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, 2005 Research into historic gardens has often emphasized the garden – the work of art – or else its creator or owner and his interests. Insofar as he has been mentioned, the gardener has often been viewed as an instrumental person giving effect to other ...
Ahrland, Åsa
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Quality in early childhood education and care (ECEC) is a contested concept and has generally been conceptualised by inter‐related indicators such as staff qualifications, educational environment, policy or child‐to‐staff ratios. There has been a more limited emphasis on how young children might perceive and experience quality.
Nikki Fairchild, Éva Mikuska
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Essor du maraîchage à visée uniquement locale dans le Pharak, région touristique de l’Everest, Népal
Revue de Géographie Alpine, 2019 Pharak region, traversed by the Everest trekking route, sees thousands of hikers every year who come to discover the Khumbu high-mountain landscapes. Formerly a land of pasture, this region has been the scene of significant socio-economic changes since ...
Abadia Céline +4 more
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A typology of schools across the four nations of the United Kingdom: Class, race and geography
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract In this paper we analyse the hierarchical field of schools across the United Kingdom during the transition to university and suggest that there are five socially distinct clusters of schools. Our five‐cluster typology of UK schools is composed of an established group of elite private and state schools, schools for the white rural and suburban ...
Sol Gamsu, Håkan Forsberg
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Le maraîchage : révélateur du dynamisme des campagnes sahélo-soudaniennes
Belgeo, 2007 By appearing at the end of the small-irrigation development programs wich were initiated at the beginning of the 80s by the governments of Niger and Ivory Coast, the expansion of market gardening in the Songhay and Senufo areas seems to have been ...
Stéphane Bastin, Audrey Fromageot
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Market access of small-scale farms and biodiversity management of food crops. The case of sorghum and pearl millet in Mali [PDF]
, 2011 Several studies carried out in different countries (and various ecosystems) show that varietal diversity has generally reduced with the integration of farms into markets.
Coulibaly, Harouna +2 more
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Refugees, Food Insecurity, and Community Gardens [PDF]
, 2011 Nearly nine in ten resettled refugee households endure food insecurity, meaning that they are without “access to sufficient, safe, nutritious food to maintain a healthy and active life.” Because western New York resettles hundreds of refugees per year ...
Rolston, Dorian
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The impacts of biological invasions
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock +42 more
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Operationalising Sufficiency in an Organisational Context: A Systematic Literature Review
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Efficiency‐led sustainability is important but often fails to deliver absolute reductions in resource use, leaving organisations exposed to rebound effects. What remains underexplored is how sufficiency, the strategic limitation of consumption and resource use, is operationalised within organisational contexts.
Shahrokh Nikou +2 more
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The Links Between the Neighborhood Food Environment and Childhood Nutrition [PDF]
, 2007 Identifies key studies on the availability of, and residents' access to, healthy foods and how they influence the choices of low-income children and their families.
Leslie Mikkelsen, Sana Chehimi
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