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Selling Conservation? Scientific Legitimacy and the Commodification of Conservation Tourism
Ecology and Society, 2009 Conservation tourism is a rapidly growing subsector of ecotourism that engages paying volunteers as active participants in conservation projects. Once the preserve of charities, the sector now hosts a proliferation of private companies seeking to make ...
Jenny A. Cousins +2 more
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Active Plant Wall for Green Indoor Climate Based on Cloud and Internet of Things
IEEE Access, 2018 An indoor climate is closely related to human health, well-being, and comfort. Thus, indoor climate monitoring and management are prevalent in many places, from public offices to residential houses.
Yu Liu +4 more
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Capital and World Labor: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the Nineteenth Century
Historia Crítica, 2023 Objective/context: The boom-and-bust of New World slavery in the nineteenth century has always been a major topic of scholarship. In this essay, I suggest that the literature devoted to this theme, the so-called “capitalism and slavery debate,” has made ...
Tâmis Parron
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Examining the everyday micro-economies of migrant detention in the United States [PDF]
Geographica Helvetica, 2014 Securitization of immigration, the rise of interior immigration policing, and forces of carceral privatization have occasioned a remarkable expansion of immigrant detention throughout the United States.
D. Conlon, N. Hiemstra
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A qualitative study on the impact of long-distance travel for gynecologic cancer care
Gynecologic Oncology Reports, 2021 Background: Women with gynecologic malignancies experience improved clinical outcomes when they are treated by gynecologic oncologists and in high-volume cancer centers. However, geography is a major barrier to high-volume care for patients.
Vaidehi Mujumdar +2 more
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Firm finances, weather derivatives and geography [PDF]
, 2008 This paper considers some intellectual, practical and political dimensions of collaboration between human and physical geographers exploring how firms are using relatively new financial products – weather derivatives – to displace any costs of weather ...
Oldfield, J; id_orcid +7 more
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The joy of geography: Fieldwork in research, teaching, and collaboration
Nordia Geographical PublicationsIn the field, geographers engage directly with natural and human environments. In this discussion article, I argue that the discipline of geography fundamentally relies on fieldwork in research, teaching, and collaboration.
Julia Kemppinen
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Espaço e economia no Sistema de Cantillon [PDF]
Nova Economia, 2005 The paper outlines the economic geography underlying the Essay on the nature of commerce in general, and discusses the extent to which it relates to the theoretical arguments within Cantillon's system.
Maurício Coutinho
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Les oeuvres d’art une histoire de vrai et de faux ?
Geopolitic and Geostrategic Intelligence, 2018 One of the essential aspects of the Renaissance as a period is the renewal of the themes of art in Europe after the middle Ages. Giving precise chronological benchmarks for this artistic movement appears difficult.
A. Faraj +5 more
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Eco Trauma: Unveiling the Anthropocentric Destruction, the Pathway to Apocalypse [PDF]
Nature Environment and Pollution TechnologyHumans have evolved to the point where we are the most sophisticated animals in the world. The point of evolution is for creatures to become more suited to their natural habitat.
Gajalakshmi G. and Meenakshi S.
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