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Plant responses to urban gradients: Extinction, plasticity, adaptation
Journal of Ecology, Volume 112, Issue 12, Page 2861-2875, December 2024.Herbaceous plants often change their morphology in response to urban conditions: grass cutting, altered soils, warmer temperatures and being surrounded by tightly‐packed buildings. These changes are sometimes hereditary, which suggests that city management and planning affect the ability of plants to survive and evolve in urban environments.
Alejandro Sotillo +4 more
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Tivoli, quartier durable : une nouvelle manière de faire la ville à Bruxelles ?
Brussels Studies, 2016 In Brussels and elsewhere, the reference to sustainable development has made its way in public policies. With its 400 housing units, its park and an economic centre dedicated to “green” companies, the “Tivoli” sustainable neighbourhood project is one of ...
Arnaud Bilande +6 more
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The social life of illegality: Suspicion and surveillance against African migrants in urban India
American Anthropologist, Volume 126, Issue 3, Page 422-433, September 2024.Abstract The turn of the 21st century has witnessed a rising trend of migration from the African continent to cities across India. Accompanying such flows have been racial tensions and policing spectacles, including incidents of violence, vandalism, and evictions against African migrants and their pathologization as “illegal.” These subtle yet ...
Bani Gill
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La problemàtica de l’habitatge de la immigració andalusa a Olot durant el franquisme (1940-1975)
Documents d'Anàlisi Geogràfica, 2017 En aquest article, s’hi analitza la problemàtica de l’habitatge entre els immigrants andalusos que s’assentaren al municipi d’Olot (Girona) durant el franquisme. Si bé les xifres que assolí aquesta immigració a Olot no foren tan altes com les del conjunt
Xavier Casademont Falguera +1 more
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Governing intersectional climate justice: Tactics and lessons from Barcelona
Environmental Policy and Governance, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 256-274, June 2024.Abstract Cities and local governments are important actors in the global governance of climate change; however, the specific governance principles and arrangements that enable urban climate plans and policies to realize commitments to social equity and justice remain largely unexplored. This article uses the City of Barcelona, Spain, as a critical case
Ana Terra Amorim‐Maia +3 more
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A escrita da história como um processo: as práticas historiográficas de Françoise Choay (1965-1973)
Oculum Ensaios, 2017 O presente artigo tem por objeto a produção da filósofa Françoise Choay. Mais especificamente, ele aborda textos que a autora desenvolveu entre 1965 e 1973, nos quais ela enfoca a história do urbanismo.
Priscilla Alves Peixoto
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Canadian Geographer / Le géographe canadien, Volume 68, Issue 2, Page 212-223, Summer / été 2024.Résumé La publication de la Politique nationale de l'architecture et de l'aménagement du territoire du Québec (PNAAT) interpelle la géographie à plusieurs égards. Cette politique, qui résulte d'un processus d'élaboration de dix‐huit mois, est mise en récit autour du paradigme de l'aménagement durable, comme le veut la tendance générale aujourd'hui en ...
Martin Simard
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Round Trip Policies: Housing and Self‐Management, from Europe to Latin America and Back Again
Antipode, Volume 56, Issue 2, Page 446-468, March 2024.Abstract Current debates in radical urban studies and comparative urbanism focus in part on the denunciation of universalisation in urban theories as an expression of Eurocentrism. Decolonial and postcolonial scholars risk rejecting general theorising in the name of particularism, difference, and the fragmentary character of the world and reducing ...
Ibán Díaz‐Parra +2 more
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Canadian Geographer / Le géographe canadien, Volume 68, Issue 1, Page 101-114, Spring / printemps 2024.ABSTRACT When it comes to making planning and development decisions, the concepts of small, medium‐sized, or large cities are sometimes used to adapt public policies and instruments, or even to highlight challenges that are specific to certain categories of city. In this article, we take a look at the various dimensions that can be used to characterize
Michel Rochefort +3 more
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Comment les corps techniques construisent la ville
Brussels Studies, 2013 This article combines the results of two doctoral research papers and is the fruit of work carried out within the framework of a more global study on the elite in the city.
Benedikte Zitouni, Céline Tellier
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