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Natural Hazards ResearchBangladesh's coast, one of the world's most vulnerable, faces recurring natural disasters that cause significant casualties and damage. With rising sea levels and coastal hazards, assessing erosion vulnerability is crucial for protecting people and ...
Md Kamrul Islam, Israt Jahan, Abul Azad
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
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Assessment of Vulnerability to Erosion in Amazonian Beaches
GeographiesErosion represents a significant global threat to coastal zones, especially beaches, which are among the most valuable coastal landforms. This study evaluates the vulnerability to coastal erosion along the Brazilian Amazon coast, focusing on eight ...
Remo Luan Marinho Costa Pereira +2 more
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The Study of Coastal Vulnerability in South Central Timor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province [PDF]
Nature Environment and Pollution TechnologyThe presence of anthropogenic activities in the coastal areas of the South Central Timor (SCT) Regency has weakened coastal resilience, which may exacerbate the impact of rising sea levels.
Ludgardis Ledheng, Emanuel Maria Yosef Hano’e and Marce Sherly Kase
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Shoreline Dynamics and Beach Erosion
Geosciences, 2023 Coasts are highly dynamic and geomorphologic complex systems that evolve under the increasing pressure of climate change and anthropogenic activities, having direct or indirect impacts on the coastal environment.
Gianluigi Di Paola +2 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While industry platforms are widely recognized as enablers of circular innovation, we still know little about how they evolve to scale and sustain innovation as economic conditions tighten and circular economy funding schemes become more selective.
Eva Qi Wang +3 more
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Environmental and Sustainability IndicatorsThis study assesses the dynamic coastal vulnerability of Kakinada district in India by integrating various geophysical and socioeconomic factors within a geospatial framework.
Ganni Satya Venkata Sai Aditya Bharadwaz +3 more
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Quaternary Science Advances, 2023 Coastal areas are home to a myriad of essential services. However, population growth and climate change along with their cascading impacts have had profound impacts on their topography and evolution.
Selasi Yao Avornyo +6 more
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When Nature Counts: Corporate Biodiversity Attention and Access to Bank Finance
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates whether corporate attention to biodiversity influences firms' access to bank loans, an overlooked question in the emerging biodiversity–finance literature. Using a novel, text‐based measure constructed from 446 biodiversity‐related keywords and applied to Chinese A‐share listed firms from 2000 to 2023, we show that ...
Ruxiao Li +3 more
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Do High Temperatures Affect Firm Demography? Evidence From Italy
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study analyses the impact of high temperatures and heat stress on Italian firm demography during 2009–2022. Combining provincial‐firm‐level data with a high‐resolution multidecadal meteorological dataset, we investigate whether high temperatures—absolute and anomalous—affect firm entry and exit rates.
Concetta Carnevale +3 more
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