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Identifying the exposure of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity of steppe birds to renewable energy development

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Biodiversity is globally threatened by human impacts, including land‐use transformation and climate change, which has prompted a rapid transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energy sources, such as photovoltaic (PV) energy. However, utility‐scale PV plants require vast areas and can lead to conflicts with biodiversity conservation, making ...
Pablo Medrano‐Vizcaíno   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modelo de evaluación de la gestión logística en empresas [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Diversos estudios apuntan a que el desarrollo de cualquier área de gestión empresarial requiere tanto de la existencia de sistemas de gestión para los procesos implicados, como de modelos de evaluación y diagnóstico basados en su correspondiente sistema ...
Beltrán Sanz, Jaime   +3 more
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Effects of restoration practices on biodiversity in temperate and boreal forests

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Several restoration practices are used to mitigate and compensate for the negative effects of large‐scale forestry on biodiversity in temperate and boreal forests. A comprehensive synthesis of the benefits of these practices across taxa is missing. We conducted a systematic review and meta‐analysis on this topic.
Malin Tälle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification and Analysis of the Industrial Districts in Spain: A Quantitative Approach [PDF]

open access: yes
The identification and analysis of the industrial districts in Spain using a quantitative approach is the aim of this research. In the first part, the industrial districts are identified applying the methodology developed by the Italian Statistics ...
Antonio Fuster Olivares   +2 more
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Local Elites in Chile's Pisco Valley: Dispossession, Legal Mobilisation and Intertwined Citizenship

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In countries in the Global South, citizenship is often closely tied to access to water and land ownership. In Latin America, the literature has primarily explored social mobilisation and identity reconfiguration in response to development‐driven processes of land and water dispossession affecting peasants, rural and Indigenous communities ...
Chloé Nicolas‐Artero
wiley   +1 more source

En busca de la sostenibilidad [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
El estudio En busca de la sostenibilidad. El camino de la Responsabilidad Social Empresarial en América Latina y la contribución de la Fundación AVINA da cuenta de las últimas tres décadas en materia de responsabilidad social empresarial, con foco en la ...

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Structural lobbying power? An exploration of patterns in preference attainment at varying levels of lobbying activity

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Studies of lobbying typically look at the extent to which interest groups realize political goals on issues they actively lobby for. Little is known, however, about the extent to which interest groups attain their political goals without making an active lobbying effort.
Marcel Hanegraaff   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic crisis and democratic consolidation in Spain, 1973-82 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy after the death of General Francisco Franco in 1975 has been viewed in many ways. Political historians and political scientists generally deem it an outstanding success.
Harrison, Joseph
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Los estados desarrollistas en el este asiático: aportaciones institucionales y límites históricos [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Developmental State conceptualization emerged during second half of the XX century as an explanative hypothesis for the fast growing economies in the Asian northeast.
Fernando DE LA CRUZ PREGO
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Facets of Crises: How Problem Indicators and Public Perceptions Affect Policy Change

open access: yesPolicy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Crises are widely acknowledged as catalysts for policy change. Yet, our understanding of the policy effects of crises remains limited. Why do only some crises lead to major changes, while significant policy changes also occur during seemingly non‐crisis periods?
Constantin Kaplaner   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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