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Construction Minerals in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area: A Land Management Analysis [PDF]
The patchwork of government influences that shape the protection and management of construction mineral resources--sand, gravel, and crushed stone--includes statutes, regulations, guidance documents, and court decisions at the federal, state, and local ...
McAbee Cummings, Amy, Wernstedt, Kris
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt +6 more
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Entrepreneurial intentions: Demographic perspectives of South African business students
South African Journal of Business Management, 2012 Entrepreneurial intentions shown by different individuals vary depending on their demographic profile. In an attempt to understand the underlying factors contributing to the low levels of entrepreneurial activity in South Africa, this study focuses on ...
S. M. Farrington +2 more
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The Sustainable Development Idea in the Management of European Metropolitan Areas [PDF]
Economic and Environmental Studies, 2017 The rapid urbanisation of the world leads, i.a., to dynamic development of metropolitan areas. The functional relationships between territorial units which make up a metropolitan area mean that in order to prevent negative effects of metropolisation and to ensure sustainable development of such an area, the preparation of economically, spatially and ...
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Food insecurity and unemployment among immigrants in the United States
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Immigrants can be more vulnerable to economic downturns and, during periods of economic hardship, more likely to experience food insecurity compared to natives. This study examines the differential effect of the unemployment rate on the probability of being food insecure among diverse groups of immigrant households relative to natives in the ...
Siwen Zhou +3 more
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Development and Validation of a Scale to Measure the Motivation to Pursue a Graduate Course
Интеграция образования, 2019 Introduction. The article considers some motivation factors related to pursue a graduate course. The authors analysed aspects related to learning, better economic and work conditions, better job opportunities, alternatives to grow professionally, among ...
Diana Arango-Botero +2 more
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An evaluation of the Impaired Glucose Tolerance (IGT) pilot project [PDF]
, 2009 A pilot project, developed by Bradford and Airedale Teaching PCT was designed to identify patients within general practice with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and refer them to public health advisor who could provide support and individually tailored ...
Kime, NH, Lowcock, D, South, J
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The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
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Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science, 2013 Virgilia divaricata is a fast-growing nitrogen-fixing tree species often found on the margins of forest in the southern Cape of South Africa and is particularly abundant after fire. However, V.
Corli Coetsee, Benjamin J. Wigley
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Audit report on the Webster County Metropolitan Law Enforcement Telecommunications Board for the year ended June 30, 2008 [PDF]
, 2009 Audit report on the Webster County Metropolitan Law Enforcement Telecommunications Board for the year ended June 30 ...
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