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Measuring Progress in Equitable Urban Sustainability: Six Key Questions from European Cities

Urban Science
There is mounting evidence and concern that humanity is failing to equitably meet social needs while overshooting the Earth’s ecological boundaries. Efforts to monitor progress towards equitable urban sustainability have expanded significantly over the ...
Lucinda Cash-Gibson, Ferran Muntané, Mary Sheehan, Júlia Tena Mensa, Joan Benach   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Book review: what works in reducing inequalities in child health? [PDF]

, 2012
The UK has a deservedly strong reputation for work on understanding social inequalities in health. But there is some way to go in ensuring that research and other types of knowledge are used to reduce inequalities in child health in particular.
Lazenbatt, Anne
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Causal analysis of trade loss from pathogens: A global study of foot and mouth disease impacts on meat exports

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman, Thomas L. Marsh   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Social Protest in 2011: Material and Cultural Aspects of Economic Inequalities [PDF]

The wave of social protest that swept across England in August 2011 has predominantly been explained by political elites through appeals to various approaches that have in common individualistic frameworks of reference.
Chris Grover
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White, Man, and Highly Followed: Gender and Race Inequalities in Twitter

, 2017
Social media is considered a democratic space in which people connect and interact with each other regardless of their gender, race, or any other demographic factor.
An Jisun, Cha Meeyoung, Chakraborty Abhijnan, Chen Xin, Cheng Alex, Culotta Aron, Kulshrestha Juhi, Liu Wendy, Mislove Alan, Nakandala Supun, Nilizadeh Shirin, O'Connor Brendan, Sugimoto Cassidy R, Tumasjan Andranik, Yin Qi   +14 more
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How cold is too cold? A theoretical analysis of the optimal trigger for index insurance for frost damage to crops

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Crop insurance is undoubtedly an extremely valuable element in protecting agricultural businesses, but in many cases standard indemnity‐based products have had very low uptake due to high transaction costs elevating premiums to unaffordable levels.
Amogh Prakasha Kumar, Laura Meriluoto, Richard Watt   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching Social Justice Using a Pedagogy of Engagement [PDF]

, 2008
Teaching an undergraduate level diversity course with a health focus requires specific teaching methods. A pedagogy of engagement provides an effective strategy for exploring issues of race, class, gender, and structural inequalities that underlie health
Belknap, Ruth
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Redistributive land reforms, agricultural productivity, and structural change: New cross‐national evidence

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Large‐scale land reforms constitute a substantial redistribution of wealth and reallocation of agricultural land, which is a major form of asset and production input in developing countries. While land redistribution (from the rich to the poor) remains a highly controversial issue, extensive evidence on its effect is limited.
Devashish Mitra, Abdulaziz B. Shifa, Lan Anh Tong, Mehmet A. Ulubasoglu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conceptualising quality early childhood education: Learning from young children in Brazil and South Africa through creative and play‐based methods

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView., 2023
Abstract Early childhood has increasingly been acknowledged as a vital time for all children. Inclusive and quality education is part of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with the further specification that all children have access to quality pre‐primary education.
Laura H. V. Wright, Irene Rizzini, Malibongwe Gwele, Lynn McNair, Cristina Laclette Porto, Marsha Orgill, E. Kay M. Tisdall, Malcolm Bush, Linda Biersteker   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Trade Realignments and the Need for Integrated Modeling Research in Latin America's Agri‐Food Sector

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Emiliano Lopez Barrera
wiley   +1 more source