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Negotiating informality and urban resilience: implications for equity

Ecology and Society
Informality is a distinguishing characteristic of cities in the Global South and is strongly associated with urban inequality. Yet, in pursuing resilience, urban resilience strategies and planning have yet to grapple with the role of informality in ...
Hallie Eakin, Johan Enqvist, Maike Hamann, Nadine Methner, Martha Nthambi Sibanda, Jade L Sullivan, Ernita van Wyk, Gina Ziervogel   +7 more
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Les coulisses du pouvoir local : stratégies d’autonomie et pratiques informelles dans la municipalité du Rímac (Lima)

L'Espace Politique, 2016
This article explores the dimensions of informality behind the scenes of Rímac’s local government, a central district of the Peruvian capital, Lima. The municipality’s capacity to oversee urban development is challenged by the magnitude of its problems ...
Jérémy Robert, Pascale Metzger
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Assembling Transit Urban Design in the Global South: Urban Morphology in Relation to Forms of Urbanity and Informality in the Public Space Surrounding Transit Stations

Urban Science, 2022
The imperative to address the challenge of transforming car-dependent cities and promoting sustainable mobilities requires that we engage with the relationships between urban morphology and forms of urbanity in public spaces surrounding transit nodes ...
Nastaran Peimani, Hesam Kamalipour
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Hainan Longevity Model, Senile Degeneration, Cognitive Disability and Healthy Longevity

AGING MEDICINE, EarlyView.
Investigating centenarians who exemplify healthy longevity can aid in formulating preventive strategies aimed at achieving health and extending lifespan in the context of population aging. Hainan longevity model (HLM) plays key roles in promoting healthy longevity and provides scientific evidence for achieving healthy longevity in the older population.
Shihui Fu, Jiacai Lin, Qianshuo Liu, Lianbo Gao, Zhirui Li, Feng Lin, Leixing Xie, Xiong Liu, Wenkai Xiao, Qiwei Zhu, Fan Wang, Jin Zheng, Yali Zhao, Xiaolei Chen, Yao Yao, Long Feng   +15 more
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Informalité politique, pouvoirs et envers des espaces urbains

L'Espace Politique, 2016
Introductory article of the issue 29 (2016-2) of the journal L’Espace politique entitled "Political Informality, Power and the Other Side of Urban Space"
Sébastien Jacquot, Alexis Sierra, Jérôme Tadié   +2 more
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Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques, Stevens Azima, Maurice Doyon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Farmers’ Protests in Germany: Media Coverage and Types of Bias

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The German farmers’ protests of 2024 sparked widespread media coverage and public debate. Yet, media coverage was not always positive, reflecting the media's attention‐seeking and selective focus. Occurrences of farmers blocking media outlets reflected distrust in how their concerns were portrayed.
Felix Schlichte, Doris Läpple
wiley   +1 more source

On Urban Informality: A Pyramid on Slum Upgrading and Placemaking

Comillas Journal of International Relations, 2019
The cities of today are confronted with ever-increasing numbers of informal settlements. Notwithstanding four decades of national and international efforts to reverse the distressing state of affairs, slums have become the main housing type worldwide ...
Natalia Meléndez Fuentes
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Including Urban Informality for Economic Development in Masvingo City, Zimbabwe

Indonesian Journal of Social and Environmental Issues, 2020
The informal sector has been excluded in the development of cities despite playing a big role in providing livelihoods to a lot of urban dwellers. Their contribution to the city economy has been marginalized despite the size of this sector and the ...
Average Chigwenya, Prisca Simbanegavi
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Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery in the Era of Robotics: Evolution, Eclipse, or Equilibrium?

Annals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Minimally invasive colorectal surgery has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past three decades. Laparoscopy, once viewed with skepticism, is now firmly established as a standard approach, supported by robust randomized trials demonstrating oncologic safety and improved recovery compared to open surgery.
Amanjeet Singh, Archit Gupta, Azhar Perwaiz, Adarsh Chaudhary   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source