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Geospatial data and web based tools for managing irrigation infrastructure expansion projects
World Water Policy, Volume 9, Issue 3, Page 388-403, August 2023., 2023 Abstract Improving irrigation infrastructure is important for sustaining food security in developing countries like India. The irrigation potential of a system is estimated at the planning phase using conventional approaches. A mismatch in the irrigation potential planned to be created and the land suitable for cultivation can lead to a gap in the ...
Annie Maria Issac +10 more
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Geographical patterns of warehousing facilities in the Cape functional region, South Africa
Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 15, Issue 6, Page 1317-1338, August 2023., 2023 Abstract Despite improvements in the deployment of a geographical lens in logistics studies, more research is required on the connections between spatial planning policy and the positioning of warehousing facilities. This paper aims to analyze the locational patterns of warehousing facilities in the Cape functional region, South Africa.
Brian Fisher‐Holloway +1 more
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The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 564-574, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Rich in raw materials, the state of Guerrero, Mexico, is one of the main enclaves of opium production, mineral extraction, and a focus for the multiplication of armed actors in Latin America, which, together with the overlapping of counterinsurgent violence in the past, post‐colonial violence and the militarization of the policies of the so ...
Inés Giménez Delgado
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The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 575-586, December 2022., 2022 Abstract When gold deposits were confirmed in a community watershed in 2005, water became a politically charged arena for anti‐mining activism. This article follows the outcomes of a 2014 Ecuadorian water law on conflicts over water provisioning. Arguments about water's material properties and social qualities were deployed by government, municipal ...
Teresa A. Velásquez
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Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 14, Issue S1, Page 21-40, November 2022., 2022 Abstract A key policy measure introduced by governments worldwide at the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic was to restrict travel, highlighting the importance of people's mobility as one of the key contributors to spreading severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2).
Bart Roelofs +3 more
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Obesity Reviews, Volume 22, Issue S5, Octubre 2021., 2021 Resumen El entorno alimentario es un factor importante que contribuye a las dietas poco saludables en la niñez y, por tanto, a las crecientes tasas de obesidad. Los países de Latinoamérica han recibido el reconocimiento internacional por su liderazgo en la implementación de políticas dirigidas a distintos aspectos del entorno alimentario.
Ana Clara Duran +7 more
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Obesity Reviews, Volume 22, Issue S5, Octubre 2021., 2021 Resumen Prevenir la obesidad entre los jóvenes latinos que viven en Estados Unidos y en países latinoamericanos requiere reconocer la especificidad de los contextos y las interacciones entre actividad física (AF) y entorno construido (EC). El objetivo de este artículo es avanzar en la agenda de investigación sobre el EC y la AF con el fin de prevenir ...
Olga L. Sarmiento +11 more
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Obesity Reviews, Volume 22, Issue S5, Octubre 2021., 2021 Resumen La obesidad infantil es un problema grave en Latinoamérica y entre la población latina de EE. UU. Para ser eficaces, las políticas de salud pública tienen que estar guiadas por evidencias contextuales pertinentes, lo cual exige una capacidad de investigación sostenida a través del tiempo.
Deborah Salvo +13 more
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Diversity and Distributions, Volume 27, Issue 9, Page 1619-1633, September 2021., 2021 Abstract Aim Cold‐adapted biotas from mid‐latitudes often show small population sizes, harbour low levels of local genetic diversity and are highly vulnerable to extinction due to ongoing climate warming and the progressive shrinking of montane and alpine ecosystems.
Vanina Tonzo +2 more
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Molecular Ecology, Volume 30, Issue 17, Page 4189-4203, September 2021., 2021 Abstract The study of the genetic makeup and demographic fate of alien species is essential to understand their capacity to recover from founder effects, adapt to new environmental conditions and, ultimately, become invasive and potentially damaging. Here, we employ genomic data to gain insights into key demographic processes that might help to explain
Joaquín Ortego +3 more
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