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Fuori Luogo, 2021 The paper aims in highlighting that situations of pandemics and social disasters, such as the recent Covid-19 emergency, have an impact on daily urban rhythms and spatial practices and, as a result, a series of emotions emerge which, in the future, we ...
Olga Tzatzadaki
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African Cities and the Development Conundrum
Revue Internationale de Politique de Développement, 2018 Africa is urbanising faster than any other continent. The stupendous pace of urbanisation challenges the usual image of Africa as a rural continent.
Till Förster, Carole Ammann
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Incremental Dependencies: Politics and Ethics of Claim-making at the Fringes of Windhoek, Namibia
Revue Internationale de Politique de Développement, 2018 On the basis of a case study of informal residents’ claims over land, housing and basic amenities in Windhoek, Namibia, this chapter seeks to contribute to debates on the broad sociopolitical implications of claim-making dynamics between residents and ...
Lalli Metsola
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Evolution of Urban Transportation Policies in India: A Review and Analysis
Transportation in Developing Economies, 2021 India’s rising population and vehicular ownership have led to problems such as traffic congestion, pollution, and road accidents. The transportation sector is a crucial player in the country’s economy, but at the same time, it is also a significant ...
A. Verma, V. Harsha, G. Subramanian
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Remote Sensing-Based Analysis of Urban Landscape Change in the City of Bucharest, Romania
Remote Sensing, 2021 The paper investigates the urban landscape changes for the last 50 years in Bucharest, the capital city of Romania. Bucharest shows a complex structural transformation driven by the socialist urban policy, followed by an intensive real-estate market ...
Constantin Nistor +5 more
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Climate, 2020 The increasing intensity, duration, and frequency of heat waves due to human-caused climate change puts historically underserved populations in a heightened state of precarity, as studies observe that vulnerable communities—especially those within urban ...
J. Hoffman, V. Shandas, N. Pendleton
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The Africa Problem of Global Urban Theory: Re-conceptualising Planetary Urbanisation
Revue Internationale de Politique de Développement, 2018 This paper works to address what I consider the enduring ‘Africa problem’ in global urban theory. I engage and critique selected relevant urban thought from the Globalization and World Cities research group, from Henri Lefebvre and from the new wave of ...
Garth Myers
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Urban food policies for a sustainable and just future: Concepts and tools for a renewed agenda
, 2021 In the context of pressing socio-ecological challenges, from poverty and pandemics to climate change, urban food policies are expanding across the globe.
Ana Moragues-Faus, J. Battersby
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Urban adaptation, strategies and projects. The gap between policies and their implementation
Agathón, 2019 The increasing impacts of climate change are pushing cities to take paths towards adaptation and resilience. The adaptation, due to its systemic nature, is multi-scalar: at the urban scale (macro-level) it is implemented through plans and strategies; on ...
Guido Emilio Rossi
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The shadow of the “Great Earthquake” on a sustainable Bucharest. Shared responsibilities and disaster risk management [PDF]
Human Geographies: Journal of Studies and Research in Human Geography, 2020 Bucharest is located in Romania’s most active seismic area. In the past, the city has been significantly affected by a few earthquakes, including the 1977 one, which was one of the strongest and caused the most significant number of human victims and ...
Bogdan Suditu +3 more
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