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Understanding the economic impact of surface temperatures is an important question for both economic development and climate change policy. This...

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Santiago, Chile's capital city, has undergone numerous changes in its urban fabric due the process of economic globalisation since mid 1980s, affecting its social, physical and economic configurations. But behind all those changes, the concentration of high knowledge-based activities has

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