Urbanization and sustainable resource use: The case of garden watering in the metropolitan region of Barcelona

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Garden watering in Metropolitan Region of Barcelona is examined in order to illustrate the importance of outdoor water use in the urbanization process and following insights provided by urban political ecology to highlight the differences in garden types and water spending according to power relations derived from income levels. Results indicate that higher income households prefer more water-consuming Atlantic gardens whereas lower income households resort to more climate-adapted species.

Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs, Spain, Water Use, Analysis, Economic aspects, Barcelona, Spain (City), Urban ecology, Domestic policy

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The politics of mobility and business elites in Atlanta, Georgia

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The politics of mobility is an extension of competing and contested ideologies and normative values about how the city should be configured and for whom. A platform is provided for further comparative research on urban growth debates in an era of increasing environment and social problems stemming from transportation policy.

Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs, Georgia, Transportation Programs-Total Govt, Mass Transit Programs, Transportation policy, Public transportation, Atlanta, Georgia

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New information and communication technologies and local clustering of firms: A case study of the Xingwang industrial park in Beijing

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Application of new information and telecommunication technologies (ICTs) is a decentralizing force in a firms' location. It leads to 'virtual clustering' of firms leading to integration of supply chains.

China, Usage, Government communications regulation, Data communications, Telecommunications transmission technologies, Beijing, China, Telecommunications policy

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