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Income sharing for common pool resources with uncertain productivity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract We address the interconnected issues of externalities in the use of a natural common‐pool resource system and adverse effects of environmental uncertainty on risk‐averse resource users. We set up a simple analytical model and derive conditions such that insurance by means of an income sharing mechanism mitigates externalities and hence ...
Claudia Kelsall   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Road Landscape as a Product: Does it Satisfy Consumers’ Aesthetic Needs?

open access: yesThe Baltic Journal of Road and Bridge Engineering, 2014
The contemporary market laws and consumer society impose that road users are regarded to as consumers, and road landscape – as a product. In this context, consumers’ willingness to use the product is equivalent to road users’ willingness to drive on the ...
Irina Matijošaitienė   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Aesthetic Abdominal Surgery Using a New Clinical Scale

open access: yes, 2011
Evaluation of outcomes after aesthetic surgery still is a challenge in plastic surgery. The evaluation frequently is based on subjective criteria. This study used a new clinical grading scale to evaluate aesthetic results for plastic surgeries to the ...
Salles, Alessandra Grassi   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

LISTING, EVALUATION AND TOURISTIC UTILISATION OF GEOSITES CONTAINING ARCHAEOLOGICAL ARTEFACTS CASE STUDY: CICEU RIDGE (BISTRITA-NASAUD COUNTY, ROMANIA)

open access: yesRevista Geográfica Acadêmica, 2011
The Ciceu Ridge Geosite is located in Bistria-Nasaud County (Romania) and is characterised by important geological and geomorphological features which exert influence at cultural andhistorical level.
Ioan Bâca, Eduard Schuster
doaj  

The Meaning of Symbolic Aesthetic of Basic Shapes in Sundanese Culture

open access: yesMudra: Jurnal Seni Budaya
This paper aims to examine the symbolic aesthetic concepts that exist in Sundanese society and culture in West Java, Indonesia. The symbolic meaning that exists or is applied to forms that are known in art and design.
J. Jamaludin   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Dynamic Contour Irregularities in Implant-Based Breast Reconstruction: Long-Term Aesthetic Outcomes After Direct-to-Implant Versus Tissue Expander Techniques

open access: yes
Background: Animation deformity (AD) is a well-known complication of submuscular implant placement. However, dynamic contour irregularities have also been reported in prepectoral reconstructions, but their mechanisms and classification remain unclear ...
Dolores Wolfram   +19 more
core   +1 more source

Stakeholder Perspectives on Therapeutic and Safe Building Design in Residential Care

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Residential care is a form of out‐of‐home care that plays a critical role in supporting vulnerable young people in Australia. However, there is an evidence gap regarding the built environment in this context. This research aimed to explore the perspectives of key stakeholders in residential care in Victoria, Australia, regarding design that ...
Carmen Schroder   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Australian Activists as Storytellers in Digital Spaces: Acquiring Skills, Producing Content and Getting the Message Out

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As modes of activism rapidly evolve, activists—both seasoned and emerging—must increasingly navigate a hybrid terrain of both digital and non‐digital engagement. This paper draws on the personal narratives of 16 nascent activists based in Australia to explore how they develop competencies related to digital storytelling, which is critical to ...
Garth Stahl   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aesthetic Learning as Mobility

open access: yes
This article describes fostering the ability to move within cultural and natural geographies from the perspective of aesthetic learning approaches. Land art allows for the comprehensive exploration of the seemingly self- evident fact that all acquisition
Kraus, Anja, Cronquist, Eva
core   +2 more sources

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