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Communities actively seek nature for well‐being despite constraints: (Re)representation of nature experiences through composite narratives

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract While the physical and mental health benefits of greenspace exposure are well documented, ethnic minority communities in the United Kingdom continue to engage with these environments at disproportionately lower rates. This persistent disparity points to an oversight in existing literature, specifically regarding how these communities navigate ...
Andrew K. Palmer, Mark Riley, Beth F. T. Brockett, Laurence Jones, Sarah Clement, Karl L. Evans   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Retrospective image analysis for long‐term demography using Google Earth imagery

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
We demonstrate that high‐resolution Google Earth imagery, combined with minimal field validation, enables retrospective tracking of individual invasive plants. The image shows one of the monitored individuals of Opuntia sp. in Greece. Our approach reveals long‐term demographic patterns, recruitment dynamics, and spatial expansion without continuous ...
Erola Fenollosa, Garrett Cohen, Roberto Salguero‐Gómez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Isolation, Insularity and Resilience: A Review of the Geophysical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Vulnerabilities of Gran Canaria and Lesvos Islands for Policy Interventions to Global Change

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho, Mazen Marouani, Takwa Boughanmi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainability and Corporate Performance in the Global South: The Influence of the Environmental Pillar and Institutional Quality

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Corporate sustainability in the Global South unfolds under heterogeneous institutional conditions, where firms face simultaneous pressures from global ESG standards and local governance constraints. This study examines the relationship between ESG‐aligned environmental practices and corporate financial performance, considering the moderating ...
Paulo Sérgio Reinert, Tércio Pereira, Fernando Cesar Lenzi, Nicole Cristina Rodrigues   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Does Economic Growth Drive Equitable Water and Sanitation Access? Assessing Inequality Reduction Across 64 Nations

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines whether economic growth reduces inequalities in access to water and sanitation across 64 countries over an average period of 13.5 years. Drawing on disaggregated data by income quintiles and rural–urban location, and employing ordinary least squares (OLS), two‐stage least squares (2SLS), and Seemingly Unrelated Regression
Marcos García‐López, Samara López‐Ruiz, Gabriela Cuadrado‐Quesada   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Adding Sweeteners to Softwood Lumber: The WTO-NAFTA “Spaghetti Bowl” Is Cooking [PDF]

, 2006
With the Doha round in trouble, the so-called spaghetti bowl of multilateral trade rules and proliferating regional trade deals, is, once again, prominently on the radar screen of the international trade community.
Pauwelyn, Joost H. B.
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Operationalizing the Metaverse for Urban Sustainability: Evidence From an Expert Panel and the Seoul Metaverse City Case Study

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smart cities and urban digital twins have fostered the emergence of immersive environments, such as the metaverse. While contemporary scholarlship has increasingly examined the integration of the metaverse within smart city infrastructures, the critical nexus between urban sustainability and the metaverse remains largely under‐researched. This
Jose Manuel Diaz‐Sarachaga, Ayyoob Sharifi   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Government Transfer Payments and Strike Activity: Reforming Public Policy [PDF]

, 1990
[Excerpt] One of the most controversial labor policy issues is whether strikers should be eligible for government transfer payments, such as unemployment compensation, public assistance, and food stamps.
Hutchens, Robert M, Lipsky, David B, Stern, Robert   +2 more
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The Role of Energy Transition, Digitalization, and Green Goods in Material Footprints and Sustainability

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how green and non‐green goods, energy transition, digitalization, economic growth, and population affect the material footprint of G‐7 countries from 1990 to 2023. Using an extended STIRPAT framework, we show that green and non‐green goods increase material footprint, demonstrating the resource intensity associated with
Sohidul Islam, Shahzad Alvi, Scott J. Niblock, Hamid Ghazi H. Sulimany, Md. Mustaqim Roshid, Frédéric Mirindi   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bargaining Unexplained [PDF]

We know that people strike bargains and that civilized life could not proceed otherwise. We do not know how bargains are struck. We have no explanation of bargaining, comparable to the general equilibrium in the economy, accounting for essential features
Dan Usher
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