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The Process of Urbanisation in Pakistan, 1951–81 [PDF]
The current level of urbanisation in Pakistan, approximately 33 percent in 1998, is not high by global standards. But it is commonly linked with unemployment, underemployment, shortage of housing, transport and other infrastructure like water supply and ...
G.M. Arif, Sabiha Ibrahim
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Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The ecology of forests, their losses, and terrestrial wood decomposition dynamics have been intensively studied and reviewed. In the aquatic realm, reviews have concentrated on large wood (LW) in rivers and the transition from freshwater to marine environments in the Pacific Northwest of North America. However, a comprehensive global synthesis
Jon Dickson +9 more
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« Nouvelles fondations privées » et transition de « régimes institutionnels »
Lien Social et Politiques, 2011 Depuis la fin des années 1980, de « nouvelles fondations privées » ont vu le jour, caractérisées par une volonté d’innover dans le domaine de la philanthropie.
Frédéric Lesemann
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Evolución y perspectivas de la población francesa en las últimas décadas
Geograficando, 2017 Este texto corresponde a la conferencia dictada durante las XVIII Jornadas de Investigación organizadas por el Departamento de Geografía y el Centro de Investigaciones Geográficas de la Universidad Nacional de La Plata, realizadas en el mes de noviembre ...
Yvanne Bouvet
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Subaltern Urbanisation Revisited *
, 2018 To recall, subaltern urbanisation refers to the autonomous growth of settlement agglomerations—large clusters of people living in close proximity (which may or may not be classified as urban by the Census of India or the relevant state government)—that are generated by market and historical forces, and which are not dependent on large, traditionally ...
Mukhopadhyay, Partha +2 more
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Environmental problems and opportunities of the peri-urban interface and their impact upon the poor [PDF]
, 1999 The objective of this document is to provide an overview of the problems and opportunities of the peri-urban interface (PUI) with regard to the broad concerns of environmentalsustainability and ...
Allen, A, Corubolo, E, da Silva, N
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Response Of The Dupi Tila Aquifer to intensive pumping in Dhaka, Bangladesh [PDF]
, 2003 This paper focuses on the water-quantity issues facing Dhaka because of the rapid exploitation of the Dupi Tila aquifer. Dhaka is one of the world’s largest groundwater-dependent cities, relying on water withdrawn from this underlying semiconfined sand ...
Kazi, Matin Ahmed +2 more
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The spread of non‐native species
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The global redistribution of species through human agency is one of the defining ecological signatures of the Anthropocene, with biological invasions reshaping biodiversity patterns, ecosystem processes and services, and species interactions globally.
Phillip J. Haubrock +16 more
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Lien Social et Politiques, 2008 Cet article porte sur l’émergence d’une approche de la médiation culturelle et politique observée dans le cadre de politiques culturelles municipales. Abordée sous l’angle de la place des acteurs dans les processus de mise à l’agenda, d’élaboration, de ...
Geneviève Béliveau-Paquin
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Natural resources governance scales and social learning approaches in peri-urban areas: Contribution experience in Bolivia and Brazil [PDF]
, 2008 Competition for water, often associated with a struggle for land, tends to be exacerbated in pen-urban areas because of the conflicting interests of the users, a dynamic land use pattern and specific hydrological functions provided to the city.
Ducrot, Raphaèle
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