Materials and modes of translation: Re-imagining inclusive “zero”-waste futures
Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2022 In this paper, we present and reflect upon a creative and participatory approach for engaging citizens in imagining desirable “zero”-waste futures that include different values and perspectives.
Tamalone van den Eijnden +3 more
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The futures of rural migration in sub-Saharan Africa: A literature review and exploratory essay [PDF]
, 2019 In a context where 200 million more people are expected to live in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) alone by 2050, the question of the futures of SSA rural migration is of crucial importance in a region which so far as remained essentially rural, in spite of a ...
Bourgeois, Robin
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Hedging Bitcoin with conventional assets
Borsa Istanbul Review, 2022 The recent 50% drop in the price of the flagship cryptocurrency Bitcoin reinforces the persistent anxiety among cryptocurrency investors. Can alternative assets hedge Bitcoin risk?
Ramzi Nekhili, Jahangir Sultan
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Water Scarcity in the Zambezi Basin in the Long-Term Future: A Risk Assessment [PDF]
, 2003 The aim of this paper is to explore possible futures for the Zambezi basin and to estimate the risks of different water management strategies. Existing uncertainties are translated into alternative assumptions.
Hoekstra, Arjen Y.
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Cross-Hedging Portfolios in Emerging Stock Markets: Evidence for the LATIBEX Index
Mathematics, 2021 We consider alternative possibilities for hedging spot positions on the FTSE LATIBEX Index, the index of the only international market exclusively for Latin American firms that is denominated by the euro. Since there is not a futures market on the index,
Pablo Urtubia +2 more
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Designing Robust Prioritization Paradigm Focusing on Strategic Industries [PDF]
بهبود مدیریت, 2015 The conventional method for prioritizing in Futures Studies, is a methodology of key technologies in which with the attractiveness and feasibility criteria and via the expertbased process, options with greater priority are distinguished from each other ...
Mahdi Ahmadian +2 more
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On the market consistent valuation of fish farms: using the real option approach and salmon futures [PDF]
, 2016 We consider the optimal harvesting problem for a fish farmer in a model which accounts for stochastic prices featuring Schwartz (1997) two factor price dynamics.
Ewald, Christian-Oliver +2 more
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Re-Imagining Alternative Futures through Empowerment
ChallengesThe physical conquest of European powers on the rest of the world for the imposition of an accumulation of wealth monopoly and the destruction of native societies remains the foundation of the current global economy. Despite concepts of human flourishing,
Claudia Milena Adler
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Visions of Alternative (Unpredictable) Futures and Their Use in Policy Analysis
Ecology and Society, 2000 The most critical task facing humanity today is the creation of a shared vision of a sustainable and desirable society, one that can provide permanent prosperity within the biophysical constraints of the real world in a way that is fair and equitable to ...
Robert Costanza
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Treatment Decision‐Making Roles and Preferences Among Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Decision‐making (DM) dynamics between adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer, parents, and oncologists remain underexplored in diverse populations. We examined cancer treatment DM preferences among an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse group of AYAs and their parents.
Amanda M. Gutierrez +14 more
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