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Multiscalar politics of infrastructural labour: Sino-African labour regimes and precarious work in Ghana 基础设施劳工的多重政治：中非劳工制度和加纳的不稳定工作

IF 3.4 2区社会学

Geoforum Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104328

Lena Fält

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Rethinking the nature of justice: A hydrosocial territories perspective on a contested low-carbon transition 重新思考正义的本质：水社会领域对有争议的低碳转型的看法

IF 3.4 2区社会学

Geoforum Pub Date : 2025-05-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104327

Simon Ryfisch , Claudia Teutschbein , Malgorzata Blicharska

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Garden time and market time: Finding seasonality in diverse food economies 菜园时间和市场时间：在不同的食品经济中寻找季节性

IF 3.4 2区社会学

Geoforum Pub Date : 2025-05-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104322

Lucie Sovová , Petr Jehlička

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What are the emerging contours of regional decarbonization? Insights from an exploratory analysis of US clean hydrogen hubs 区域脱碳的新轮廓是什么？美国清洁氢枢纽探索性分析的见解

IF 3.4 2区社会学

Geoforum Pub Date : 2025-05-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104294

Michael Ewers , Christian Brannstrom , Caitlin Conrecode

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Place-based solidarity: Crisis, austerity and the devolution of responsibility 基于地方的团结：危机、紧缩和责任下放

IF 3.4 2区社会学

Geoforum Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104321

Coco Huggins , Mia Gray

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Towards a relational reading of resilience: Community networks and the politics of disaster recovery in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane María 对复原力的关系解读：飓风过后波多黎各的社区网络与灾后复原政治María

IF 3.4 2区社会学

Geoforum Pub Date : 2025-05-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104315

Laurian Rosa-Rosa , Bárbara López-González , Kevon Rhiney

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Engendering cumulative disadvantage: Explaining the experiences and outcomes of skilled migrant women 产生累积劣势：解释技术移民妇女的经历和结果

IF 3.4 2区社会学

Geoforum Pub Date : 2025-05-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104310

Caitlin Flanagan , Audrey Lumley-Sapanski

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Evolving foodscapes: Tracing trajectories of urban and peri-urban food sharing initiatives for just food transitions 不断演变的食物景观：追踪城市和城郊食物共享倡议的轨迹，以实现食物转型

IF 3.4 2区社会学

Geoforum Pub Date : 2025-05-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104318

Anna R. Davies , Hyunji Cho , Marco Vedoa , Robert Martinez Varderi , Ana Maria Gatejel

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From headlines to hashtags: How media platforms shape smart city acceptance 从标题到标签：媒体平台如何塑造智慧城市的接受度

IF 3.4 2区社会学

Geoforum Pub Date : 2025-05-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104320

Reza Shaker

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Capital contradictions in the age of incorporation: Queer and trans materialism at work 合并时代的资本矛盾：工作中的酷儿和跨唯物主义

IF 3.4 2区社会学

Geoforum Pub Date : 2025-05-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2025.104309

Natalie Oswin , Suzanne Mills

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