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Reimagining Urban Infrastructure for G20: India’s Mission LiFE for Sustainable Cities 为G20重塑城市基础设施:印度的可持续城市使命生活

Environment and Urbanization ASIA Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/09754253231193174

Soumya Bhowmick, Dishari Chatterjee

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Is Your City Too Big? Causes of Urban Primacy in India 你的城市太大了吗?印度城市主导地位的成因

Environment and Urbanization ASIA Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/09754253231193129

Kala Seetharam Sridhar

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Local Economy as the Key Driver of Urbanization in the Indian Sundarbans 地方经济是印度孙德尔本斯地区城市化的关键驱动力

Environment and Urbanization ASIA Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/09754253231193124

Rakes Sarkar, Gopa Samanta

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Understanding Flood Vulnerability Using Index-based Approach: A Study of Chilmari Upazila, Kurigram, Bangladesh 利用指数方法了解洪水脆弱性:孟加拉国库里格拉姆Chilmari Upazila的研究

Environment and Urbanization ASIA Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/09754253231194721

Md Jahidul Islam, Md Kamrul Hasan

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Urban Households’ Investment Behaviour Towards Home Appliances in India: Do Gender and Neighbourhood Effect Matter? 印度城市家庭对家电的投资行为:性别和邻里影响是否重要?

Environment and Urbanization ASIA Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/09754253231193108

Monalisa Singh, Chandra Sekhar Bahinipati

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Land Redevelopment, Real Estate and Capital in Urban Place-making: A Case Study of Siliguri, India 城市场所营造中的土地再开发、房地产与资本——以印度西里古里为例

Environment and Urbanization ASIA Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/09754253231193109

Dhiraj Barman

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Measuring Sustainable Urban Development: The Case of India, Europe and Germany 衡量可持续城市发展:以印度、欧洲和德国为例

Environment and Urbanization ASIA Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/09754253231202397

Debolina Kundu, Pragya Sharma, Devarupa Gupta, André Mueller, Philipp Gareis

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Will a Plant-based Approach Be Sufficient to Address Food Security, Nutritional Adequacy and Sustainability in the Future? 以植物为基础的方法是否足以解决未来的粮食安全、营养充足和可持续性问题?

Environment and Urbanization ASIA Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/09754253231193130

Shoba Suri, Subhasree Ray

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Prerequisites and Factors for Effective and Efficient Implementation of Land Pooling/Reconstitution: Learnings from Asian Countries 有效和高效实施土地集中/重组的先决条件和因素:来自亚洲国家的经验

Environment and Urbanization ASIA Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1177/09754253231193125

Jyoti Dash, P. S. N. Rao

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Editorial 编辑

IF 1.3

Environment and Urbanization ASIA Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1177/09754253231167762

Debolina Kundu

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