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A necessary evil? Examining the complexities of care and commodification 必要的邪恶?研究护理和商品化的复杂性

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Environment and Planning. E, Nature and Space Pub Date : 2022-10-19 DOI: 10.1177/25148486221132227

C. MacKay

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Professionalisation and the spectacle of nature: Understanding changes in the visual imaginaries of private protected area organisations in Australia 专业化和自然景观:了解澳大利亚私人保护区组织视觉想象的变化

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Environment and Planning. E, Nature and Space Pub Date : 2022-10-18 DOI: 10.1177/25148486221129418

Florence L. P. Damiens, A. Davison, B. Cooke

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The material politics of living in close proximity to our wastewaters: A case of decentralisation in the Netherlands 生活在污水处理厂附近的物质政治:荷兰的分权案例

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Environment and Planning. E, Nature and Space Pub Date : 2022-10-17 DOI: 10.1177/25148486221131191

Rebeca Ibáñez Martín, F. Smits

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“A little portion of our 40 acres”: A black agrarian imaginary in the city “我们40英亩土地的一小部分”:城市中黑人土地的想象

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Environment and Planning. E, Nature and Space Pub Date : 2022-10-13 DOI: 10.1177/25148486221129408

Justine Lindemann

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Imaginaries of planetary inhabitance: Polar futurism and the labors of climate science 行星居住的想象:极地未来主义和气候科学的努力

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Environment and Planning. E, Nature and Space Pub Date : 2022-10-11 DOI: 10.1177/25148486221129124

Spencer Adams

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Imaginaries on ice: Sociotechnical futures of data centre development in Norway and Iceland 冰上的想象:挪威和冰岛数据中心发展的社会技术未来

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Environment and Planning. E, Nature and Space Pub Date : 2022-10-03 DOI: 10.1177/25148486221126619

P. Upham, Benjamin K. Sovacool, Chukwuka G. Monyei

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Radical reassemblages: The life history of a Nile Delta pumping collective 激进的重组:尼罗河三角洲抽水集体的生活史

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Environment and Planning. E, Nature and Space Pub Date : 2022-10-02 DOI: 10.1177/25148486221123701

E. Rap, C. D. de Bont, F. Molle, A. Bolding, Ahmed Ismail

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Introduction: Uneven geographies of electricity capital 导读:电力资本地域分布不均

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Environment and Planning. E, Nature and Space Pub Date : 2022-09-27 DOI: 10.1177/25148486221125229

N. Luke, Matthew T. Huber

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引用次数: 7

Unequal geographies of urban mining: E-waste management in London, Sao Paulo and Accra 城市采矿的不平等地理:伦敦、圣保罗和阿克拉的电子废物管理

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Environment and Planning. E, Nature and Space Pub Date : 2022-09-27 DOI: 10.1177/25148486221128154

Kauê Lopes dos Santos

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Feminist digital natures 女权主义的数字特性

IF 2.9 2区社会学

Environment and Planning. E, Nature and Space Pub Date : 2022-09-26 DOI: 10.1177/25148486221123136

Ingrid L. Nelson, R. Hawkins, Leah Govia

引用次数: 3