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Quantifying the impacts of climate and land use changes on the hydrological response of a monsoonal catchment [PDF]
, 2010 The effect of climate change and land use change on runoff generation and flooding has received great attention in many hydrological modelling studies.
Adnan, Nor Aizam
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Rethinking a positive‐sum game: US FDI location decisions in the presence of Chinese FDI
Global Strategy Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Research Summary This study examines how rising Chinese outbound foreign direct investment (OFDI) in third‐country markets shapes US MNEs' foreign direct investment location decisions amid escalating US–China geopolitical rivalry. US firms initially benefit from complementary co‐location dynamics, as Chinese OFDI—particularly in infrastructure—
Injae Jeon, Jon Jungbien Moon
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Environmental factors influencing the distribution of bats (Chiroptera) in South Africa [PDF]
, 2012 Environmental factors limiting the distribution of 37 of the 56 bat species in a warm temperate region (South Africa) were determined using GIS software and the Maximum Entropy modelling technique (MaxEnt).
Salata, Hassan Aburaida Babiker
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Turning Water to Wine: An Analysis of Texas Wine Industry Water Management
Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Texas wine industry is expanding in scale and reputation during a period when sustainability concerns are increasingly visible and valuable to grape growers and wine producers in Texas. Most vineyard hectarage in Texas is in the High Plains and Hill Country American Viticultural Areas (AVAs), which rely on regional aquifers for water. With
Brock Burford +3 more
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Brunei's political development between 1966 and 1984 : challenges and difficulties over its security and survival [PDF]
, 2006 After conducting extensive research at the Public Record Office at Kew, London, which involved unearthing documents pertaining to Brunei-UK relationships between 1966 and 1984, I decided to focus my work on Brunei's political development between those ...
Haji Abu Bakar, Nani Suryani
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Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change is making water availability more uncertain, with growing consequences for the productivity and long‐term sustainability of tropical and subtropical fruit orchards. Mangifera indica L. and Persea americana Mill. both require large amounts of water to sustain growth and productivity.
Eleonora Cataldo
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International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT To explore the real effect of banking globalisation on bank liquidity creation, we investigate plausibly exogenous variations in the expectation of further banking globalisation under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), which further opens the gate to foreign investors.
Xuanyi Shi +3 more
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Sustainable tourism development management in Central Africa: a case study of the tourism industry in Cameroon [PDF]
, 2010 The tourism industry in sub-Saharan Africa has been experiencing one of the fastest growth rates in the last decade at more than 10% in 2006, +7% in 2007 and +5% in 2008 and 2009 respectively and this positive trend is predicted to continue in future in ...
Kimbu, AN
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International Journal of Climatology, EarlyView.During the period 1901–2024, the dominant proportion of compound dry‐warm extremes in annual, June–July–August (JJA), and December–January–February (DJF) occurrences was the highest among the four types of compound precipitation and temperature extremes across global land areas, accounting for 40.1%, 50.3%, and 28.0%, respectively.
Ruting Yang +6 more
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A methodology for the investigation of land form-sediment relationships in British glaciated valleys. [PDF]
, 1989 PhDRecent progress in the understanding of the processes and products of glacial deposition in valleys, based mainly on work in actively glaciated environments, has led to the development of a general model of glacial valley landform-sediment ...
Raper, Jonathan Francis
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