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Energy Efficiency Retrofits and Policy Design for Sustainable Affordable Housing -- The Design of Energy Programs in Canada: A Social Housing Lens -- Beyond Energy Efficiency: Investing in Social Affordable Housing in Vancouver -- Energy Efficiency Retrofits in Social & Affordable Housing in...

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1. A Comprehensive Framework of Understanding the Context and Content of China’s New United Front Work on Hong Kong -- 2. The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong as Flagship of China’s United Front Work -- 3. Political Participation of Fujianese Interest Groups...

Chapter 1: Historical and Geographical Viewpoints for the Analysis of Rural Community Management -- Part I Farmland Conservation and Rural Vitalization -- Chapter 2: Characteristics of Collective Conservation of Farmlands with Broad-Based Community Agreement under Direct Payment Policy in Hilly...