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Common milkweed gardens increase occupancy by monarch butterflies and other specialist herbivores towards an urban centre

open access: yesInsect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.
We surveyed 119 stands of common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) across an urbanisation gradient to investigate how restored garden habitat might ameliorate the negative effects of urbanisation on specialist herbivores. Surprisingly, we found most herbivores (including the monarch butterfly) had greater occupancy on common milkweed towards an urban centre.
Graydon J. Gillies   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental Implications of Peri-urban Sprawl and the Urbanization of Secondary Cities in Latin America [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines the environmental and social implications of peri-urban growth in small to medium sized cities in Latin America and the Caribbean and proposes approaches to address this challenge.
Haroldo da Gama Torres
core   +1 more source

RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION AND SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT IN POST-SOCIALIST AGGLOMERATIONS [PDF]

open access: yes“SUBURBAN REVOLUTION” AND PERIPHERAL URBAN TERRITORIES IN THE POST-SOVIET SPACE, 2019
G. Csanádi, A. Csizmady
openaire   +2 more sources

Ethnic Diversity in Compulsory Schooling and Occupational Choices: Can Diversity Increase the Supply in Care‐Oriented Occupations

open access: yesIndustrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We investigate the effect of ethnic diversity on occupational choices, particularly in care‐oriented occupations which are scarce in many high‐income countries. We use administrative data of all students in Switzerland to study two diversity dimensions: ethnic fractionalization and ethnic polarization.
Damiano Pregaldini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Post‐Event Strategies for Workplace Violence Affecting Hospital Staff: A Scoping Review

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims To map the evidence on post‐incident strategies for workplace violence in global hospital settings, define current literature gaps and provide direction for future research. Design Scoping review guided by Joanna Briggs Institute methodology.
Dana Sammut   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unraveling population trends in Italy (1921-2021) with spatial econometrics. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep, 2023
Alaimo LS   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The Inversion of the Land Gradient in the Inner City of Haifa, Israel [PDF]

open access: yes
While suburbanization and decentralization are familiar concepts in urban economics, there is a possibility that land gradients will not simply flatten over time, but actually invert themselves. This would mean that the traditional CBD or downtown ceases
Pnina O. Plaut, Steven E. Plaut
core  

The Uneven Effect of Airbnb on the Housing Market: Evidence Across and Within Italian Cities

open access: yesJournal of Regional Science, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 339-377, March 2025.
ABSTRACT We investigate if Airbnb diffusion affects residential property values differently across and within cities leveraging the heterogeneity of five Italian cities in terms of tourist attractiveness, local housing markets, and socioeconomic conditions. We find that Airbnb density growth leads to increases in house prices in all cities. Within‐city,
Raffaele Congiu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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