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Can urban land maturation and efficiency enhancement meet future economic growth demands in China’s coastal cities

open access: yesHumanities & Social Sciences Communications
While research on land use efficiency (LUE) - defined as the added value of secondary and tertiary industries per unit of urban land - has advanced considerably, systematic understanding of its temporal dynamics during urban land maturation and its ...
Xue Luo   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Enabling development : the impact on residential amenity : a survey of the experiences of affected parties under the RMA : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Resource and Environmental Planning at Massey University [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The majority of resource consent applications for land use under New Zealand's Resource Management Act 1991 are not publicly notified. This enables development, through the efficient processing of applications considered to be of minor or localized ...
Conning, Linda
core  

Farmers' Participation in Messenger‐Based Social Groups And Its Effects on Performance in Irrigated Areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inheritance after Apocalypse: the Dystopian Environment

open access: yesAltre Modernità, 2013
Utopias are perfect places but the term itself says that they are nowhere to be found, making them practically impossible. Dystopias, even if they are written as a warning of how things can get worse, seem much more probable.
Serban Dan Blidariu
doaj   +1 more source

Valuing trout angling benefits of water quality improvements while accounting for unobserved lake characteristics: An application to the Rotorua Lakes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Trout angling is one of the most popular water-based recreational activities in the Rotorua Lakes. Despite the high demand for trout angling and other recreational purposes, water quality in some of these lakes has been declining over the past decades ...
Marsh, Dan, Mkwara, Lena
core   +1 more source

The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
wiley   +1 more source

PERMUKIMAN EMPLASEMEN PERKEBUNAN BATULAWANG DI AFDELING LEMAHNEUNDEUT DI CIAMIS, JAWA BARAT

open access: yesPubawidya: Jurnal Penelitian dan Pengembangan Arkeologi, 2016
Emplacement settlement of Batulawang Plantation in Afdeeling Lemahneundeut give an idea of the structure of the plantation community in 19th-20th century in Ciamis, West Java. It is reflected from the colonial building housing estates on the emplacement,
Lia Nuralia
doaj   +1 more source

In the Land of Plenty

open access: yesThe Iowa Review, 1979
MARGARET HAD BEEN working nine months at the New Life Food Cooperative when her husband came back to town. She hadn't been expect ing him; she had been trying not to expect anything from anyone. Sim plicity was her desire now: to care for her two children, to get enough sleep, to pay the rent. Her present life was such a surprise to her, so unimagined,
openaire   +1 more source

The Impacts of Health and Environmental Information Nudges on Meat Choices: Where Does Goat Meat Fit?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amidst a recent surge in US goat meat imports to meet growing demand, this study contributes to the meat demand literature by examining consumer preferences for goat meat, a relatively healthy and environmentally friendly alternative to other popular meats.
Binod Khanal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Coping with the work constraints in crop-livestock farming systems

open access: yesAnnals of Agricultural Sciences, 2017
This research aims to characterize the ways crop-livestock farms adapt themselves to work constraints. A follow-up of work activities was achieved in a sample of 14 family farms.
Mohamed Taher Sraïri, Youssra Ghabiyel
doaj   +1 more source

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