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Integrating Urban Expansion and Flood Risk: A Spatial Assessment of Impervious Surface Growth and Floodplain Exposure in Mecklenburg County (2011–2021)

open access: yesWorld Water Policy, Volume 12, Issue 1, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Urban expansion significantly impacts flood risk, particularly in rapidly growing areas where impervious surfaces exacerbate surface runoff. This study examines spatial patterns of urban growth and their effects on flood exposure in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, from 2011 to 2021.
Pegah Madadi, Azad Sadeghi
wiley   +1 more source

Disparidades regionales en la Unión Europea. Una aproximación a la cuantificación de la cohesión económica y social [PDF]

open access: yesInvestigaciones Regionales - Journal of Regional Research, 2005
El Tratado de la Unión Europea (UE) de 1992 y el texto de la Constitución para Europa, actualmente en proceso de aprobación por los países miembros, establecen como uno de los principales objetivos de la Unión el logro de una más alta cohesión económica ...
Juan R. Cuadrado Roura   +1 more
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Indicadores sociales de inclusión digital: brecha y participación ciudadana [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the need to enrich the available indicators to measure the digital divide. The gap is a technological and economic entity. Also cultural, environmental and social.
Agustín-Lacruz, María-Del-Carmen   +1 more
core   +1 more source

When property becomes rent

open access: yesAmerican Ethnologist, Volume 53, Issue 1, Page 45-56, February 2026.
Abstract For millions of working‐class Mexicans, property has turned into rent. This transformation has fundamentally dislocated social reproduction in Mexico by eroding households’ ability to envision themselves as holders of patrimony and as lasting social formations. To understand how and to what effect property turned into rent, we must look to the
Inés Escobar González
wiley   +1 more source

Estimaciones paramétricas y no paramétricas de la distribución del ingreso de los ocupados del Gran Buenos Aires, 1992-1997

open access: yesEconómica, 1999
Con el objetivo de analizar la distribución del ingreso de la población ocupada en el Gran Buenos Aires se ajustaron los modelos de Dagum tipos I y II, lognormal y de Singh y Maddala para los años 1992 a 1997 con los datos de ingresos de los ocupados de
Diego Petrecolla, Patricia Botargues
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Macroeconomic and Sectoral Determinants of Alternative Infrastructure Funding Models in Ghana: A Dynamic Time‐Series Analysis

open access: yesJournal of Critical Infrastructure Policy, Volume 7, Issue 1, Spring/Summer 2026.
ABSTRACT Ghana faces a persistent infrastructure financing gap, prompting the exploration of alternative funding models such as Public–Private Partnerships (PPPs), green bonds, and blended finance instruments. This study uses macroeconomic and sectoral indicators as proxies to evaluate the long‐term impact of these models on economic performance in ...
Samuel Kojo Aidoo   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crecimiento, equidad y lucha contra la pobreza en Medellín: 1990-2002

open access: yesRevista Controversia, 2006
El tema de Medellín es abordado desde la perspectiva de los indicadores sociales. El autor inicia con unas consideraciones teóricas sobre el problema de la pobreza y la inequidad, para luego describirlo en el Medellín de los últimos años.
Jorge Bernal Medina
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Ayuda externa y más pobreza en El Salvador

open access: yesRealidad, 1995
El presente trabajo busca destacar la importancia de la ayuda externa en el desarrollo social de El Salvador durante el período 1973-1992. Se parte del hecho que la ayuda externa dirigida al sector social, proveniente de fuentes bilaterales y/o ...
Sonia Ivett Sánchez
doaj   +1 more source

Social Determinants of Sepsis Mortality in the United States: A Retrospective, Epidemiologic Analysis

open access: yesWorld Medical &Health Policy, Volume 17, Issue 4, Page 823-830, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Sepsis is a leading cause of mortality in the United States, with over 350,000 deaths annually, yet the contribution of neighborhood‐level social determinants of health (SDoH) remains underexplored. We conducted a retrospective analysis of 4.4 million hospitalized patients with sepsis, identified using ICD‐10 codes, leveraging de‐identified ...
Ahad Khaleghi Ardabili   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

A habitat‐based approach to reporting the direct impacts of an organization on biodiversity

open access: yesConservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 6, December 2025.
Abstract There is a rapidly growing need for efficient but rigorous methods for organizations to assess and disclose their biodiversity impacts. We devised a habitat‐based analytical approach for estimating the direct impacts of an organization on biodiversity.
Karel Mokany   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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