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How Does Patient Capital Enhance Agribusiness Resilience? Evidence From Chinese Listed Agribusinesses

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In emerging economies where smallholder farming dominates agricultural production, agribusinesses serve as critical intermediaries linking smallholders to broader markets, and their resilience directly affects agricultural sustainability. Short‐term‐oriented capital is reluctant to adequately finance highly uncertain and cyclical agricultural ...
Siyuan Lyu, Jianling Qi, Liling Jiang, Ronghua Jin, Yuanhao Yu, Lingjing Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Post-tsunami road reconstruction in Sri Lanka: Efficacy of mainstreaming disaster risk reduction [PDF]

, 2013
Following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami all roads in the affected areas in Sri Lanka were inaccessible during the immediate aftermath of the disaster either due to the damages they sustained or poor networking of roads and lack of contingency planning ...
Palliyaguru, Roshani, Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Haigh, Richard   +2 more
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Comparative multi-criteria decision-making approaches for landslide susceptibility mapping in Khagrachhari district of southeastern Bangladesh

Discover Geoscience
Landslides have become common and destructive hydrogeological hazards in the southeastern hilly regions of Bangladesh, particularly in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT).
Md. Mahfuzar Rahman, Md. Fazle Rabbi Joy, Asif Ahmed, Anika Tabassum, Md. Shahoriar Sarker, Tonmay Kumar Barman   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Radiation knowledge, risk literacy, and concern about heritable effects: a cross-sectional study in Fukushima and the Tokyo metropolitan area

Frontiers in Public Health
InroductionPublic concern persists about the heritable effects of radiation following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident, despite scientific consensus indicating no detectable increase in such effects.
Yuya Kashiwazaki, Varsha Hande, Makiko Orita, Kyoka Majima, Hitomi Matsunaga, Noboru Takamura   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integration of knowledge and local wisdom for disaster resilience in Anak Krakatau volcano. [PDF]

Jamba, 2023
Firdaus A, Lestari F, Afiff SA, Herdiansyah H.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

What Explains Racial Differences in Farm Succession Planning? Evidence From Decomposition and Counterfactual Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines racial differences in farm succession planning using survey data from Tennessee farmers. While observed differences between White and Black farmers are small, decomposition and counterfactual analyses show that structural characteristics, particularly farm size, would predict higher succession planning among White farmers ...
Abdelaziz Lawani, Anna‐Liisa Ihuhwa, Armine Poghosyan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Capacity building towards sustainability: Context of post disaster waste management [PDF]

Concept of Capacity Building is an essential component in development theory and practice. In developing countries, it is identified as a key concept in achieving sustainability. In particular, in post disaster scenarios, focus has been placed upon local
Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Haigh, Richard, Karunasena, G. I.   +2 more
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A research on urban disaster resilience assessment system for rainstorm and flood disasters: A case study of Beijing. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Yu S, Li R, Zhang Y, Wang M, Zhang P, Wu A, Yu F, Zhang X, Yang L, Cui Y.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A Review on Recent Trends of Bioinspired Soft Robotics: Actuators, Control Methods, Materials Selection, Sensors, Challenges, and Future Prospects

Advanced Intelligent Systems, Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2025.
This article reviews the current state of bioinspired soft robotics. The article discusses soft actuators, soft sensors, materials selection, and control methods used in bioinspired soft robotics. It also highlights the challenges and future prospects of this field.
Abhirup Sarker, Tamzid Ul Islam, Md. Robiul Islam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Comprehensive Framework for Empowering Women in Disaster Risk Governance in Sri Lanka

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
This study was conducted to develop a comprehensive framework for empowering women who work in disaster risk governance in Sri Lanka. Women’s empowerment in disaster risk governance has been identified as a strategy to reduce women’s vulnerability to ...
Kinkini Hemachandra, Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard Haigh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source