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Bridget Thodesen, Erlend Andenæs, Rolf André Bohne and Tore Kvande
The timely implementation of climate adaptation measures for the urban environment is essential to the creation of robust cities. Within Norway, these adaptation measures are undertaken at the municipal level. Unfortunately, the implementation of adaptat...
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Madeline A. Grupper, Madeline E. Schreiber and Michael G. Sorice
Provision of safe drinking water by water utilities is challenged by disturbances to water quality that have become increasingly frequent due to global changes and anthropogenic impacts. Many water utilities are turning to adaptable and flexible strategi...
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Wenyuan Kong, Caiying Liao, Qian Xu, Jiabei Wang and Teng Fei
The danwei is a distinctive spatial unit in China, as a legacy of the Maoist era. In a danwei, state-owned enterprises supplied a full set of facilities, such that people?s daily activities did not often extend beyond their danweis. However, with the rap...
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Yonah Freemark, Anne Hudson and Jinhua Zhao
Local governments play an important role in structuring urban transportation through street design, zoning, and shared jurisdiction over ride-hailing, transit, and road pricing. While cities can harness these powers to steer planning outcomes, there is l...
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Florencia Franzini, Ritva Toivonen and Anne Toppinen
As the construction sector continues to be associated with highly energy-intensive practices leading to excessive carbon emissions, governments in many countries are promoting a shift towards greener building practices, like the use of wood in multistory...
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Joshua N. Edokpayi, Elizabeth T. Rogawski, David M. Kahler, Courtney L. Hill, Catherine Reynolds, Emanuel Nyathi, James A. Smith, John O. Odiyo, Amidou Samie, Pascal Bessong and Rebecca Dillingham
Consumption of microbial-contaminated water can result in diarrheal illnesses and enteropathy with the heaviest impact upon children below the age of five. We aimed to provide a comprehensive analysis of water quality in a low-resource setting in Limpopo...
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Quintarina Uniaty
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The city of Jakarta shows special characteristics in social, economic and cultural structures, a characteristic of urban life that gives much influence to its physical form. Development of the city is faced with problem of environmental degradation cause...
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Lineo W. Dzansi, Crispen Chipunza, Mabokang Monnapula-Mapesela
Service delivery in South Africa has of recent been marred with much criticism and citizens? dissatisfactions evidenced by protests across the country, especially in different municipal areas. While the South African central government recognizes the imp...
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Matshidiso Kanjere
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The South African youth faces multiple challenges that range from illiteracy, drug and alcohol abuse, crime and HIV/AIDS, to unemployment. These challenges and many other ills in society have led to interventions by government, and private and other civi...
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