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Larval dispersal of intertidal organisms and the influence of coastline geography [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2013
The dispersal stages of organisms with sessile adults must be able to select habitats with suitable conditions for establishment and survival, and must also be able to reach those locations. For marine planktonic larvae, movement due to currents is often orders of magnitude greater than movement due to swimming behaviour, so transport is largely ...
arxiv  

Characterization of complex pebble movement patterns in channel flow – a laboratory study

open access: yesCuadernos de Investigación Geográfica, 2015
For a long time, studies concerning erosion caused by concentrated overland flow mainly dealt with the erosion and the transport of fine material. More recent studies have shown that rock fragments reduce the intensity of soil erosion processes on the ...
K. Becker   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Behind the Eastern-Western European convergence path: the role of geography and trade liberalization [PDF]

open access: yesAnnals of Regional Science, Vol. 51, No. 3, 871-891 (2013)
This paper proposes a two blocks and three regions economic geography model that can account for the most salient stylized facts experienced by Eastern European transition economies during the period 1990 2005. In contrast to the existing literature, which has favored technological explanations, trade liberalization is the only driving force. The model
arxiv   +1 more source

The Relations Between Man and the Natural Environment as the Methodological Basis for Delimitation of Regions

open access: yesMiscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development, 2010
The concept of regional geography as a science examining the relations between man and the natural environment is presented. Spatial coexistence of natural and socio-economic phenomena is a premise to search for causative relations.
Walewski Andrzej, Kantowicz Ewelina
doaj   +1 more source

The extent and content of the presentation of the geography of Europe in school textbooks in European countries

open access: yesActa Geographica Slovenica, 2010
The purpose of this article is to determine to what extent and with what kind of content European textbooks approach the study of the geography of Europe.
Jurij Senegačnik
doaj   +1 more source

Divergence – Is it Geography? [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper tests directly a geography and growth model using regional data for Europe, the US, and Japan during di®erent time periods. We set up a standard geography and growth model with a poverty trap and derive a log- linearized growth equation that ...
Dieter Urban   +2 more
core  

A review of the balance of regional development in China from the perspective of development geography

open access: yesJournal of Geographical Science, 2022
Xiangzheng Deng   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Determining the influence of belonging to a wine protected designation of origin on profitability

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract To guide consumers, wineries need credible attributes about the quality of their wines and its origin. In Spain, protected designations of origin (PDO) guarantee that the wine has been produced in a certain wine region in accordance with specific and officially regulated quality criteria thus providing elements of guarantee to the consumer ...
Jordi Moreno Gené   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deep learning, deep change? Mapping the development of the Artificial Intelligence General Purpose Technology [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2018
General Purpose Technologies (GPTs) that can be applied in many industries are an important driver of economic growth and national and regional competitiveness. In spite of this, the geography of their development and diffusion has not received significant attention in the literature.
arxiv  

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