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Designing cities for everyday nature. [PDF]
Conserv BiolAbstract The motivations for incorporating nature into the design of cities have never been more compelling. Creating experiences with nature that occur every day (everyday nature) in cities could help reverse the fate of many threatened species and connect people with nature and living cultural traditions.
Visintin C +5 more
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Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 15, Issue 9, Page 1941-1955, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Drawn from 14 educational policy documents and 26 interviews with educators of internal migrant children in China, this paper examines the design and implementation of educational policy for Chinese internal migrant children in the past three decades through the theoretical lens of social justice.
Yao Wang, Peter Sercombe
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Matching forerunner cities: Climate policy in Turku, Groningen, Rostock, and Potsdam
Review of Policy Research, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 1004-1025, November 2023., 2023 Abstract This article analyzes and compares the climate policy and transformation pathways of the forerunner cities Turku (Finland), Groningen (The Netherlands), Rostock, and Potsdam (both located in Germany). Our study combines an international comparison of cities located in three different countries with a national comparison of two German cities ...
Kristine Kern +3 more
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Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 15, Issue 7, Page 1596-1611, September 2023., 2023 Abstract Classical urban geography theories determine the distribution of population, production and economic activities on geospatial features. Under this assumption, peripheral regions are rarely prosperous. Depopulation, weak industrial and employment structure and inefficient and fragmented land use form a negative feedback loop. Within the context
Yu Zhang
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Centring justice in conceptualizing and improving access to urban nature
People and Nature, Volume 5, Issue 3, Page 897-910, June 2023., 2023 Abstract As humanity has become increasingly urban, a growing number of people have been deprived of access to nature and the benefits it provides. This is especially true for marginalized groups, who often live in neighbourhoods where nature has been so diminished and degraded that it provides fewer types, and much lower levels of benefits.
Kelley E. Langhans +14 more
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Border Effects on firm's productivity: The role of peripherality and territorial capital
Papers in Regional Science, Volume 102, Issue 3, Page 483-506, June 2023., 2023 Abstract Border effects have long been studied and are a central element of EU regional policies. While most literature takes a macroeconomic approach, this paper adopts a microeconomic one, studying the impact on firm productivity in border areas. The empirical analysis, on Italian land borders, employs a novel two‐phases double‐matching design, which
Federico Fantechi, Ugo Fratesi
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Obesity Reviews, Volume 22, Issue S5, Octubre 2021., 2021 Resumen Prevenir la obesidad entre los jóvenes latinos que viven en Estados Unidos y en países latinoamericanos requiere reconocer la especificidad de los contextos y las interacciones entre actividad física (AF) y entorno construido (EC). El objetivo de este artículo es avanzar en la agenda de investigación sobre el EC y la AF con el fin de prevenir ...
Olga L. Sarmiento +11 more
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La migración como determinante de la obesidad infantil en Estados Unidos y Latinoamérica
Obesity Reviews, Volume 22, Issue S5, Octubre 2021., 2021 Resumen La migración internacional tiene consecuencias económicas y en la salud. El proceso de aculturación en el país de acogida puede estar relacionado con la obesidad infantil. Utilizamos el marco conceptual del balance energético comunitario (CEB, por sus siglas en inglés) para analizar la relación entre migración y obesidad infantil en los hogares
Mireya Vilar‐Compte +7 more
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Obesity Reviews, Volume 22, Issue S5, Octubre 2021., 2021 Resumen La obesidad infantil es un grave problema de salud pública en Latinoamérica y Estados Unidos y para luchar contra ella se precisan instrumentos de medición válidos y fiables y que tengan en cuenta los aspectos culturales. Para avanzar en este campo sería útil mejorar las mediciones en los distintos grupos de edades y países del continente ...
David Berrigan +11 more
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Diseño urbano sensible al agua para la zona kárstica de Bacalar, Quintana Roo, México
Ecosistemas y Recursos Agropecuarios, 2022 En las regiones kársticas de México la construcción de ciudades se ha realizado con el uso de materiales y procesos que no corresponden con el funcionamiento de la dinámica de filtración del agua. Con el uso de modelos hidrodinámicos se analizó
Silvana Marisa Ibarra-Marigal +8 more
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