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Strengthening urban resilience in China through underground infrastructures management: Addressing global climate challenges with technological solutions

open access: yesDeep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This paper explores how climate‐resilient technologies, such as smart grids, digital twins, and self‐healing materials, can enhance urban resilience. It highlights the urgent need for proactive planning, public‐private collaboration, and data‐driven innovation to future‐proof underground infrastructure amid accelerating climate and urban pressures ...
Kai Chen Goh   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Policy Without Implementation? A Review of Factors Contributing to Implementation Gaps in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The sound formation of robust environmental policies is increasingly important for low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) to achieve their national objectives and international commitments. However, policy implementation can be complex, and environmental policies may not be prioritised given other critical socio‐economic development issues ...
Rebecca K. M. Clube, Julia Tomei
wiley   +1 more source

Present and potential factors destabilizing Central Asia as a challenge to the European Union [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Azja Centralna boryka się z różnymi wyzwaniami od konfliktów o wodę, po na tle etnicznym, religijnym. Kolejnym czynnikiem destabilizacyjnym jest rosnąca rywalizacja w regionie pomiędzy Rosją, Chinami i USA. O ile Rosja chce utrzymać swoją strefę wpływów,
Fiedler, Radosław
core   +2 more sources

Soft Power in Trade: Quantifying the Impact of Confucius Institutes on China's Exports

open access: yesInternational Studies of Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role of Confucius Institutes (CIs) as a form of China's cultural diplomacy and their impact on international trade, particularly exports. Using a gravity model, we analyze data from 1990 to 2019 across countries, finding that the presence of CIs significantly boosts China's exports.
Renjing Chen, Wei Jin, Tangrui Yang
wiley   +1 more source

Water stress: Opportunities for supply chain research

open access: yesProduction and Operations Management, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Driven by climate change and overuse, water stress is a worsening sustainability concern that threatens businesses and communities across the globe. Leading global organizations such as the United Nations have expressed an urgent need for sustainable water management strategies across nations and economies.
Dustin Cole   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Press Coverage of Gendered Labour Division in the Water Sector of Uzbekistan

open access: yesCentral Asian Journal of Water Research, 2020
The article analyses the press coverage of gendered labour division in Uzbekistan’s water sector. The study focused on the content, types, methods, forms, techniques and principles of gendered labour division coverage in the Narodnoye Slovo [Popular ...
M. A. Bozorova
doaj   +1 more source

Agrarian Reform in Uzbekistan: Why Has the Chinese Model Failed to Deliver? [PDF]

open access: yes
The paper analyses the nature and effects of agrarian reform in Uzbekistan. Since becoming independent in late 1991, Uzbekistan has followed a gradual reform path, often invoking the Chinese model.
Richard Pomfret
core  

Comments on EO 13126 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
EO_13126_Comments_FINAL_DOL_2011_0006.pdf: 226 downloads, before Oct.
International Labor Rights Forum
core   +1 more source

Phenotypic and Molecular Characterization of Naganishia uzbekistanensis: Diagnostic Challenges and Antifungal Resistance Profile

open access: yesJournal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, EarlyView.
The graphical abstract summarizes the laboratory characterization of Naganishia uzbekistanensis strain CY11558. The isolate shows distinct colony morphology, globular yeast cells with a fibrillar surface network under scanning electron microscopy, and a weakly positive cryptococcal antigen reaction.
Xin Fan   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bologna System in the Republic of Uzbekistan: Monitoring and Current Trends [PDF]

open access: yesСовременная Европа
This article is dedicated to the analysis of the implementation of the Bologna system of education in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The relevance of the study is determined by the necessity to monitor current changes in higher education, which are taking ...
Irina Zhukovskaya
doaj   +1 more source

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