International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract What happens when venture capitalists try to reinvent housing in their own image? Synonymous with the rise of Big Tech, venture capitalists (VCs) are asset managers that invest in early‐stage companies, pursuing aggressive growth and market domination. Since the 2008 financial crisis, VCs have poured huge sums into real estate start‐ups.
Tim White
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The social life of money for children
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.Abstract Inspired by Nigel Dodd's The Social Life of Money, this article proposes an analysis of entangled economic lives, that is, how meaning, structures and politics jointly shape the flow of monies within households. The past decades have marked a shift from “childrearing expenditures” to “parenting investments” that align with new visions of both ...
Nina Bandelj
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Crop raiding behaviors of the Anubis baboon (Papio anubis) and the Vervet monkey (Chlorocebu spygerythrus) in southern Ethiopia: implications for primate conservation and agricultural loss mitigation [PDF]
, 2022 Senait Samuel Bramo +1 more
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Re-examining the 'More People Less Erosion' Hypothesis:\ud Special Case of Wider Trend? [PDF]
, 2000 Recent research into natural resource rehabilitation based on in-depth case studies has highlighted situations where population growth and agricultural intensification have been accompanied by improved rather than deteriorating soil and water resources(e.
Boyd, Charlotte, Slaymaker, Tom
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Crop raiding by wild mammals in Ethiopia: impacts on the livelihoods of smallholders in an agriculture–forest mosaic landscape [PDF]
, 2016 Tola Gemechu Ango +2 more
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Exploring marking methods for the predatory hoverfly Sphaerophoria rueppellii (Diptera: Syrphidae)
Insect Science, EarlyView.As important pollinators and predators of aphids, hoverflies play an important role in ecosystems. This study focuses on identifying the best marking technique for the model species Sphaerophoria rueppellii that can be used to track hoverfly feeding and oviposition sites, evaluating three methods: rubidium (RbCl), fluorescein, and fluorescent dusts ...
Michele Violi +4 more
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Elephants in the neighborhood: patterns of crop-raiding by Asian elephants within a fragmented landscape of Eastern India. [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Naha D +4 more
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Insect Science, EarlyView.This study investigated the dietary composition of Sycanus bifidus, a generalist predator of the assassin bug that is artificially released into citrus orchards, and uncovered its trophic structure across various pest species using metabarcoding‐based molecular gut content analysis.
Weidong Huang +9 more
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Ecology and power in the periphery of Maasina : the case of the Hayre in the nineteenth century [PDF]
This article explores political tensions between successive nineteenth-century rulers of the inland delta of the Niger in central Mali (the Fulbe Diina of Hamdullahi and the Futanke successors of al-Hajj Umar) and the pastoral interests of the Fulbe ...
Bruijn, M., de, Dijk, H., van
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Urban human-elephant conflict in Zimbabwe: A case study of the mitigation endeavour [PDF]
, 2018 With the expansion of urbanization, urban cases of human-wildlife conflict are increasing worldwide. Africa's population, currently at 1.3 billion, is expected to reach 4 billion by 2100 .
Cornélis, Daniel +5 more
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