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STRATIFIED ADAPTATION: Infrastructure, Elevation, and Cascading Floods in the Urban Mekong Delta

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Flood‐prone cities in the global South are increasingly the target of infrastructure projects aimed at building climate ‘resilience’. At the same time, residents of these cities take adaptation to flooding into their own hands. In this article we examine the interrelationship between household‐scale and urban‐scale flood mitigation projects in
Lizzie Yarina   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Directional Peer Effects in Technology Adoption: Influence of Farmer Interactions in Sustaining Rice Production in Thailand

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines whether Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) practices in Thailand are driven by directional social peer exposure and physical proximity. Analysing survey data from 1363 rice‐producing households across Thailand's Central and Northeastern regions, we construct a directed social network based on self‐reported information ...
Boyeong Park   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring Agricultural Wages Amidst Conflict: Evidence From Myanmar

open access: yesJournal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Violent conflict is globally on the rise, and an increasing body of literature analyses its impacts on agricultural production and food security. Yet the quality of data collected in conflict zones is sometimes questioned and remains underexplored. This paper addresses this gap by examining two types of reporting bias—recall and question order
Andrew Laitha   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Administrative district reforms, Land Transaction Permission System, and land market dynamics: Evidence from South Korea

open access: yesReal Estate Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how administrative jurisdictional reform affects land market dynamics by analyzing the 2023 incorporation of Gunwi County into Daegu Metropolitan City, South Korea. We develop a supply‐and‐demand framework in which administrative reclassification raises expectations of future development and increases landowners ...
Youngjae Hwang, Hoyong Jung
wiley   +1 more source

Field validation of blow fly age estimation methods for determining time of placement of human remains in Tennessee, USA

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Forensic entomology currently represents one of the best approaches for estimating the minimum postmortem interval (PMIMIN) in medicolegal death investigations given certain parameters and assumptions are met. However, validation of standard estimation methods used in this field are few and far between.
Charity G. Owings   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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