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Bridging Horizontal to Vertical Radiative Cooling
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Radiative cooling materials are mature but only work facing the sky, confining them to rooftops. Instead of developing new ones, this system bridges existing horizontal coolers to vertical windows using blades outside the glass. On an occupied urban building, windows stay up to 1.4°C below air temperature while preserving daylight, outward views, and ...
Xiangyu Meng, Gan Huang
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Measuring Poverty in South Africa [PDF]
, 1999 This paper sets out the methodological issues for the measurement of poverty before presenting a poverty profile of South Africa. It tests the sensitivity of the poverty profile to choices around the metric used to measure well-being, the equivalence ...
Leibbrandt, Murray, Woolard, Ingrid
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Monitoring and Evaluating Poverty Reduction Policies in Mozambique. Study 2: Social Relations of Urban Poverty [PDF]
, 2008 Issues of urban poverty have received little attention in Mozambique, even though the urban poverty rate is high and urban inequality is on the rise. In the bairros of Maputo, unemployment, crime and the high costs of food, housing and land inhibit the ...
Rosário, Carmeliza +2 more
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STUDI IMPLEMENTASI PROYEK PENANGGULANGAN KEMISKINAN DI PERKOTAN (P2KP)
Jurnal Ilmu Sosial, 2016 Urban Poverty Project (P2KP) as one of government projects with the aim of reconciling the poverty. The object of Urban Poverty Project as the poor society in urban area under the approved criterion.
Nina Widowati
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Autonomous Solar Metallurgy for High‐Purity Gold Recovery from Electronic Waste
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Inspired by microbial strategies for metal uptake and biomineralization, defect‐rich copper sulfide (Cu31S16) functions as a solar metallurgical platform that unifies Au(III) capture, reduction, and self‐separation. The bioinspired design enables ultrafast gold recovery from electronic‐waste leachates and the spontaneous formation of millimeter‐scale ...
Chaopeng Liu +7 more
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Commercial Rabbit Farming and Poverty in Urban and Peri-Urban Kenya
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 Research has shown that agricultural commercialization is an effective way of boosting farmers' welfare. Is this true for urban or peri-urban farmers?
Chrispinus Mutsami, Stephen Karl
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Recent advances in metasurface‐enabled low‐observable technologies are reviewed from the perspective of cross‐scale material–structure synergy. Electromagnetic, thermal, optical, and acoustic stealth are highlighted together with dynamic tuning, programmable coding, data‐driven inverse design, artificial intelligence, multispectral compatibility, and ...
Shuhao Wang +5 more
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Investigating the spatial distribution of energy poverty. An application to the city of Bologna
TeMA: Journal of Land Use, Mobility and EnvironmentNowadays energy accessibility and affordability are global concerns. Energy poverty and its effects on households have been increasingly discussed in the public debate, as well as addressed by energy and social policies.
Sofia Manaresi, Angela Santangelo
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The Study of Poverty among Iran\'s Urban Households in Five Economic Development Plans: 1989-2015 [PDF]
پژوهشهای اقتصادی, 2018 Poverty reduction and households’ welfare growth have become major issues in economic development in the recent years, so that poverty alleviation and individual’s welfare improvement are necessary conditions for economic growth.
mohammad mowlaei, Zohreh Rahimirad
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Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park +4 more
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