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Complexity in action: Untangling latent relationships between land quality, economic structures and socio-spatial patterns in Italy [PDF]

, 2017
Land quality, a key economic capital supporting local development, is affected by biophysical and anthropogenic factors. Taken as a relevant attribute of economic systems, land quality has shaped the territorial organization of any given region ...
Bajocco, Sofia, CARLUCCI, Margherita, Colantoni, Andrea, Ferrara, Agostino, GEMMITI, Roberta, Perini, Luigi, SALVATI, Luca, TOMBOLINI, ILARIA   +7 more
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The effects of weather and climate change on dengue [PDF]

, 2013
There is much uncertainty about the future impact of climate change on vector-borne diseases. Such uncertainty reflects the difficulties in modelling the complex interactions between disease, climatic and socioeconomic determinants.
Colón-González, Felipe J., Fezzi, Carlo, Hunter, Paul R., Lake, Iain R.   +3 more
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Socioeconomic Differences in Tobacco Smoking in Italy: Is There an Interaction between Variables? [PDF]

The Scientific World Journal, 2012
Objectives. To assess the influence of sociodemographic factors on smoking habits in Italy and if an interaction exists between these variables.Methods. Data from the national survey “Health Conditions and Healthcare Services Use” in 2005 were used. The independent association between tobacco smoking and sociodemographical variables was assessed using ...
SEMYONOV, LEDA, Gianluca Iarocci, BOCCIA, Antonio, LA TORRE, Giuseppe   +3 more
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Spatiotemporal Interaction and Socioeconomic Determinants of Rural Energy Poverty in China

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
This study investigated the energy poverty spatiotemporal interaction characteristics and socioeconomic determinants in rural China from 2000 to 2015 using exploratory time–space data analysis and a geographical detector model. We obtained the following results.
Siyou Xia, Yu Yang, Xiaoying Qian, Xin Xu   +3 more
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Interacting regional-scale regime shifts for biodiversity and ecosystem services [PDF]

, 2014
Current trajectories of global change may lead to regime shifts at regional scales, driving coupled human–environment systems to highly degraded states in terms of biodiversity, ecosystem services, and human well-being.
[MA] Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, [UNEP] United Nations Environment Programme, Carmen Revenga, Cheikh Mbow, David Cooper, Enora Bruley, Eric Gilman, Foresight, George Hurtt, Henrique Miguel Pereira, Joana Figueiredo, Juan Fernández-Manjarrés, Jörn P. W. Scharlemann, Mark Stafford Smith, Matt Walpole, Paul Leadley, Reinette Biggs, Rob Alkemade, Robert Scholes, Sylvie Guénette, Thierry Oberdorff, U. Rashid Sumaila, Vânia Proença, William Cheung   +23 more
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Explicit equilibria in bilinear kinetic models for socio-economic interactions

ESAIM: Proceedings and Surveys, 2014
Bilinear kinetic models of Maxwell-Boltzmann type are often used to model socio-economic systems composed by agents that undergo binary interactions, which in general obey to some conservation law. Then, the details of the microscopic
Bassetti Federico, Toscani Giuseppe
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Smoke-free legislation and hospitalizations for childhood asthma [PDF]

, 2010
<b>BACKGROUND:</b> Previous studies have shown that after the adoption of comprehensive smoke-free legislation, there is a reduction in respiratory symptoms among workers in bars.
Colin Fischbacher, Daniel Mackay, Jill P. Pell, Jon G. Ayres, Sally Haw, Vork KL   +5 more
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Human Impacts on Forest Biodiversity in Protected Walnut-Fruit Forests in Kyrgyzstan [PDF]

, 2014
We used a spatially explicit model of forest dynamics, supported by empirical field data and socioeconomic data, to examine the impacts of human disturbances on a protected forest landscape in Kyrgyzstan.
Abdymomunov R. A., Adrian C. Newton, Alexander Lovegrove, Almaz Orozumbekov, Arnold J., Bengtsson J., Blaser J., CABI, Carey C., Chemonics International Inc, Chyngojoev A., Core E. L., Cremer K., Dzhangaliev A. D., Dzhangaliev A. D., Eastwood A., Elena Cantarello, Ellenberg H., Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Greene D. F., Hemery G. E., Herold B., Jahn G., Jennifer Birch, Juniper B. E., Kolov O., Kyrgyz Forest Service, Kyrgyz Forest Service, Lockwood M., Mattock J., Musuraliev T. M., Müller-Schneider P., Müller-Schneider P., Newton A. C., Newton A. C., Niels Brouwers, Orozumbekov A., Orozumbekov A., Paganová V., Peter D., Phillips A., Schmidt K., Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Sherbinina E. N., Spencer W. D., Sukacev V. N., Venglovsky B. I., Wyckoff G. W.   +47 more
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Modelling Spatial Heterogeneity in the Effects of Natural and Socioeconomic Factors, and Their Interactions, on Atmospheric PM_2.5 Concentrations in China from 2000–2015

Remote Sensing, 2021
In recent years, atmospheric PM2.5 pollution in China has become increasingly severe and exploring the relationships among its influencing factors is important in the prevention and control of air pollution.
Tao Wu, Lixia Zhou, Guojun Jiang, Michael E. Meadows, Jianzhen Zhang, Lijie Pu, Chaofan Wu, Xuefeng Xie   +7 more
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Predators on private land: broad-scale socioeconomic interactions influence large predator management

Ecology and Society, 2016
The proliferation of private land conservation areas (PLCAs) is placing increasing pressure on conservation authorities to effectively regulate their ecological management. Many PLCAs depend on tourism for income, and charismatic large mammal species are
Hayley S. Clements, Graeme S. Cumming, Graham I. H. Kerley   +2 more
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