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Networking and spatial interactions: What contributes most to increasing museums' attractiveness?

Papers in Regional Science, Volume 102, Issue 6, Page 1215-1232, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Given the relevance of museums in promoting cultural, tourism and economic development in local territories, we investigate the influence of both spatial and non‐spatial interactions on museum attractiveness. In particular, we assess whether non‐spatial collaborations such as partnerships and networking, contribute to enhancing their level of ...
Cristina Bernini, Federica Galli
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Uneven development, competitiveness and behavioural economic geography: Addressing ‘levelling up’ policies from a human perspective

Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 15, Issue 9, Page 2274-2294, December 2023., 2023
Abstract This paper draws on behavioural economic geography to identify the factors affecting uneven development. It uses the lens of economic competitiveness and addresses the association between differences in human behavioural traits and competitiveness in the context of localities across the United Kingdom. It focusses on the policy requirement for
Robert Huggins, Piers Thompson
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Insights from experiences comanaging woody invasive alien plants in Argentina

Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 4, Issue 4, October–December 2023., 2023
The complexities of invasive alien species (IAS) management call for a close collaboration among stakeholders to comanage effective solutions. Based on a SWOT analysis, we identified personal motivations as the main force that helps to overcome barriers to to IAS comanagement in Argentina. We recommend the development of spaces to share experiences and
Priscila Ana Powell, Pablo García‐Díaz, Gloria Fernández Cánepa, Alfredo Grau, Lorena Herrera, Cecilia Nuñez, María Paula Quiroga, Pablo Adrián Quiroga, Tobías Nicolás Rojas, Nahuel Ruiz de Huidobro, Karina L. Speziale, Romina Vidal‐Russell, Silvia Zaninovich, Lía Montti   +13 more
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De‐peripheralization and rural land capitalization: An empirical study of a public–private partnership in Zhaoqing, China

Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 15, Issue 7, Page 1596-1611, September 2023., 2023
Abstract Classical urban geography theories determine the distribution of population, production and economic activities on geospatial features. Under this assumption, peripheral regions are rarely prosperous. Depopulation, weak industrial and employment structure and inefficient and fragmented land use form a negative feedback loop. Within the context
Yu Zhang
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Soils, scale, or elites? Biological innovation in Uruguayan cattle farming, 1880–1913

The Economic History Review, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 498-524, May 2023., 2023
Abstract This article examines the economics of innovation in livestock rearing during the first globalisation in Uruguay, the country with the most cattle per person in the world, both then and now. Using a new historical dataset of Uruguayan agriculture, the first one at a sub‐provincial level, I exploit regional differences in the adoption of cattle
Emiliano Travieso
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COVID‐19 AND SOUTH AFRICA–CHINA ASYMMETRIC RELATIONS

World Affairs, Volume 185, Issue 3, Page 587-614, Fall 2022., 2022
While South Africa–China relations were only formalized in 1998, relations between these states date back to the 1800s. South Africa's quest for sustainable development through partnerships with global powers motivated its close ties with China. The 2015 Cape Town Declaration committed the two countries to improve health facilities and disease control.
Adeoye O. Akinola, Oluwaseun Tella
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Inter‐country differences in the cultural ecosystem services provided by cockles

People and Nature, Volume 4, Issue 1, Page 71-87, February 2022., 2022
Abstract Coastal systems provide many cultural ecosystem services (CES) to humans. Fewer studies have focused solely on CES, while those comparing CES across countries are even rarer. In the case of shellfish, considerable ecosystem services focus has been placed on nutrient remediation, with relatively little on the cultural services provided, despite
Mathilde Jackson‐Bué, Ana C. Brito, Sara Cabral, David N. Carss, Frederico Carvalho, Paula Chainho, Aurélie Ciutat, Elena Couñago Sanchez, Xavier de Montaudouin, Rosa M. Fernández Otero, Mónica Incera Filgueira, Alice Fitch, Angus Garbutt, M. Anouk Goedknegt, Sharon A. Lynch, Kate E. Mahony, Olivier Maire, Shelagh K. Malham, Francis Orvain, Mélanie Rocroy, Andrew van der Schatte Olivier, Laurence Jones   +21 more
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Integrating Indigenous knowledge and modern statistical approaches to model wildlife density based on animal track counts

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract In multiuse areas outside formal protection, sustaining both wildlife and people is critical to wildlife conservation and coexistence efforts. Botswana's Kalahari hosts one of sub‐Saharan Africa’s largest unprotected areas supporting free‐ranging wildlife.
Marie‐Charlotte Gielen, Xiko Johannes, Njoxlau Kashe, Glam Khumo, Horekwe (Karoha) Langwane, Zoro Zoronxhogo, Viktoriia Radchuk, Nicolas Schtickzelle   +7 more
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Addressing the Right to Food Through Food Expenditure Burdens: Distributional Evidence Among Low‐Income Farming Families in Brazil (2012–2023)

World Food Policy, Volume 12, Issue 2, November 2026.
ABSTRACT Household food expenditure continues to be a key factor in ensuring the realization of the Human Right to Adequate Food. Particularly in Brazil, access to food can be limited by economic constraints in vulnerable families, especially among farming families, who have been more vulnerable to food insecurity in recent years in the country.
Lucas de Almeida Moura, Flávia Mori Sarti, Carolina Ribeiro Xavier, Dirce Maria Lobo Marchioni   +3 more
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Measuring Governance or Wealth? Construct Validation of AI Readiness Indices

Policy &Internet, Volume 18, Issue 3, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Many are the promises of artificial intelligence and the indices claiming to measure government readiness for it. This study provides the first construct validity investigation of the Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index, the Tortoise Global AI Index, and the IMF AI Preparedness Index, using a nine‐test battery and drawing on ...
Anis Ben Brik
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