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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"hard infrastructure"”.
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Potential impacts of hard infrastructure development on agricultural trade
The development of hard infrastructure has the potential to enhance agricultural production and international agricultural trade. Good quality physical networks could reduce the transport costs for producers and suppliers, thereby increasing the volume of agricultural bilateral trade. For most …
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The African Continental Free Trade Area and Developmental Regionalism: Leveraging Transport Corridors to actualise the AfCFTA
… to realising these ambitions is Africa's infrastructure deficit. Energy and transport infrastructure is essential for trade facilitation. Without the development of adequate, reliable and efficient infrastructure alongside soft infrastructure advances, the AfCFTA risks becoming a paper …
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The City of Brotherly Love? : investigating collaborative planning in Philadelphia's contemporary revitalization initiatives
… planning as the coordination between hard infrastructure (city agencies) and soft infrastructure (neighborhood groups) that produces community plans. This thesis argues that contemporary revitalization planning is a combination of the two.
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Green infrastructure: urban water management framework for Paarden Eiland, Cape Town
… rapid urbanisation, especially Cape Town. Infrastructure development has long been a critical component with a large amount of money invested in the development of hard infrastructure. However, in light of excessive stormwater runoff, the increased deterioration of surface water resources, …
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China's development finance for cross-border infrastructure: an East African perspective on its role in advancing developmental regionalism and regional integration.
… question is: has China's development finance of infrastructure projects contributed to developmental regionalism? This was supported by the sub question: has China's development finance of the Addis-Djibouti railway contributed to regional/development integration in East Africa? The study used a …
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Soggy sovereignty on the Irish border
… Belfast, Dublin, London and Brussels is that no "hard infrastructure" should be proposed, a non-solution based on the violent image of the Irish border's past, and wishful thinking given the administrative imperative of border management. This thesis instead argues that if construction is going to …
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Managing knowledge in the context of smart cities
… sustainable transformation of cities infrastructure without compromising the quality of life of citizens. As public sector organisations try to meet this complex challenge, they need to be innovative. This often calls for the creation, use, capture and exploitation of new knowledge. …
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Optimising Services through an Effective Financial Resource’ Mobilisation Framework in Vhembe District Municipality
… different kind of grants such as Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) Integrated National Electrification Programme (INEP), Municipal Water Infrastructure Grant (MWIG) and others were identified. The research explores the effectiveness and efficiency of the current financial resources …
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Economic Analysis of Farm Household Perceptions and Preferences for Salinity Intrusion Risk Reduction in the Mekong River Delta
… have a strong preference for the construction of infrastructure in order to mitigate salinity intrusion impacts, which allow them to maintain rice farming. These results indicate farm households’ choices are consistent with other climate change perception studies in the literature. Building upon …