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How specialization and diversity of knowledge base contribute to regional knowledge complexity 知识基础的专业化和多样性如何促进地区知识的复杂性

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Journal of Urban Management Pub Date : 2024-08-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2024.07.009

Bin Zhang, Wei Liao, Jianping Gu

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How do people perceive the quality of urban transport service? New insights from online reviews of Shanghai metro system 人们如何看待城市交通服务质量？上海地铁系统在线评论的新启示

IF 3.9 2区社会学

Journal of Urban Management Pub Date : 2024-08-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2024.07.008

Mingxuan Dou , Yanyan Gu , Jianya Gong

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Did COVID-19 discriminate in the global South? Revealing heterogeneity of urban households’ livelihood resilience based on evidence from Bangladesh, China, India and Philippines COVID-19 在全球南部是否存在歧视？基于孟加拉国、中国、印度和菲律宾的证据，揭示城市家庭生计复原力的异质性

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Journal of Urban Management Pub Date : 2024-08-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2024.07.007

Yunxia Liu , Tao Sun , Jing Yao , Yan Wang , Hengrui Yang , Tao Dai

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Urban sustainability assessment of DHA City, Karachi (DCK) – Pakistan: A methodological approach combining urban form indicators with stakeholders’ perspectives 巴基斯坦卡拉奇 DHA 市（DCK）的城市可持续性评估：结合城市形态指标和利益相关者观点的方法论

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Journal of Urban Management Pub Date : 2024-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2024.07.004

Hira Qureshi

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Defining preferred turfgrass features for lawn choice for Floridian homeowners 为弗洛里达州的业主选择草坪时确定首选草坪草的特征

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Journal of Urban Management Pub Date : 2024-07-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2024.07.005

Melinda Knuth , Xuan Wei , Xumin Zhang , Hayk Khachatryan , Alan Hodges , Chengyan Yue

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A qualitative investigation of revitalisation efforts to foster residents’ attachment in dilapidated neighbourhoods: Is identity a matter? 在破旧的社区中为培养居民的归属感而开展的振兴工作的定性调查：身份是否重要？

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Journal of Urban Management Pub Date : 2024-07-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2024.07.003

Mohammad Javad Maghsoodi Tilaki , Sharareh Farhad

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Rural planning evaluation and sustainable development potential in rural communes of Rehamna province (Morocco) 摩洛哥 Rehamna 省农村乡镇的农村规划评估和可持续发展潜力

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Journal of Urban Management Pub Date : 2024-07-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2024.07.002

Kaoutare Amini Alaoui , Hassan Radoine , Kh Md Nahiduzzaman

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Interaction between formal and informal actors in the shadow of policymaking: Case studies of community-based urban pluvial flood risk management in Pearl River Delta cities 决策阴影下正式和非正式参与者之间的互动：珠江三角洲城市基于社区的城市冲积洪水风险管理案例研究

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Journal of Urban Management Pub Date : 2024-07-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2024.07.001

Zeqiang Pan , Gert de Roo , Emma Puerari

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Enhancing urban livability: Analyzing Tehran through equitable land use distribution 提高城市宜居性：通过公平的土地利用分布分析德黑兰

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Journal of Urban Management Pub Date : 2024-07-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2024.06.005

Kimia Ghasemi

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Modelling the dynamics of urbanization for urban sustainability in West Africa 为西非城市可持续性建立城市化动态模型

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Journal of Urban Management Pub Date : 2024-07-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.jum.2024.06.004

Hassan Radoine , Salwa Bajja , Francis Dakyaga , Ali Çelik , Alanda Kamana , Hassan Yakubu , Jerome Chenal

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