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Tamed Ugliness: The Problems of Shaping and Appreciating the Aesthetics of Polish Urban Spaces

Studia Regionalne i Lokalne, 2022
This article is an attempt to compile the existing knowledge from many fields about the aesthetics of Polish urban space: the conditions of its creation, its perception, and the problems it currently faces, of which a pressure for absolute ...
Anna Gralewska
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Farmers' Participation in Messenger‐Based Social Groups And Its Effects on Performance in Irrigated Areas of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The penetration of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in farming communities is increasing the use of smartphone‐based instant messaging apps. Despite this, the reasons behind participation and the impact on farm productivity in developing countries remain unexplored.
Zafar Kurbanov, Abdusame Tadjiev, Nodir Djanibekov, Ajit Govind, Akmal Akramkhanov   +4 more
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City Resilience vs. Resilient City: Terminological Intricacies and Concept Inaccuracies

Quaestiones Geographicae, 2018
The concept of resilience has in recent years been one of the more commonly used urban development concepts. In the social sciences, the term is understood as a dynamic process that reflects a relatively good adaptation, irrespective of the hazards or ...
Mierzejewska Lidia, Wdowicka Magdalena
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The 'global city' misconceived: the myth of 'global management' in transnational service firms [PDF]

, 2002
The ‘global city hypothesis' proposed by Saskia Sassen – and subsequently developed by Manuel Castells and others in the theory of a globalized urban network – has in recent years formed the basis for the argument that power and control in transnational ...
Abu-Leghod, Andrew Jones, Baum, Beaverstock, Beaverstock, Beck, Borja, Budd, Castells, Castells, Clark, Daniels, Dicken, Duffy, Eade, Feagin, Fisher, Friedman, Friedmann, Fujita, Hall, Hill, Holton, Hymer, Ingham, Isin, Keeling, King, Knox, Krugman, Latour, Latour, Latour, Law, Law, Lo, McDowell, McDowell, Murdoch, Murdoch, Murray, Oncu, Phillips, Pryke, Pryke, Sachar, Sassen, Sassen, Sassen, Sassen, Savitch, Saxenian, Short, Short, Simon, Smith, Soja, Taylor, Thrift, Thrift, Thrift, Thrift, Ward, Yeung, Zukin   +64 more
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The Role of Actual and Purported Origin in e‐Commerce Wine Pricing: Evidence From Italian and French Names on Labels

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The origin of a product, if associated with good quality, can contribute to building a positive collective reputation, leading to a potential price premium. However, it is conceivable that a producer markets a product by evoking symbols, images, words, and values typical of places other than where it was designed or produced, creating a ...
Annalisa Caloffi, Amir Maghssudipour, Gianluca Stefani   +2 more
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Restructuring and rescaling water governance in mining contexts: the co-production of waterscapes in Peru [PDF]

, 2012
The governance of water resources is prominent in both water policy agendas and academic scholarship. Political ecologists have made important advances in reconceptualising the relationship between water and society.
Budds, Jessica, Hinojosa, Leonith
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Children's caring roles and responsibilities within the family in Africa [PDF]

, 2010
In many Sub-Saharan African countries, the care of chronically ill, disabled or elderly relatives is usually regarded as the responsibility of family members, within a broader landscape of often overburdened healthcare systems, the expense of medical ...
Evans, Ruth
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Animal‐Based Brands Taking the Plant‐Based Opportunity: A Tasting Experiment Exploring Consumer Acceptance of Plant‐Based Brand Extensions

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how consumer taste and brand equity perceptions shape the acceptance of plant‐based milk products. Using a blind/informed tasting experiment, we evaluated consumers' willingness to buy (WTB) and taste perception of a plant‐based milk alternative produced by a traditional dairy brand, compared with competing plant‐based ...
Federico Parmiggiani, Mirta Casati, Elena Castellari, Fosca Vezzulli, Veronica Vitali, Milena Lambri, Claudio Soregaroli   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Location Patterns And Location Factors In Cultural And Creative Industries1

Quaestiones Geographicae, 2015
The paper analyses spatial and locational aspects of cultural and creative industries (CCI) taking into consideration the internal heterogeneity of this group of activities.
Tomczak Paulina, Stachowiak Krzysztof
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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
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