IF 6.6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2026.106856

Hyebin Kim , Minkyu Kim , Sugie Lee

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From The Potteries to digital dynamo: Shocks, crises, and the structural transformation of Stoke-on-Trent in the early 21st century 从陶器到数字发电机：21世纪初特伦特河畔斯托克的冲击、危机和结构转型

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Cities Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2026.106821

Helen Mulligan , Vlad Mykhnenko

{"title":"From The Potteries to digital dynamo: Shocks, crises, and the structural transformation of Stoke-on-Trent in the early 21st century","authors":"Helen Mulligan , Vlad Mykhnenko","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2026.106821","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2026.106821","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This paper focusses on the long-term structural transformation of Stoke-on-Trent, and the surrounding districts of North Staffordshire, in the West Midlands of England. This area is known as <em>The Potteries</em> – a globally important centre of ceramic production since the late 17th century. Employment in this sector has strongly declined since the mid-20th century. Suffering the chronic stress of deindustrialisation, local population also declined, but has started to recover strongly since the millennium, accompanying a radical shift in economic specialisation and industrial diversification. These positive trends were briefly disrupted by the acute shocks of the global financial crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic but have since resumed with even greater vigour. Current economic indicators show that the local economy is growing strongly, out-performing the neighbouring city-regions and the country, as a whole. Benefits of this boom – in particular, productivity and income gains - are not evenly distributed, however. Questions about this “Stoke Paradox” remain, centred on how the burgeoning high-growth sectors will maintain their momentum into the future, and how the city could make its recovery more inclusive and broadly shared. We discuss the role in this of local actors and community activism, but also of national politics and policies.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 106821"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146175170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Profiles of smart cities in Canadian: Between essence and challenges 加拿大智慧城市概况：在本质与挑战之间

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Cities Pub Date : 2026-05-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-10 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2026.106811

Sergueï Kimvi, Stéphanie Gagnon

{"title":"Profiles of smart cities in Canadian: Between essence and challenges","authors":"Sergueï Kimvi, Stéphanie Gagnon","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2026.106811","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2026.106811","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The past few decades have seen an exponential increase in publications on smart cities. However, the under-experimentation of existing models and underuse of quantitative techniques are challenges that still need to be addressed. This study analyses discourse on smart cities of 130 Canadian communities using the six characteristics proposed by Giffinger and colleagues (2010). Based on cluster analysis, the study reveals that the six characteristics of the Giffinger model are clearly present in smart city discourse. Results also highlight the existence of three distinct groups of smart city profiles. While Group 1 reflects a hybrid perspective, Groups 2 and 3 present contrasting visions. On the one hand, Group 2 aligns with an instrumental perspective of smart cities in response to societal challenges, primarily mobilizing the characteristics of smart economy, smart mobility, smart environment, and smart living. Generally, communities associated with this profile are medium-sized, use first-generation technologies, and receive average scores during the preliminary evaluation of their applications. On the other hand, Group 3 reflects an enabling perspective centered on social actors (citizens and organizations), emphasizing the characteristics of smart people and smart governance. These communities tend to be larger, use second-generation technologies, and obtain higher scores in the preliminary evaluations. These findings not only open avenues for future research but may also inspire decision-makers interested in pursuing projects of this nature.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"172 ","pages":"Article 106811"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146147354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Small things matter: Investigating the viral transmissibility of localized sustainable city strategies of Edinburgh net zero carbon 2030 in transition 小事很重要：研究爱丁堡2030年净零碳转型的本地化可持续城市战略的病毒传播性

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Cities Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2026.106786

Edwin Dunhot Simanjuntak , Ron Kerr , Winston Kwon

{"title":"Small things matter: Investigating the viral transmissibility of localized sustainable city strategies of Edinburgh net zero carbon 2030 in transition","authors":"Edwin Dunhot Simanjuntak , Ron Kerr , Winston Kwon","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2026.106786","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2026.106786","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Emerging sustainable city concepts and best practices have provided cities with eclectic apparatuses to counter unsustainability challenges. But as cities become more susceptible to such successful practices, there is less attention on how the adopted plan materializes into a concrete scheme (or any step closer to implementation), specifically the process that affects the transition as the sustainable city ideas reach the grassroots level. We aim to fill this gap by investigating how sustainability ideas fail or succeed in gaining sufficient traction to effectuate the desired transition on the grassroots level. Inspired by the virological perspective of idea processing, we employed our reconceptualization of the virus-inspired theory by revisiting relevant epidemiological tenets, a concept that we call viral transmissibility theory. Drawing from a qualitative case of Edinburgh, we took advantage of publicly available data on three localized sustainable city strategies related to the city's Net Zero Carbon 2030 initiative and interviews. As ideas and, therefore, as viruses, we found the transition is affected by their ability to acknowledge heterogeneity in the population, receptors cognizance, and replication tactics. Our study then provides insights for city authorities and urban planners on dealing with and optimizing sustainability transition.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"171 ","pages":"Article 106786"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145978444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Building the future: How real-estate developers perceive their role in climate-friendly and social sustainable urban planning 建设未来：房地产开发商如何看待他们在气候友好型和社会可持续城市规划中的作用

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Cities Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-02-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2026.106857

Gro Sandkjær Hanssen

{"title":"Building the future: How real-estate developers perceive their role in climate-friendly and social sustainable urban planning","authors":"Gro Sandkjær Hanssen","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2026.106857","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2026.106857","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The ongoing process of urbanization, coupled with the urgent need for a profound climate transition, underscores the timeliness and necessity of integrating sustainability considerations within the building sector. Real-estate projects are responsible for about 36% of CO2 emissions in the European Union (<span><span>European Commission, 2019</span></span>). This study investigates how public and private real-estate developers conceptualize their responsibilities in promoting climate-friendly and socially sustainable urban development, and whether these perceptions differ across actor groups. The analysis is situated within a Nordic context, focusing on Norway—a country characterized by a neoliberal housing market in which substantial responsibility for detailed planning and housing production has been delegated to private real-estate firms. Drawing on a unique quantitative dataset comprising responses from both public and private developers, the findings suggest an emerging, more nuanced understanding of sustainable construction practices. While the dominant focus remains on energy efficiency, technical performance, and functional standards, developers increasingly incorporate broader sustainability principles, such as reuse and circularity. Notably, environmental concerns related to biodiversity and nature preservation appear to be the least developed among the actors.</div><div>The study also reveals a growing awareness within the building sector regarding its role in fostering socially sustainable urban environments, except ensuring inclusive housing markets. One of the most unexpected findings was the convergence in perspectives between public and private developers, suggesting a shared set of values despite differing formal mandates.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"171 ","pages":"Article 106857"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146188961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Environmental child-friendliness under pressure: The impact of infill densification in modernist residential areas 压力下的环境儿童友好：填充密度对现代主义居住区的影响

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Cities Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106704

Märit Jansson, Julia Schneider

{"title":"Environmental child-friendliness under pressure: The impact of infill densification in modernist residential areas","authors":"Märit Jansson, Julia Schneider","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106704","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106704","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>As the assets of modernist planning, sometimes called the welfare landscape, are affected by densification, the implications for people need to be studied. One group with special needs is children, where child-friendly environments can support their use, health and well-being. A single case study was conducted in a district of central Uppsala, Sweden, where parts of a former modernist multi-family residential area have recently been densified with infill development. The methods included initial document studies and field observations, followed by a questionnaire survey on the child-friendliness of the local environment in different sub-areas. No statistically significant differences were found between densified and non-densified subareas, but the areas considered most child-friendly were near the largest park in the area. Respondents reported that densification had resulted in small open spaces and car traffic that limited children's use. Assets from the welfare landscape supported child-friendliness, based on both previous planning and long-term management. The case provides an example of densification with infill resulting in both loss of open space and car traffic solutions that increase car access. If infill is to support use by children and other vulnerable groups, and thus social sustainability, it must better incorporate qualities for a child-friendly environment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"171 ","pages":"Article 106704"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145799102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Built environment and injury risk: Association rule-based exploration of e-scooter crashes in Texas cities 建筑环境和伤害风险：基于协会规则的探索电动滑板车碰撞在德克萨斯州的城市

IF 6.6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106748

Syed Aaqib Javed, Swastika Barua, Anannya Ghosh Tusti, Sazzad Bin Bashar Polock, Tausif Islam Chowdhury, Subasish Das

{"title":"Built environment and injury risk: Association rule-based exploration of e-scooter crashes in Texas cities","authors":"Syed Aaqib Javed, Swastika Barua, Anannya Ghosh Tusti, Sazzad Bin Bashar Polock, Tausif Islam Chowdhury, Subasish Das","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106748","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106748","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The rapid adoption of e-scooters as a micromobility mode in Texas cities has introduced new challenges for urban safety and planning. While e-scooters offer a flexible and affordable transportation option, their increased use has raised significant safety concerns, particularly regarding crash severity and contributing factors. Despite their prevalence, limited research has examined the complex dynamics of e-scooter crashes in urban environments. This study addresses that gap by applying Association Rule Mining (ARM) with the Lift Increase Criterion (LIC) to 355 police reported e-scooter crashes across Texas cities from 2021 to 2024. The analysis reveals that fatal and severe injury outcomes (KA) are frequently associated with mid-speed zones ranging from 40 to 60 mph, undivided multi-lane roadways, older riders, and poor lighting conditions, especially on Farm to Market roads and highways. Moderate injury cases (BC) tend to involve riders under age 15, occur at driveway access points and intersections, and are more common in large urban areas (population ≥ 250,000). Non-injury incidents (O) are primarily observed on divided roadways with good nighttime lighting in non-intersection settings. These findings demonstrate the intersection of demographic, infrastructural, and environmental factors in shaping e-scooter crash outcomes. The study offers some critical insights to guide targeted infrastructure interventions, improve urban lighting, and develop age-appropriate safety education initiatives.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"171 ","pages":"Article 106748"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145799105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Experiences of urban places mediated through pervasive games: An empirical study of place-based psychological responses 通过普遍游戏介导的城市场所体验：基于场所的心理反应的实证研究

IF 6.6 1区经济学

Cities Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-20 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106744

Oriana Mosca , Ferdinando Fornara , Gabriele Luigi Pia , Vanessa Pinna , Andrea Manunza , Carla Salis , Lucio Davide Spano , Emanuel Muroni , Ivan Blečić

{"title":"Experiences of urban places mediated through pervasive games: An empirical study of place-based psychological responses","authors":"Oriana Mosca , Ferdinando Fornara , Gabriele Luigi Pia , Vanessa Pinna , Andrea Manunza , Carla Salis , Lucio Davide Spano , Emanuel Muroni , Ivan Blečić","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106744","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106744","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigates how pervasive games can engender and shape relationships with urban spaces, using as a case study the Walklets game experience in the neighborhoods of Is Mirrionis and San Michele in Cagliari (Italy). Walklets is a mobile based, narrative-driven pervasive game designed to encourage exploration and engagement with real-world environments. Through a mixed-methods approach combining pre-, post-, and follow-up surveys and thematic qualitative analysis, we assess the effects on several psychological variables: restoration, engagement, serendipity, emotions, and creativity. Findings show that Walklets had a significant positive impact on participants' perception and interpretation of the urban environment, enhancing emotional engagement, spatial awareness, and cognitive appreciation of places. Although some effects diminished over time, the qualitative data reveal long lasting mnestic traces and shifts in participants' relationship with the neighborhood. The study highlights the importance of narrative immersion, serendipitous discovery, and historical context in shaping meaningful experiences of urban places. We argue that pervasive games like Walklets can serve as tools for reimagining, learning about, and emotionally connecting with urban environments, offering new modes of experiencing the city.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"171 ","pages":"Article 106744"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145799170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Urban informal employment and earning differential in Hossana city, Ethiopia 埃塞俄比亚霍萨纳市的城市非正规就业和收入差异

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Cities Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106731

Girma Mekore Bushiso , D. Ashalatha

{"title":"Urban informal employment and earning differential in Hossana city, Ethiopia","authors":"Girma Mekore Bushiso , D. Ashalatha","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106731","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106731","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In urban Ethiopia, the prevalence of informal employment is apparent, with over 85 % of the labour force engaged, including a significant proportion of informal wage workers within the formal private sector. Utilizing cross-sectional survey data and the propensity score matching (PSM) and Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition methodology, this study investigates the causes of informal employment and the salary disparity between informal and formal work in Hossana city, Ethiopia. A combination of purposive, simple random, and stratified sampling techniques was employed to pick a sample of kebele (sub-city) and employees. The analysis reveals that a significant percentage of informal workers are employed in formal firms, with the average monthly wage disparity between formal and informal employees approximately 26 %. The Econometrics models results indicated that participation in informal employment is favorably and strongly correlated with marital status (being single), migration (being a migrant), and education, while it is adversely and considerably influenced by sex and age. Moreover, after accounting for additional factors influencing wage disparities, the results indicate that the monthly wages of individuals in informal employment are 17 % lower than those in regular employment. Education, age, experience, migration status working hour, and sector of the business are the key determinants of earnings gap. The results indicate that informal workers do not receive the benefits specified in labour regulation and have significantly lower incomes compared to official employees, as beyond their net salary, formal employees dedicate 18 % of their monthly gross salary to social security, serving as a mechanism for enforced savings. The report emphasizes the government's responsibility to enact minimum wage legislation and enforce labour laws, particularly in formal firms, to mitigate worker abuse.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"171 ","pages":"Article 106731"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145799174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Do car-free initiatives enhance urban diversity? Causal evidence from CicLAvia in Los Angeles 无车倡议能提高城市多样性吗？洛杉矶CicLAvia的因果证据

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Cities Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2025.106754

Haoliang Chang , Yuan He , Chu Chu , Jianxiang Huang

{"title":"Do car-free initiatives enhance urban diversity? Causal evidence from CicLAvia in Los Angeles","authors":"Haoliang Chang , Yuan He , Chu Chu , Jianxiang Huang","doi":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106754","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cities.2025.106754","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Car-free initiatives are increasingly recognized for boosting public transit use, retail sales, and physical activity. However, there remains a gap in research exploring such initiatives on diversity and social segregation, particularly within urban ethnic enclaves characterized by cultural, linguistic, and ethnic isolation from the broader society. This study delves into CicLAvia in Los Angeles, the largest car-free street program in the United States. By analyzing five million geotagged tweets, three-year Point-Of-Interest (POIs) data, and five-year community survey data, we aim to quantify the initiative's impact on urban diversity, measured by the entropy of language types expressed on Twitter, POI categories in proximity to Twitter users, the lexical richness within tweets themselves, and the ethnic diversity by American Community Survey. We adopted a quasi-experimental Difference-In-Difference analysis, seeking to ascertain the causal impact of nine CicLAvia events held between July 2016 and December 2018 on diversity metrics. Findings revealed that CicLAvia events, in general, significantly enhanced the diversity of the experiment groups, measured by language, surrounding POIs, and lexical richness expressed on Twitter, with consistent findings on ethnic diversity at the census tract level. Such effects were found to be insignificant in low-density suburbs away from the downtown, especially the Latino and Southeast Asian communities, indicating limitations of such initiatives in alleviating segregation. The study offers data analytical protocol and insights for planners and policymakers interested in fostering inclusiveness and diversity through car-free initiatives in the era of political polarization.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48405,"journal":{"name":"Cities","volume":"171 ","pages":"Article 106754"},"PeriodicalIF":6.6,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145885061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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