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Authoritarian Neoliberalism, 2018 The implosion of popular struggles against the erosion of economic and democratic rights in the Middle East has thrown into sharp relief the co-constitutive character of neoliberal reforms and authoritarian state practices.
Cemal Burak Tansel
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Informal water suppliers meeting water needs in the peri-urban areas of Mumbai, India [PDF]
This paper is based on fieldwork on the small-scale water providers in the peri-urban areas of Mumbai. It tries to explain why small-scale water providers have appeared there, what type of service they provide and why they have succeeded, where the ...
Anastasia Angueletou-Marteau
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Anti‐Slip Material‐Based Strategies and Approaches
Advanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.This review highlights the principle mechanisms of slipping at the microscale, linking contact mechanics with a friction behavior model for surface interfaces. Main strategies to develop anti‐slip properties to the surfaces are discussed alongside standardized testing approaches.
Sogand Abbaspoor‐Zanjani +3 more
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Property taxation and democratic decentralization in developing countries [PDF]
governance;decentralization;developing countries;local finance;property tax;urban ...
Olowu, D.
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Energy Consumption Optimization in Trajectory Planning for Fuel Cell Hybrid Uavs Based On HMPC
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.The endurance limitation of multirotor drones is a critical challenge. This study adopts a hybrid power system of fuel cells and lithium‐ion batteries. Using Nondominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II, it integrates trajectory planning with energy management optimization.
Xindi Wang +7 more
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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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METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT AND IMPROVEMENT POTENTIALS OF URBAN BASIC SERVICES GOVERNANCE IN DHAKA CITY, BANGLADESH: RHETORIC OR REALITY? [PDF]
Urban basic services, namely water supply and sewerage, power supply, telecommunication, road network etc. are the prerequisites for city living. Efficiency in managing and maintaining urban basic services ultimately dictates the quality of an urban ...
Golam MOINUDDIN
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Marghera Garden City Piazza del Mercato, The ‘Area Gasometri’, Bovisa, Milan, and The Riviera del Brenta [PDF]
, 2018 This report summarises the findings of the JPI Heritage Plus PICH Project’s investiga¬tion of the impact of the reform of urban planning on the histor¬ic built environment.
Fontanari, Enrico +2 more
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Product Service System Innovation in the Smart City [PDF]
, 2018 Product service systems (PSS) may usefully form part of the mix of innovations necessary to move society toward more sustainable futures. However, despite such potential, PSS implementation is highly uneven and limited.
Aoun C +14 more
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Visual teach‐and‐repeat (VTR) navigation allows robots to learn and follow routes without building a full metric map. We show that navigation accuracy for VTR can be improved by integrating a topological map with error‐drift correction based on stereo vision.
Fuhai Ling, Ze Huang, Tony J. Prescott
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