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Research capacity and training needs for non-communicable diseases in the public health arena in Turkey [PDF]

, 2014
Background The aim of this study is to define the research capacity and training needs for professionals working on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the public health arena in Turkey.
Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen, Islek, Duygu, Kilic, Bulent, Korkmaz, Eren, Oztoprak, Dilek, Phillimore, Peter, Unal, Belgin, Zaman, Shahaduz   +7 more
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Another Turn of the Screw on the Environmental Opinions: Utilising Surveys and Social Discourses to Investigate the Social Perception of Environmental Issues

Conservation & Society, 2019
In this paper, we explore the nature of the contradictions between capitalism and the environment as they emerge under new conditions of stress and austerity in Spanish contexts.
Marina i Mora Requena, Guillermo Rodríguez Moreno   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Externalities:why environmental sociology should bring them in [PDF]

, 2016
The concept of externalities represents the core of environmental economics, but appears much less in sociology and other social sciences. This article presents the concept of externalities and makes a case for its usefulness, noting reasons why ...
Fairbrother, Malcolm H
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A passion for environmental sociology. Exploring links between social environmental sciences, interdisciplinary integration and sustainability with Professor Riley E. Dunlap

Papers, 2006
Professor Riley E. has been one of the «founding fathers» and still is one of the most outstanding academics of contemporary environmental sociology. In fact, it is not possible to understand the development of this discipline, which now extends over ...
Joan David Tàbara, Daniel Polo
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Nature, society and social change [PDF]

, 2012
Environmental destruction has become an everyday reality in the contemporary world. Major concerns are being put forward regarding the dangers to the environment in general and to human societies in particular, with strong focus currently being put on ...
Briguglio, Michael
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Agricultural Turns, Geographical Turns: Retrospect and Prospect. [PDF]

, 2004
It is accepted that British rural geography has actively engaged with the ‘cultural turn’, leading to a resurgence of research within the sub-discipline. However, a reading of recent reviews suggests that the cultural turn has largely, if not completely,
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Designing Cost‐Effective Carbon Payments to Induce Cellulosic Feedstock Production for Sustainable Aviation Fuel

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Perennial bioenergy crops, such as miscanthus and switchgrass, and crop residues have the potential to scale up sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production and mitigate carbon emissions. However, high establishment costs, delayed returns, and risk–return profiles that diverge from those of conventional crops can hinder incentives to adopt ...
Fahd Majeed, Madhu Khanna, Ruiqing Miao
wiley   +1 more source

Is Labor Green? [PDF]

, 2019
In this article, we assess whether unionization of national workforces influences growth in national carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per capita. Political-economic theories in environmental sociology propose that labor unions have the potential to affect ...
Alvarez, Camila Huerta, McGee, Julius Alexander, York, Richard   +2 more
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How Does Cultural and Colonial Heritage Affect Optimal Branding Strategies? Evidence From the Rice Sector in Senegal

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Automatizing Green Practices? The Analysis of Reverse Vending Machines as a Re-contamination of Theories of Practices

Sociologica, 2019
The analysis I bring to the present symposium about contamination of practice theories concentrates on potential reconfiguration of domestic waste management as social practice through the installation of Reverse Vending Machines (RVMs).
Paolo Giardullo
doaj   +1 more source