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State‐Level Politics in Forest Governance: The Role of the Narrative‐Policy Nexus in the Brazilian Amazon

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Deforestation and its social impacts are an enduring challenge in agrarian frontiers, especially in the tropics. Fueled by global demand for commodities, this process is mediated by ideas, concepts, meanings, and policies that uphold socioenvironmental degradation. A key and understudied—arena in which this mediation occurs is the sub‐national
Gabriela Russo Lopes, Fabio de Castro
wiley   +1 more source

“Passive” Scalecraft as a State Strategy in Post‐Authoritarian Environmental Governance: A Case From South Korea

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study employs a scalar politics framework to unpack how participatory rhetoric operates statecraft in a post‐authoritarian context, thereby illuminating hybrid‐regime behavior along a continuum of environmental governance. An examination of the environmental governance of an ecotourism project in South Korea is performed using ...
Souyeon Nam
wiley   +1 more source

Open Space Policy‐Making and Planning in Urban Regions: Towards a Theoretical Approach Based on the Multiple Streams Framework

Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Open space networks provide multiple ecosystem services and other benefits which are particularly important to urban regions. Accordingly, there are many examples around the world of urban‐regional open space policies such as regional parks and green belts that connect non‐built‐up areas over several municipalities. Yet it is still unclear how
Gerd Lintz, Mariam Diagayété
wiley   +1 more source

A Critical Perspective on 50 Years of Evaluation Policy: Imagining a Framework for Better, Cheaper, Faster, Usable Evaluation

New Directions for Evaluation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT National evaluation policy in the United States has substantially improved over the past half century, yet honest assessment requires acknowledging where fundamental challenges persist. This article provides a policy perspective on structural failures in evaluation policy design, drawing on the author's experience helping lead the U.S ...
Nicholas R. Hart
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating General and Vocational Education to Sustain and Renew Traditional Chinese Culture: A Case Study of Chongqing Three Gorges Vocational College

Future in Educational Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how a Chinese higher vocational college can align skills training with the inheritance and innovative development of fine traditional Chinese culture. Grounded in perspectives that view vocational education as cultural transmission and identity work and informed by the lenses of general‐vocational integration and ...
Yuchang Xu, Dequan Zhu, Jiancheng Tan, Xue Pan, Fukui Zhao, Dufan Cao, Ning Wang, Ying Tang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Joy and Unrest: Transborder College Students' Sense of Belonging at the US–México Borderlands

New Directions for Higher Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this study, we present the Transborder College Student Sense of Belonging Model, developed to understand how to create an inclusive and validating campus climate for Transborder students in postsecondary and higher education institutions along the US–México borderlands.
Vannessa Falcón Orta, Carlos A. Fitch, Efren M. Lopez, Gilberto Reyes Morgan   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metagenomics Analysis of the Microbial Consortium in Samples from Lake Xochimilco, a World Cultural Heritage Site. [PDF]

Microorganisms
de Obeso Fernández Del Valle A, Membrillo-Hernández J.   +1 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Insolvency‐related foreign judgements in Nigeria: Contextualising English legal influence and comparative analysis of the UNCITRAL regime

International Insolvency Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has produced the most robust international insolvency regime applicable to countries around the world. The Model Law on Cross‐Border Insolvency (1997) is widely accepted and already very popular among African countries.
Pontian N. Okoli
wiley   +1 more source

Biodiversity as a Dominant Force in Shaping Ethnic Music Styles 生物多样性:塑造民族音乐风格的主导力量

Integrative Conservation, EarlyView.
Our findings show that plant, bird, and mammal diversity considerably shape musical features such as vocal range and ornamental sounds, more so than geography or lifestyle. Our study provides the first empirical evidence linking biodiversity to ethnic music styles. Protecting biodiversity, the musical and cultural will be protected.
Wenchen Song, Yifan Xue, Rui Li
wiley   +1 more source

Public Preferences for Land uses’ changes - valuing urban regeneration projects at the Venice Arsenale [PDF]

This paper discusses the results of a conjoint analysis study developed to assess alternative land uses for an important part of the city of Venice: its Arsenal. Aim of the study is to illustrate the potential of stated preferences techniques for placing
Alberto Longo, Anna Alberini, Patrizia Riganti   +2 more
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