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Thwarted visions of change: power and demographics in repair cafes and urban sustainability transitions 变革的宏伟愿景：修复咖啡馆的权力和人口结构以及城市可持续性转型

Urban transformations Pub Date : 2022-03-07 DOI: 10.1186/s42854-022-00031-x

Elena Schägg, S. L. Becker, P. Pradhan

引用次数: 2

Building urban resilience through sustainability-oriented small- and medium-sized enterprises. 通过以可持续性为导向的中小型企业建设城市复原力。

Urban transformations Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Epub Date: 2022-07-28 DOI: 10.1186/s42854-022-00041-9

Sarah Burch, Jose DiBella, Arnim Wiek, Stefan Schaltegger, Wendy Stubbs, Megan Farrelly, Barry Ness, Kes McCormick

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Urban transformations Pub Date : 2022-01-01 Epub Date: 2022-12-28 DOI: 10.1186/s42854-022-00047-3

Heather Mackay, Richard Tusabe, Frank Mugagga

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The ‘New Urban Science’: towards the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary pursuit of sustainable transformations “新城市科学”:面向跨学科和跨学科的可持续转型追求

Urban transformations Pub Date : 2021-11-02 DOI: 10.1186/s42854-021-00028-y

A. Karvonen, V. Cvetkovic, Pawel Herman, K. Johansson, H. Kjellström, Marco Molinari, M. Skoglund

引用次数: 11

An assessment framework for safeguarding public values on mobility platforms 在移动平台上维护公共价值的评估框架

Urban transformations Pub Date : 2021-09-07 DOI: 10.1186/s42854-021-00023-3

Rianne Riemens, Carolin Nast, P. Pelzer, M. Hurk

引用次数: 2

Urban safety, community healing & gun violence reduction: the advance peace model 城市安全、社区康复与减少枪支暴力:推进和平模式

Urban transformations Pub Date : 2021-07-05 DOI: 10.1186/s42854-021-00021-5

Jason Corburn, Devone Boggan, Khaalid Muttaqi