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Sustainable water supply systems in India: The role of financial institutions and ethical perspective [PDF]
Spatium, 2011 Water is a scarce resource and an important basic necessity for the human survival. The quantity of potable water on earth is limited and its availability per person is reducing day by day due to increase in global population and damage to ...
Gowda Krishne, Doddaswamy Ravishankar
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Gentrification: The Class Conflict over Urban Space Moves into the Courts [PDF]
, 1982 Gentrification of inner-cities has resulted in a class conflict over urban space. An issue in the federal courts is whether the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) can build, sponsor, or subsidize low income housing projects within or near
McDougall, Harold A.
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How Chicago's Public Housing Transformation Can Inform Federal Policy [PDF]
, 2013 Chicago has long dominated the national discourse about urban poverty in general and public housing in particular, and the policy changes that affect Chicago tend to have repercussions for national policy.
Susan J. Popkin
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Mobile technologies have become significant resources for crisis communication and social support in recent years. However, despite empirical evidence pointing to the centrality of these technologies for parenthood in everyday life, it is yet unknown how parents' coping resources play a role in the digital environment.
Daphna Yeshua‐Katz +2 more
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BuildingsTo advance the application of prefabricated structures, this study proposes a novel sleeve connection for reinforced concrete coupling beams, aiming to balance the construction efficiency with seismic performance in prefabricated structures. Quasi-static
Mei Jin +6 more
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RECENT REFORMS OF THE URBAN HOUSING SYSTEM IN CENTRAL AND EAST EUROPE [PDF]
The urban housing system in most of Central and East Europe (CEE) is undergoing decentralization, deregulation, and privatization together with other basic changes due to the fall of the iron curtain, the demise of the Soviet Union, and the reinstitution
Thiesenhusen, William C.
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Substance use, specifically opioid and methamphetamine use, is of increasing concern among American Indian (AI) populations in the Great Plains. This community‐driven participatory study investigated the impacts of substance use and community‐defined needs in treating addiction.
Brynn Luger +8 more
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Performance of hump slab track in sandstorms using simulation and a wind tunnel experiment
Journal of Engineering and Applied ScienceSandstorms have destructive effects on railway infrastructures due to the movement and erosion of sand. One of the proposed solutions to reduce the impact of windblown sand on desert railways is the hump slab track superstructure.
Masoud Fathali +2 more
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Sensitivity of Rural Housing Values to Aggregate Economic Policy [PDF]
This paper has a two-fold contribution, 1) Examine the importance of aggregate economic policy on housing prices and rural housing prices, and 2) delineate factors resulting in divergent housing prices between urban and rural markets.
Gustafson, Cole R., Shaik, Saleem
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigates the longitudinal impact of socioeconomic instability on teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infection (STI) diagnosis among adolescents and young adults (AYA) living in an agricultural region and examines pathways including supportive family and social structures, decision making autonomy in romantic relationships ...
Marie C. D. Stoner +11 more
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