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Bright spots for advancing ecological understanding and conservation decision-making. [PDF]
Conserv BiolAbstract A lot can be learned by studying bright spots—defined as unexpected positive outcomes. In fields like public health, education, and oncology, identifying factors behind bright spots reveals previously unknown drivers of success that can be replicated elsewhere.
Embke HS +7 more
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Putting MARS into space. Non‐linearities and spatial effects in hedonic models
Papers in Regional Science, Volume 102, Issue 4, Page 871-896, August 2023., 2023 Abstract Multivariate Adaptive Regression Spline (MARS) is a simple and powerful non‐parametric machine learning algorithm that automatizes the selection of non‐linear terms in regression models. In this study, we propose using MARS in a spatial regression framework to account for potential non‐linearities and spatial effects in spatial regression ...
Fernando López, Konstatin Kholodilin
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Urban–rural continuum: an overview of their interactions and territorial disparities
Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 15, Issue 4, Page 729-768, May 2023., 2023 Abstract This study provides a quantitative analisis of the interactions between urban and rural areas and related territorial disparities in the European Union (EU). Relevant societal themes such as population changes, access to services, broadband internet connectivity, house prices, tourism and land‐use/cover flows are examined by mean of indicators
Carolina Perpiña Castillo +8 more
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Integrative Conservation, Volume 2, Issue 1, Page 43-61, March 2023., 2023 We apply an integrative perspective to modelling current and future land‐use change in Kuantan, Malaysia, a location with highly biodiverse forests, and also a hotspot of land‐use change. The region is representative of the types of development challenges faced by countries in Southeast Asia, which are also biodiversity hotspots.
Sharun Beream Nasir +5 more
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Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 14, Issue 5, Page 1223-1239, October 2022., 2022 Abstract Like many Indigenous people around the world, the original inhabitants of Peninsular Malaysia, the Orang Asli, live predominantly in marginal, remote areas, and have below‐average levels of education, health and living standards. Their customary reliance on natural forest resources and assets to support their livelihood is threatened by ...
Masni Mat Dong +2 more
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House price valuation of environmental amenities: An application of GIS‐derived data
Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 14, Issue 4, Page 939-959, August 2022., 2022 Abstract Hedonic house price models are frequently used to improve our understanding of local housing markets. In recent years, rich registers containing details about home‐qualities and neighbourhood characteristics have successfully been coupled with spatial qualities such as job‐accessibility or distances to transport.
Liv Osland, John Östh, Viggo Nordvik
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Intergenerational income mobility in Sweden: A look at the spatial disparities across municipalities
Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 14, Issue 4, Page 981-1004, August 2022., 2022 Abstract This paper provides a comprehensive overview of intergenerational income mobility in Sweden. Intergenerational income mobility is considered in both relative and absolute terms, and the analysis is carried out at the individual and municipality level.
Alessandra Michelangeli +2 more
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Shooting down the price: Evidence from Mafia homicides and housing prices
Papers in Regional Science, Volume 101, Issue 3, Page 659-683, June 2022., 2022 Abstract In this paper, we estimate the effect of the homicides by the Camorra, the Neapolitan Mafia, on housing prices in Naples. The study develops on a unique panel data set at the administrative district level for the period 2002–2018 of geo‐localized homicides involving innocent victims (denoted as IVH), which are treated as exogenous shocks that ...
Michele Battisti +3 more
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Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 13, Issue 6, Page 1866-1887, December 2021., 2021 Abstract Cambodia has experienced urban growth since the early 2000s, not only in the capital but also in its secondary cities. Like other cities in Southeast Asia, conflict over land use, pressure on infrastructure, ecological changes, and competing interests over these resources among dominant groups have been contentious.
Try Thuon
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Spatial composition and premise arrangement of traditional Manchu village in Northeast China
JAPAN ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW, Volume 3, Issue 3, Page 346-358, July 2020., 2020 Spatial composition has changed massively even also in Shengli Village, a traditional Manchu village, because of the land and agricultural policies carried out by the government after the foundation of People's Republic of China. Especially according to the political compactification of residential area executed in the late 1960's, farmland behind the ...
Akira Ushijima +3 more
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