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City Planning Labs : A Concept for Strenghtening City Planning Capacity in Indonesia
, 2013 The cities that emerge from Indonesia s rapid urbanization will be key determinants of the country s overall economic development and competitiveness, as well as their inclusiveness and environmental sustainability.
The City Form Lab
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Fire‐Safe Polymeric Insulation Foams for Energy‐Efficient and Low‐Carbon Buildings
ENERGY &ENVIRONMENTAL MATERIALS, EarlyView.This review systematically summarizes recent advances in fire‐safe polymeric insulation foams, emphasizing the balance among flame retardancy, thermal insulation, mechanical reliability, and long‐term durability. By linking material‐level thermophysical properties with building cooling‐energy demand and operational carbon emissions, it establishes a ...
Qinhe Guo +10 more
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The international conservation and natural resources communities have increasingly embraced the principle of community participation. This rhetoric around participation has gained power and influence in setting countries' agendas for natural resources governance, largely without a sound understanding of public opinion on the issues.
Rachel S. Friedman +3 more
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, 2018 Planetary Urbanization (Brenner, Shmid, 2011) opens up a radical shift in analysis from urban form to urbanization process, as suggested through the radical hypothesis of the complete urbanization of society, put forward by Henri Lefebvre four decades ...
Morata, Berta
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Articulating intra-Asian urbanism: the production of satellite city megaprojects in Phnom Penh [PDF]
, 2012 Privately built satellite cities are becoming an increasingly common form of urban development in peri-urban areas of Southeast Asian cities. However, while they are beginning to receive academic attention, the majority of studies focus on design and ...
Percival, Thomas
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, 2014 Urban agricultural lands, which are of extreme importance to improve the ecological environment in cities and for an increase in the breathing spaces of the city, are now mercilessly assigned to the industrial and housing sectors as they provide higher ...
Cengiz, Ayşe Esra +3 more
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The construction sector is a major contributor to the climate crisis, accounting for over one‐third of global energy‐related CO2 emissions. In response, the European Commission identified the circular economy as a means of achieving green growth and prioritized the construction sector in its Circular Economy Action Plan.
A. (Angeline) Chartier +1 more
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The Potato's Contribution to Population and Urbanization: Evidence from an Historical Experiment [PDF]
We exploit regional variation in suitability for cultivating potatoes, together with time variation arising from their introduction to the Old World from the Americas, to estimate the impact of potatoes on Old World population and urbanization.
Nancy Qian, Nathan Nunn
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How Multiple Streams Influence Agenda‐Setting for Water Reuse in Swiss Substates
Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As climate change creates significant challenges for both the environment and society, potential mitigation and adaptation solutions are widely discussed. Yet, neither challenges nor their potential solutions automatically reach the political agenda or lead to a policy decision.
Magdalena A. Knabl +4 more
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Local environmental politics in China is often said to be dominated by state‐controlled modes of multi‐level governance. However, top‐down governance is embedded within and transformed by local politics, adding complexity to governance practices and environmental outcomes.
Minsi Liu, Kevin Lo
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