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Addressing Land Issues in Disaster Risk Management in the Pacific Island Countries [PDF]

, 2014
The Pacific region is one of the most disaster-prone in the world. Rapid urbanization, conflict over land, and the establishment of informal settlements on hazardous sites further exacerbate the problems.
des Combes, HJ, McEvoy, D, Mitchell, D, Myers, M   +3 more
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Shaping expectations, losing flexibility: A study of CEO promises as strategic communication tools

Strategic Management Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Research Summary CEO promises are powerful but understudied communication tools. We develop a dual‐mechanism framework theorizing that while CEO promises elevate stakeholder expectations, they simultaneously constrain strategic flexibility. We argue that CEO promise‐making is shaped by two competing pressures: making more promises when the ...
Majid Majzoubi, Alex Murray, William J. Mayew   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Funding, Facilities, and the Face of Homelessness: Heterogeneous Impacts of Federal Grants on Sheltered and Unsheltered Counts

Southern Economic Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the causal impact of federal homeless‐assistance grants on reported homelessness and shelter capacity across 370 Continuums of Care in 2019. We exploit cross‐sectional variation in pre‐1940 housing shares, used in Community Development Block Grant formula allocations, as an instrument for combined CoC and Emergency ...
Luke Maddock, Anita Alves Pena
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamic Modelling of Critical Infrastructures for Improved Disaster Habitation Recovery

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Natural disasters damage infrastructure systems that support housing habitability, leading to population displacement. Recovery efforts speed up infrastructure capacity restoration and, thereby, rehabitation by displaced residents. Current recovery policy analysis methods focus on individual infrastructure systems or overall community recovery
Benjamin C. Ozumba, David N. Ford
wiley   +1 more source

Strategies for Successfully Settling Farmers in South Africa [PDF]

The South African government initiated the land reform program in 1994, which is facilitated by the Department of Land Affairs. The land reform programme has three divisions, namely redistribution, restitution and land tenure. The main objectives of land
Mokhatla, P.Z., Nell, Wilhelm T.
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Rebound Effects of Digital Textile Microfactories in Fashion, a System Dynamics Study of CO2 Emissions

Systems Research and Behavioral Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The fashion industry's high resource use and globalised supply chains generate environmental degradation through overproduction, waste and pollution. Digital Textile Microfactories (DTMFs) are promoted as a more sustainable alternative because they enable fast, digitalised and often localised production, but lower costs and a greener image may
Juan Esteban Martinez‐Jaramillo, Luis Stütz, Meike Tilebein   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Land Markets, Employment, and Resource Use in the Peri-Urban Green Zones of Maputo, Mozambique: A Case Study of Land Market Rigidities and Institutional Constraints to Economic Growth [PDF]

Beginning in January 1991, the U.S. Agency for International Development funded a series of studies on land, employment, and financial markets in the peri-urban areas of Maputo.
Boucher, Stephen R., Francisco, Antonio, Roth, Michael J.   +2 more
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The Price Gap in Agriculture‐Based Greenhouse Gas Offset Markets

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Today, there is a global effort to reduce greenhouse gas net emissions (GHGNE). For economic well‐being, it is important to identify low‐cost means of net emission offsets. Agriculture and forestry have received considerable attention as a means of supplying emissions offsets, as they contribute nearly 20% of global emissions.
Jingyi W. Liu, Bruce A. McCarl, Chengcheng J. Fei   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

CONDITIONS FOR SUCCESSFUL LAND REFORM IN AFRICA [PDF]

Land reform has traditionally had two objectives: equity and productivity. Food insecurity and the need for agriculture to contribute to development emphasise the need to maintain and improve productivity while improving equitability.
Groenewald, Jan A.
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Environmental Total Factor Productivity and the Cost‐Effectiveness of GHG Emission Reduction: The Case of Crop Production in China

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China's diversified agricultural policies have effectively improved both the yield and environmental performance of the crop sector. Quantifying productivity trends and their drivers is key to formulating strategies for high‐quality and low‐carbon crop development.
Yang Liu, Maria Vrachioli, Johannes Sauer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source