Results 31 to 40 of about 22,446 (200)
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Conservation performance payments are becoming an increasingly popular instrument to tackle human–wildlife conflicts. In Sweden, Sámi communities practicing reindeer husbandry receive performance payments as compensation for reindeer losses caused by lynxes and wolverines.
Josef Kaiser +3 more
wiley +1 more source
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Amid increasing urbanisation and biodiversity decline, ‘effective stewardship’ of urban green space (UGS) is a complex but critical nature‐based solution for long‐term environmental, social and economic gain. Combining stewardship and sense‐of‐place frameworks with European nature‐based solutions guidance, we investigate which social and ...
Fay Kahane +2 more
wiley +1 more source
LandThe rapid conversion of cropland into construction land in China poses an increasing threat to national food security. Using high-resolution (30 m) land-use data from 2000 to 2020, obtained from the Resource and Environment Science and Data Center, along
Kaichun Zhou +4 more
doaj +1 more source
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Championed as a pathway for sustainable growth, the “blue economy” (BE) has garnered increasing interest in recent decades. International organizations like the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) increasingly point to marine resources and activities as a “new frontier” for economic growth ...
Flora St. Pier +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Regional patterns in the achievement of the Lisbon Strategy: a comparison between polycentric regions and monocentric ones [PDF]
Polycentrism is a common feature of European urban systems. Lately, the concept has assumed a more normative relevance and it has been often considered as a pre-requisite for a more sustainable and balanced development across Europe. However, the effects
Enrico Giovannetti +2 more
core +3 more sources
A Role of Buddhism in the Shaping of Common Outposts for Russian and Mongolian Civilizations
Oriental StudiesIntroduction. Russia’s Buddhist regions historically belonging to both the Russian and Mongolian civilizations are an attractive object for civilizational analysis in a variety of social sciences.
Alexander S. Zheleznyakov +1 more
doaj +1 more source
European Works Councils on the Periphery? A Case Study of a 'Global Economic Outpost' [PDF]
, 2001 European Works Councils (EWCs) are now an established part of industrial relations structures in approaching 600 multinational companies with potentially 10,000 or more employee participants(EIRR 2000).
Fitzgerald, Ian, Stirling, John
core
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines whether economic growth reduces inequalities in access to water and sanitation across 64 countries over an average period of 13.5 years. Drawing on disaggregated data by income quintiles and rural–urban location, and employing ordinary least squares (OLS), two‐stage least squares (2SLS), and Seemingly Unrelated Regression
Marcos García‐López +2 more
wiley +1 more source
A multi-scalar analysis of European cities [PDF]
In this article, we observe existing links between sustainable development and cities’ structural features. First, we identify cluster of cities that are homogenous in structural terms. We then adopt a multiscalar perspective.
Enrico Giovannetti, Francesco Pagliacci
core +3 more sources
EIRP Proceedings, 2012 Our study aims at analysing the monocentric/polycentric trends in Romanian regional developmentand formulating the recommendations regarding public policy for the attenuation of present developmentdisparities.
Clipa Raluca Irina +2 more
doaj