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Defining the pollinator garden: is conceptual flexibility a feature or a bug?

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
Ecologists often aim to reduce conceptual ambiguity by attempting to create rigid shared lexicons. These efforts imply that ambiguity is undesirable. In some contexts, however, conceptual flexibility comes with under‐discussed benefits. Here, we use the lens of pollinator gardening to explore how conceptual flexibility is built into participatory ...
Atticus W Murphy, Nicholas N Dorian, Emily Minor, Paul J CaraDonna, Sean R Griffin, Heather Holm, Amy M Iler, Gwen E Kirschke, J Scott MacIvor, Katherine R Urban‐Mead, Elsa Youngsteadt, Elizabeth E Crone   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Legacy effects of redlining on the distribution of greenspaces in US cities

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.
We investigated how a discriminatory housing policy—redlining—has shaped the spatial patterns and configurations of greenspaces throughout 177 cities in the contiguous US. Housing segregation has been a long‐term development practice that has sequestered communities of color to areas with elevated environmental and public health risks.
Travis Gallo, Mason Fidino, Christopher J Schell, Marccus D Hendricks, Seth B Magle   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Grow Your Groceries Home Gardening Program in Chicago, Illinois. [PDF]

J Community Health, 2023
Kersten M, Carrazco L, Rosing H, Swenski T, Russell D, Idrovo J, Lofton S.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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
wiley   +1 more source

On the irrelevance of (peat-free) substrates - Qualitative insights into the social practices of hobby gardeners in Germany

Cleaner and Responsible Consumption
Reducing peat consumption in hobby gardening offers considerable potential for reducing CO2 emissions, since peatlands are one of the most important natural carbon sinks.
Holger Braun, Dorothee Apfel, Benedikt Rilling, Carsten Herbes   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Prediction Model for One‐Year Disability Risk Among Community‐Dwelling Older Adults in China: Integrating Physical, Metabolic, and Psychosocial Factors

Health Care Science, EarlyView.
Based on a prospective cohort of 1003 older adults, we developed and validated a practical disability prediction model integrating physical, metabolic, and psychosocial factors (AUC = 0.716), presented via a user‐friendly nomogram for community use. ABSTRACT Background Disability in older adults, characterized by progressive limitations in performing ...
Yanjun Ma, Chaofan Geng, Zhibin Wang, Yiwei Zhao, Lixin Ma, Pengpeng Ye, Leilei Duan, Guoping Peng, Yi Tang   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Caring Flexibly? Working Conditions and the Supply of Adult Care

Health Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although flexible employment policies can help employed individuals balance caregiving and paid work, limited evidence has been devoted to examining the effect of working flexibly on the supply of care to older adults. In this paper, we study the impact of flexible working conditions on the supply of informal adult care and mental health.
Joan Costa‐Font, Wanying Wang
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of nutrition education and home gardening interventions on feto-maternal outcomes among pregnant women in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia: A cluster randomized controlled trial. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Kuma MN, Tamiru D, Belachew T.
europepmc   +1 more source

Partnerships for Social Cohesion and Social Impact: How Corporate‐Community Co‐Development Constitutes an Impactful HR Initiative

Human Resource Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Organizational scholars have begun to recognize the importance of social cohesion, but we know little about how it can lead to broader social impact, and even less about the role of human resource management (HRM) in these processes. To investigate this link, we examined corporate community co‐development as a particularly impactful HRM ...
Cristina B. Gibson, Jennifer Gibbs, Nitzan Navick, Kimberly McGinnis   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sex of Household Heads and Attitude Towards Home Gardening in Southwest, Nigeria

Journal of Agricultural Extension
This study investigates gender differences and household attitude towards home garden in urban Nigeria. We used a cross-sectional sex-disaggregated survey data collected from a random sample of 480 households.
Abdulrazaq Kamal DAUDU, Sidiqat Adeyemi Aderinoye-Abdulwahab   +1 more
doaj   +4 more sources