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Growing cities [PDF]

, 2013
Towns and cities existed throughout Africa’s past. However since the late twentieth century Africans are witnessing a historically unprecedented transition from living mainly in rural areas to residing in cities.
Meier Zu Selhausen, Felix
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Where Tech Meets the SDGs: A Supply‐Chain Process Map for Sustainability Management

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how advanced technologies support Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within supply chain management (SCM) through a structured analysis of 4448 sustainable practices. By integrating perspectives from sustainability‐oriented innovation (SOI) and contingent dynamic capabilities, the research conceptualizes technology ...
Vincenzo Varriale, Antonello Cammarano, Moacir Godinho‐Filho   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urbanism after Urbanism

, 2018
ISBN:978-3-03778-551 ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Biological contamination of soils in urbanized ecosystems by Toxocara sp. eggs. [PDF]

, 2020
О В Масленникова, I. V. Erofeeva   +1 more
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Bridging Theory and Prediction: A Hybrid SEM and Machine Learning Approach to Optimize Lean Construction for Megaproject Sustainability in China

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Construction megaprojects, large‐scale, complex, and capital‐intensive, are particularly prone to inefficiencies, cost overruns, delays, and environmental degradation due to fragmented workflows, stakeholder misalignment, and resource intensity.
Abdelazim Ibrahim, Tarek Zayed, Zoubeir Lafhaj, Ahmed Maged, Ahmed Farouk Kineber, Jingchao Yang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contrasting processes driving tropical and non-tropical winter warm spells

Communications Earth & Environment
Winter warm spells (or winter heatwaves) are prolonged periods of anomalously high temperatures in cold seasons where hot weather typically does not occur. These off-season events challenge ecosystems and societies by triggering snowmelt-induced flooding
Sijia Wu, Ming Luo, Manqing Shi, Yu Tang, Tuantuan Zhang, Qiuting Wang, Xiaoyu Wang   +6 more
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Time-series urban green space mapping and analysis through automatic sample generation and seasonal consistency modification on Sentinel-2 data: A case study of Shanghai, China

Science of Remote Sensing
Urban green space (UGS) is crucial for the vitality and sustainability of the urban environment. However, the current UGS extraction methods based on satellite images still face the problem of high sample costs and phenological interference, which leads ...
Zhuoqun Chai, Keyao Wen, Hao Fu, Mengxi Liu, Qian Shi   +4 more
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Urban Development Transitions and their Implications for Poverty Reduction and Policy Planning in Uganda [PDF]

Urbanization is one of the critical global trends shaping the future of humanity. At the same time, it has been argued that full development requires an urbanized environment.
Lwasa, Shuaib, Mukwaya, Paul Isolo, Sengendo, Hannington   +2 more
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Unbounded urbanization and the Horizontal Metropolis : the pragmatic program of August Mennes in the Antwerp agglomeration [PDF]

, 2015
Parallel to many discussions in other European cities, the debate on a metropolitan Antwerp emerged at the turn of the 20th century, following the decision to tear down the old ramparts around the city in 1904. Once boundless, the old core became for the
Broes, Tom, Dehaene, Michiel
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Urban Economics [PDF]

, 2008
Urban economics emphasizes: the spatial arrangements of households, firms, and capital in metropolitan areas; the externalities which arise from the proximity of households and land uses; and the public policy issues which arise from the interplay of these economic forces.
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