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Rail Transit Development of the Pearl River Delta Planning, Obstacles and History

open access: yesUrban Rail Transit, 2018
A new round of regional planning was conducted from 2014 to 2016 by the provincial government of Guangdong, providing an overview of the regional transportation development and history.
Bin Chen
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Investigation of the effect of nanoparticles on the acoustic and flammability behavior of natural kenaf fibers [PDF]

open access: yesSalāmat-i kār-i Īrān, 2022
Background and aims: The use of natural kenaf fibers as a green and sustainable material and due to its remarkable properties is known as a potential alternative to synthetic fibers in the composite industries.
Seyed Ehsan Samaei   +6 more
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Cigarette smoking and attempts to quits among adults receiving federal housing assistance from 2005 to 2018, NHIS-HUD linked data

open access: yesBMC Public Health
Introduction While there has been a decline in smoking prevalence and an increase in quit attempts among the general U.S. adult population, this information is unknown for the population who receive housing assistance from the U.S. Department of Housing &
Jacqueline V. Bachand   +3 more
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Lease termination and residential movement by households under the housing lease program for disaster victims in Iwate Prefecture

open access: yesJapan Architectural Review, 2020
Following the Great East Japan Earthquake, the housing lease program for disaster victims provided private rental houses as temporary housing to those affected by the earthquake. Many victims had to change the municipalities in which they lived when they
Fumitake Meno
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Housing quality differentials in urban areas [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Urban Economics, 1991
Abstract This paper applies an equilibrium quality theory for differentiated products to estimate the willingness to pay for improvements in the air quality of Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Houston, and Indianapolis. The empirical results show (i) that the structural approach and the standard nonstructural approach give very different benefit figures ...
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‘I don’t care about the city’: the role of connections in job-related mobility decisions of skilled professionals

open access: yesRegional Studies, Regional Science, 2017
Many cities in industrialized countries engage in competition for talent. While scholars have produced rich accounts of why some cities are better equipped than others in attracting skilled workers, the individual decision-making and agency of this group
Cornelia Tippel   +2 more
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PARTICIPATION: HOUSING AND URBAN VIABILITY

open access: yesJOURNAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBANISM, 2013
In the global North, housing tends to be seen as a sub-sector of the construction industry. In the global South, in contrast, it might be considered more as a verb – housing as the activity of meeting basic needs for shelter. As such, this process is frequently undertaken by users themselves, in the informal settlements which surround most cities ...
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Application of Biochar on Soil Improvement and Speciation Transformation of Heavy Metal in Constructed Wetland

open access: yesBiology
The pyrolysis of sewage sludge into biochar, enhanced by incorporating agriculture waste rich in inorganic minerals and lignocellulosic compounds, provides an effective approach for achieving sludge-harmless treatment and resourceful utilization. In this
Yuan Zhou   +8 more
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