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The recreational value of beaches in the Nelson Mandela Bay area, South Africa [PDF]

open access: yes
Using beach visitation data collected via the administration of a questionnaire to 226 respondents, this paper estimates a random utility model of beach recreation.
Deborah Ellen Lee   +2 more
core  

Internationalising the teacher education curriculum: An analysis of syllabi and student experiences

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Internationalisation has increasingly become a key dimension of quality in initial teacher education (ITE) programmes. Although it is recognised as a means to strengthen future teachers' competencies and expand their professional knowledge, it remains underdeveloped in practice.
Nafsika Alexiadou, Mai Trang Vu
wiley   +1 more source

Strengthening urban resilience in China through underground infrastructures management: Addressing global climate challenges with technological solutions

open access: yesDeep Underground Science and Engineering, EarlyView.
This paper explores how climate‐resilient technologies, such as smart grids, digital twins, and self‐healing materials, can enhance urban resilience. It highlights the urgent need for proactive planning, public‐private collaboration, and data‐driven innovation to future‐proof underground infrastructure amid accelerating climate and urban pressures ...
Kai Chen Goh   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Beaches are for Kids! sticker

open access: yes, 1968
A 4.5 x 3 yellow sticker used by Beaches Forever, Inc. in its campaign to gather enough signatures to include their beach initiative on the November ballot.
Beaches Forever, Inc.
core  

Continental scale metagenomics reveals Microcystis‐induced synchrony among aquatic taxa is exacerbated by trophic cascades

open access: yesEcography, EarlyView.
Harmful Microcystis proliferation severely threatens aquatic ecosystems globally, but its impacts on food‐web stability remain poorly understood. Here, we analyzed 1309 metagenomic samples from freshwater ecosystems across China to investigate how Microcystis abundance affects synchrony among taxa in multi‐trophic food webs (from bacteriophages to ...
Lemian Liu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Clean Up Rural Beaches (CURB) plan for Lake Huron beaches in the Ausable Bayfield watershed

open access: yes, 1989
This report represents the Clean Up Rural Beaches (C.U.R.B.) Plan for the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority's (A.B.C.A.) Target Sub-basin Study.
Hocking, Doug, Dean, Donna
core   +1 more source

Towards Transformative Climate Governance: Capacities and Constraints for Local Government in Aotearoa New Zealand

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT An emerging consensus calls for transformative climate governance. However, what instigates and sustains transformative pathways remains unclear. This study characterises the existence, quality and structural underpinnings of transformative governance capacities in local government climate change response in Aotearoa New Zealand, applying a ...
Gangadari K. Ranawaka   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

St. Lawrence River Clean Up Rural Beaches (CURB) Plan

open access: yes, 1992
The St. Lawrence River Rural Beaches Program was initiated in 1990 by the Raisin Region Conservation Authority (R.R.C.A.) as part of the Ministry of the Environment's initiative to prevent the closure of rural beaches as a result of bacterial ...
Karl, Stephen B.
core   +1 more source

Ocean Governance and Marine Conservation: Institutional Work as a Lever for Ocean Sustainability

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ocean governance presents one of the most complex environmental policy challenges of our time, requiring coordinated action across multiple scales, sectors and stakeholder groups. This paper applies institutional work theory to systematically examine how actors create, maintain and disrupt the governance arrangements underpinning ocean ...
Kedar Uttam   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perceptions of Governance (Il)Legitimacy Mediate Climate Change Adaptation in the Lake Victoria Basin, Uganda

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Governance is a well‐known dimension of adaptive capacity across various frameworks, however specific links between perceptions of governance (il)legitimacy and adaptive capacity remain relatively unexplored. In this study, we investigate connections between climate change adaptation and perceptions of governance (il)legitimacy using focus ...
Emma D. Rice   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

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