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The visual preferences for forest regeneration and field afforestation : four case studies in Finland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The overall aim of this dissertation was to study the public's preferences for forest regeneration fellings and field afforestations, as well as to find out the relations of these preferences to landscape management instructions, to ecological ...
Karjalainen, Eeva
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Repair and reinforcement of timber columns and shear walls – A review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper provides an overview of state-of-the-art repairing and reinforcing techniques on timber columns and shear walls in both research and practice.
Avent   +24 more
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ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION AND PRIMARY COMMODITY PROCESSING IN THE SECOND-TIER SOUTH-EAST ASIAN NEWLY INDUSTRIALIZING COUNTRIES [PDF]

open access: yes
Instead of simply relying on static comparative advantage considerations, the governments of the three second-tier South-East Asian newly industrializing countries of Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand have all intervened to diversify their economies. Such
JOMO K.S., M. ROCK
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Spreading of Antarctic Bottom Water in the Atlantic Ocean [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This paper describes the transport of bottom water from its source region in the Weddell Sea through the abyssal channels of the Atlantic Ocean. The research brings together the recent observations and historical data.
Morozov, E.   +2 more
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The forests of the Congo Basin : State of the forest 2010 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The 2010 State of the Forest report (SOF) benefited from financial support from the European Union, the United States, Germany, France and UNESCO. It represents the collaborative effort of over 100 individuals from a diversity of institutions and the ...
Bayol, Nicolas (ed.)   +7 more
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Can Domestication of Wildlife Lead to Conservation? The Economics of Tiger Farming in China [PDF]

open access: yes
Tigers are a threatened species that might soon disappear in the wild. Not only are tigers threatened by deteriorating and declining habitat, but poachers continue to kill tigers for traditional medicine, decoration pieces and so on.
Brant Abbott, G. Cornelis van Kooten
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Draw like a builder, build like a writer. And the crack is in the detail [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
As the inevitable building by numbers ensues, London’s Thames Gateway becomes one of many playgrounds for bar charting enthusiasts. Houses measured by the thousands and little clues as to where it is, that ghost in the machine, what they are, the ...
Frith, Edmund, Graef, Alexander
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Shangri-la: From Utopia to Wasteland? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The rapid urbanization movement in China’s uplands and up-streams, home to ethnic groups, are problematic for ecological and cultural reasons. Shangri-La County in southwest China is one such destination that has experienced such environmental ...
Li, Bo
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Experimental Study and Finite Element Analysis on the Seismic Performance of Ancient Architectural Kanchuang Frame with Different Impact Parameters Considered

open access: yesBioResources
To study the seismic performance of ancient timber structures with attached windows and masonry walls,  a low-cycle reciprocating load test was conducted on a 1:2 scaled model of the Kanchuang frame.
Junhong Huan   +5 more
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