Smart Skin for High‐Efficiency Energy‐Saving Buildings
Advanced Science, EarlyView.A scalable multifunctional smart skin (MSS) with broadband modulation, zero‐energy input controllable operation mode, and thermal insulation is designed by assembling thermal managing unit of high solar reflectance and low thermal conductivity and actuation unit of multi‐responsive shape‐memory effect.
Zongxu Na +5 more
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, 2019 This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2017/18. The Improving Urban WASH Governance and Accountability (IUWGA) project in Pakistan was selected for review under the ‘Sustainable Water’ ...
Van Hemelrijck, Adinda
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.A biomimetic multi‐layer hygroscopic membrane redistributes salt toward an air‐accessible nanofiber interface, enabling rapid interfacial deliquescence while a brush‐like hydrogel promotes efficient liquid transport and storage. By decoupling vapor capture from bulk water storage, the membrane achieves fast sorption kinetics and enables rapid‐cycling ...
Fu‐Yao Zhong +8 more
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Informality and the Development and Demolition of Urban Villages in the Chinese Peri-urban Area [PDF]
, 2013 The fate of Chinese urban villages (chengzhongcun) has recently attracted both research and policy attention. Two important unaddressed questions are: what are the sources of informality in otherwise orderly Chinese cities; and, will village ...
Zhang, F, Webster, C, Wu, F, Webster, CJ
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Governance and the City: An Empirical Exploration into Global Determinants of Urban Performance [PDF]
We contribute to the field of urban governance and globalization through an empirically-based exploration of determinants of performance of cities.
Massimo Mastruzzi +2 more
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Urban Governance, Competition and Welfare [PDF]
Urban Studies, 2004 The market mechanism of spatial resource allocation is examined in a system of cities, where social welfare depends on city size. The competitive dynamics of the system is a product of the interplay between people's individual exit-type choices (migration) and their collective voice-type choices (urban governance).
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Conformal Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces: A Cylindrical Geometry Perspective
Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.Cylindrical reconfigurable intelligent surfaces are explored for low‐complexity beam steering using one‐bit meta‐atoms. A multi‐level modeling approach, including optimization‐based synthesis, demonstrates that even minimal hardware can support directive scattering.
Filippo Pepe +4 more
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Urban Local Governance in the Crucible: empirical overtones of central government meddling in local urban councils affairs in Zimbabwe [PDF]
This article explores the criticalness of decentralized governance as a solution towards service delivery challenges experienced by urban centres.
Jonga WELLINGTON, Chirisa INNOCENT
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Urban new towns, new- (sub)urbanism, neoliberalization, and nexus: From a governance perspective
Urban Governance, 2023 Jie Chen +3 more
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Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park +4 more
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