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Predictors of corruption among town planners: A Nigerian case study 城市规划者腐败的预测因素：尼日利亚案例研究

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Acta Structilia Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.38140/as.v30i1.7120

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A conceptual quality improvement protocol for Free State public works projects 自由邦公共工程项目的概念性质量改进协议

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Acta Structilia Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.38140/as.v30i1.7115

Lehlohonolo Thulo, Mr Lehlohonolo, M. Thulo, Eng, Graduate, Prof. Fidelis Emuze, Head, Elizabeth Theron Prof. Elizabeth, Theron

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The nexus between monetary and fiscal policies and construction output in Tanzania 坦桑尼亚货币和财政政策与建筑产出之间的关系

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Acta Structilia Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.38140/as.v30i1.7266

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Optimisation of labour-intensive productivity for construction projects in Ghana 优化加纳建设项目的劳动密集型生产力

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Acta Structilia Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.38140/as.v30i1.6988

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Impact of urban renewal changes on urban landscape identity: Case study of Kisumu City, Kenya 城市更新变化对城市景观特征的影响——以肯尼亚基苏木市为例

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Acta Structilia Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.38140/as.v30i1.7036

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Labour productivity in construction SMEs: Perspectives from South Africa 建筑业中小企业的劳动生产率:来自南非的视角

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Acta Structilia Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.38140/as.v30i1.7211

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Litema artivism: Community engaged scholarship with international online learning 文学艺术主义：国际在线学习的社区参与奖学金

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Acta Structilia Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI: 10.38140/as.v30i1.7336

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Entrepreneurship for unsettled times in the architectural profession – A review 建筑行业动荡时期的企业家精神——回顾

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Acta Structilia Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.18820/24150487/as29i2.7

C. Vosloo

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The 1998 “‘mini-Constitution’ for local government”: A review of the assumptions of the White Paper on Local Government 1998年“地方政府的‘小宪法’”——对《地方政府白皮书》假设的审视

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Acta Structilia Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.18820/24150487/as29i2.9

K. Wall

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Social housing as a catalyst towards net-zero carbon building in the mitigation of climate change in South Africa 社会住房在缓解南非气候变化方面促进实现净零碳建筑

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Acta Structilia Pub Date : 2022-11-30 DOI: 10.18820/24150487/as29i2.8

Zakiyyah Vawda, J. Hugo

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