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Health-promoting housing policy in a changing climate: integrating affordability, security, and resilience. [PDF]

Health Promot Int
McKee M, Howden-Chapman P, Braithwaite I, Bentley R.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
wiley   +1 more source

Sinking peatlands: Optimal control of subsidence

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Land subsidence threatens the living conditions of about 1.2 billion people worldwide in deltaic regions characterized by soft top soil. Economic activity in these areas requires lowering groundwater levels to keep the land sufficiently dry, which leaves future generations worse off by accelerating subsidence and increasing future costs.
Suphi Sen, Dewy Verhoeven, Hans‐Peter Weikard   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Greening African Cities for Sustainability: A Systematic Review of Urban Gardening's Role in Biodiversity and Socio-Economic Resilience. [PDF]

Plants (Basel)
Mhlanga PF, Wesch NS, Moseri ME, Neumann FH, Ngobese NZ.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Rural land rental markets in developing countries: Can survey design innovations improve land market participation statistics?

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract A longstanding puzzle in the African land rental market literature is the often‐observed discrepancy between the number of tenants (renters‐in) and the much smaller number of landlords (renters‐out) in survey data. If this discrepancy derives from systematic biases in survey data responses on rental market participation, then the existing body
Gashaw T. Abate, Kibrom A. Abay, Jordan Chamberlin, Samuel Sebsibie   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determining the influence of livelihoods, land access, and location on household food and nutrition security in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [PDF]

Agric Food Econ
Sardeshpande M, Naicker R, Hlahla S, Mutanga O, Slotow R, Mabhaudhi T.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Geographical indications in international markets: Policy, productivity, and trade

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Geographical indications (GIs) are an increasingly important feature of global agri‐food markets and trade agreements, yet the economic literature lacks a structural open‐economy model to analyze how GI policies influence exports, productivity, and welfare.
Jakob Rackl, Luisa Menapace
wiley   +1 more source

'A successful re-blocking project is when the government works hand in hand with the community': Factors determining the longevity of re-blocking projects for fire-risk reduction. [PDF]

Jamba
Sintu SS, Pharoah R.
europepmc   +1 more source

Lady Anne Kerr: From the Rise of International Conference Interpreting to the Whitlam Dismissal

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
Before Anne Robson (née Taggart) became the second Lady Kerr upon marrying governor‐general John Kerr in 1975, she had an international career of some 30 years working as a French to English interpreter and consultant at over 30 national and international conferences and became the first Australian elected to the International Association of Conference
Alexis Bergantz
wiley   +1 more source

Global average socio-economic farm size may triple by 2100. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Wang J, Li Y, Liu S, Xu H, Zhu Z, Ding J, Liu P, Yang Y, Zhu Q, Liu L.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source