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How Does Cultural and Colonial Heritage Affect Optimal Branding Strategies? Evidence From the Rice Sector in Senegal

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Evaluation on Public Perception of Naturalness of Autumn Landscape in Urban Waterfront Spaces Based on Natural Aesthetics: A Case Study of the Huangpu River in Shanghai

Fengjing Yuanlin
ObjectiveThe theory of natural aesthetics emphasizes the harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, focusing on the aesthetic value and ecological significance of the natural environment.
Xiangzhan CHENG, Jiaqi CONG, Jieqiong WANG, Junyan CHEN   +3 more
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Urban Syntax

Academia: Архитектура и строительство, 2018
The article puts forward the hypothesis of the possible existence of direct and reverse communication between the subject of "city resident" and the object of "urban structure". The features of "urban Language" are considered.
Dmitry A. Kolevatykh
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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring Nonlinear Effects of Visual Elements on Perceived Landscape Quality in Historical and Cultural Districts: A Deep Learning Case from Wuhan, China

Buildings
Perceived landscape quality in historical and cultural districts is crucial for reconciling cultural heritage preservation with urban renewal. However, limited attention has been paid to whether street-level visual elements influence public esthetic ...
Hong Xu, Tingwei Yang, Zixuan Guo
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Symposium: Effects of Human Choices on Characteristics of Urban Ecosystems [PDF]

, 2007
Most urban ecology in cities remains an “ecology in cities” rather than an “ecology of cities.” Accomplishing the latter requires the inclusion of humans within the concept of “ecosystem,” both how humans alter the properties of urban ecosystems and how ...
Byrne, Loren
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Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang, Edward C. Jaenicke, Martina Vecchi, Sheng‐Jang Sheu   +3 more
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From Landscape Configuration to Health Outcomes: A Spatial–Behavioral Framework Linking Park Landscapes to Public Perceived Health Through Thermal Comfort and Loyalty Dynamics

Buildings
Urban park landscape design has significant potential to alleviate heat stress and promote public health, particularly during extreme summer heat. This study explores how the spatial configuration of landscapes within the Yanghu Wetland Park in Changsha,
Jiang Li, Yudan Liu, Xiaoxi Cai, Dandi Zhu, Xingyu Liu, Shaobo Liu, Weiwei Liu   +6 more
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Why do women deliver where they had not planned to go? A qualitative study from peri-urban Nairobi Kenya. [PDF]

, 2020
BACKGROUND: In urban Kenya, couples face a wide variety of choices for delivery options; however, many women end up delivering in different facilities from those they had intended while pregnant.
Ahearn, C., Cohen, J., McConnell, M., Mujumdar, V., Naanyu, V.   +4 more
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