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Creative urban regeneration between innovation, identity and sustainability
Sepe, Marichela - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 12 (2009) 2/3/4, pp. 144-159
conditioning creativity in cities and how do they stimulate sustainable urban regeneration and innovation. In the framework of the …
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Cities for All: Recent Experiences with Neighborhood Upgrading Programs Title: Ciudades para todos: La experiencia reciente en programas de mejoramiento de barrios
Brakarz, José; Rojas, Eduardo; Greene, Margarita - Inter-American Development Bank
Cities for All examines informal urbanization in Latin America as well as the methodologies being used to design and implement programs to upgrade slum areas in the region.Abstract: Ciudades para todos analiza el fenómeno de la urbanización informal en América Latina y presenta diferentes...
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Cities for All: Recent Experiences with Neighborhood Upgrading Programs Title: Ciudades para todos: La experiencia reciente en programas de mejoramiento de barrios
Brakarz, José; Rojas, Eduardo; Greene, Margarita - Inter-American Development Bank
Cities for All examines informal urbanization in Latin America as well as the methodologies being used to design and implement programs to upgrade slum areas in the region.Abstract: Ciudades para todos analiza el fenómeno de la urbanización informal en América Latina y presenta diferentes...
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Sustainable nuclear energy: some reasons for optimism
Wilson, Richard - In: International Journal of Global Energy Issues 28 (2007) 2/3, pp. 138-160
This paper traces various aspects of nuclear electrical power from about 1970 when it burst on the world scene, starting in the USA and spreading rapidly to the rest of the world. Taking the US situation as typical, and perhaps dominant, I show that the cost of nuclear electricity was cheap in...
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Initial public perceptions of carbon geosequestration: implications for engagement and environmental risk communication strategies
Miller, E.; Summerville, J.; Buys, L.; Bell, L. - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 8 (2008) 1/2, pp. 147-164
perceptions of carbon geosequestration. Most respondents believed that it was important for Australia to reduce carbon dioxide …
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Post-Oil-Cities - Postfossile Mobilität und Energieversorgung: Klimaneutrale Städte und Regionen. Rolle der Planung
König, Michael - In: Schneller, öfter, weiter? Perspektiven der …
Im Zuge der sukzessiven Verknappung des Erdöls als Energierohstoff durch sinkende Fördermengen und steigende Nachfrage in Schwellenländern - dazu der drohende Klimawandel - findet bei Stadt- und Raumplanung eine verstärkte Auseinandersetzung mit dem Thema der post-fossilen Lebensweise statt....
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Europe In The Global Economy: Matching The U.S.?
Ude, Christian; Teltschik, Horst; Sinn, Hans-Werner - In: CESifo Forum 4 (2003) 2, pp. 3-7
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Evaluation of Urban Sustainability in Specific Sectors in Latvia
Abolina, Kristine; Zilans, Andis - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 4 (2002) 3, pp. 299-314
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Financing Low Carbon Urban Development in South Asia: A Post-2012 Context
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013
The cities of South Asia are growing at an unprecedented rate, and there is potential to steer this development onto a sustainable and green path. Carbon financing serves as a valuable revenue source to help cities earn additional income to support low-carbon development. With the end of the...
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The role of culture in sustainable urban development: some economic issues
Throsby, David - In: International Journal of Global Environmental Issues 13 (2014) 2/3/4, pp. 89-99
The cultural sector of a city contributes in a variety of ways to promoting the livability, vitality and sustainability … investment in urban heritage. Finally, the issue of sustainability is considered with reference to the notion of culturally … sustainable development, which implies the long-term management of cultural resources such that the basic sustainability …
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