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Failure matters: Reassembling eco-urbanism in a globalizing China [PDF]
This paper is an attempt to reassess the role of failure in policy mobilities. Empirically, this paper examines the various aftermaths of, and the continuing trans-local connections originating from, the prominent but un-materialized Sino-British ...
Chang, I-Chun Catherine
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Pt/Ce2(WO4)3, synthesized via simple calcination and hydrothermal methods, serves as a promising electrochemical gas sensor for detecting nitrogen dioxide (NO2). This study investigates the structural characteristics of the sensor. The sensor with 0.5 wt.% Pt loading exhibits the optimal sensing performance, demonstrating high sensitivity and ...
Jiaxin Li+3 more
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Revisiting and rethinking contemporary urban design
Urban and architectural theorist Nikos Salingaros, a professor of mathematics at Texas University, San Antonio is affiliated with departments of urbanism in several countries and has made a significant contribution to the understanding of urban planning ...
Almantas Samalavicius
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An international collaboration for the development of a research training course in an emergent academic discipline [PDF]
Proceedings of INTED2010 Conference. 8-10 March 2010, Valencia, Spain.In professional areas such as the creative and performing arts and design, the academic model of research has not been clearly articulated.
Biggs, Michael, Buchler, D., Rocco, R.
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Water infrastructure and social housing in Bogotá: an intersection between modern water management and social housing production [PDF]
En la actualidad Bogotá afronta la presión de construir viviendas sociales en ecosistemas frágiles, áreas rurales o zonas propensas a las inundaciones, y al mismo tiempo proteger estas áreas para asegurar la capacidad de resiliencia del medio ambiente.
Rojas Bernal, Claudia Lucia
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Rigid, lightweight foams for thermal insulation are produced using a universal and scalable method: results are compared between pilot plant trials, four wood residues, pulp, ocean water, and a biosurfactant. Two guidelines for using this method are suggested: use a distribution of rigid wood microparticle sizes and shapes and match the average ...
Elizabeth Dobrzanski+9 more
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This review explores the progressive design of biopolymer‐based fibrous membranes enhanced with layered carbon materials such as MXene, graphene oxide, and carbon nanotubes. It highlights how their integration significantly boosts water filtration performance, selectivity, and antifouling properties.
Sanaz Khademolqorani+10 more
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Austerity urbanism: Patterns of neo-liberalisation and resistance in six cities of Spain and the UK
This paper explores neoliberalisation and its counter-currents through a six-case study of austerity urbanism in Spain and the UK. Applying Urban Regime Theory it highlights the role of urban politics in driving, variegating and containing neoliberalism ...
Jonathan S. Davies, I. Blanco
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Walking as Do-It-Yourself Urbansim [PDF]
This article develops a series of theoretical notions arising in the context of an urban art project that took place in London in the summer of 2004 under the title “Where do you breathe?”1 As a participatory urban intervention, the project challenged ...
Cupers, Kenny
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Collaborative and competitive strategies in the variability and resiliency of large-scale societies in Mesoamerica [PDF]
Examinations of the variation and duration of past large-scale societies have long involved a conceptual struggle between efforts at generalization and the unraveling of specific trajectories. Although historical particulars are critical to understanding
Acemoglu+102 more
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