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Aménagement des petites villes et imprégnation locale des grands projets ferroviaires en France
Belgeo, 2019 Intermetropolitan railway yards question the territories around small towns and cities since high speed is usually associated with enhanced agglomeration effects, even if the role of intermediaries of lower-ranking cities should not be underestimated ...
Solène Gaudin, Kevin Sutton
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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
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Les petites villes des espaces interstitiels et l’industrie : un couple indissociable ?
Territoire en Mouvement, 2014 In recent years, the predominant impression has been that France is facing a process of de-industrialisation. The prevailing crisis, the media spotlight on businesses relocating, the closure of companies and a decrease in the value of labour are the ...
Marie-Eve Férérol
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THE SEWAGE PROBLEM IN SMALL TOWNS [PDF]
American Journal of Public Health, 1916 The small town, large enough to need a system of sewerage but small enough so that the expense per individual installation is greater than in large cities, presents one of the acute problems of sanitary engineering. Mr. Hansen discusses some of the means employed to dispose of the wastes of small communities.
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We conducted two framed field economic experiments with citrus farmers in Florida, United States and soybean farmers in Argentina to investigate their willingness to coordinate pest and weed management efforts. Despite the contrast between these two agricultural contexts, we find striking behavioral commonalities.
Ariel Singerman, Sergio H. Lence
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Developing a strategic approach to social responsiveness at the University of Cape Town South Africa [PDF]
, 2012 Collaborative community-engaged scholarship has roots in many parts of the world, and engaged practitioners and researchers are increasingly finding each other and sharing resources globally.
McMillan, Jenice +2 more
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Exploring communication supports for children with visual impairment and blindness: A case study
African Journal of DisabilityBackground: Early communication supports are essential for development, learning and later employment. For children with visual impairments and blindness (VI and B), we argue that communication and its supports need to be considered outside of the ...
Kristen Abrahams +3 more
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan +3 more
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An exploration of the motivation and opportunity seeking behaviours of social entrepreneurs in Cape Town [PDF]
, 2011 This research study of the motivation and opportunity-seeking behaviours of social entrepreneurs in Cape Town was conducted among fifteen social entrepreneurial organisations in Cape Town during the months of June, July and August 2010.
Chirinda, Nyarai Theresa Faith
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Carbon emission assessment of the life cycle of a small town sewage treatment plant [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 The rise of greenhouse gas (GHG) concentration has caused global warming to become a consensus in human society. Carbon emissions from sewage treatment plants are one of the main sources of emissions.
Lin Lin
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