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The Geographical Journal, Volume 189, Issue 4, Page 674-685, December 2023., 2023 Abstract Almost 20 years have passed since Viequenses succeeded in their struggle to kick out the US Navy from their island, yet residents have been left stranded facing issues of the dispossession of the island's most poor, alongside slow clean‐up efforts and deteriorating health outcomes.
Andrea Pimentel Rivera
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Measuring climate change adaptation policy output: Toward a two‐dimensional approach
Review of Policy Research, Volume 40, Issue 6, Page 1058-1092, November 2023., 2023 Abstract As jurisdictions across the globe step up their efforts to adapt to climate change, it is important to assess progress by taking stock of and comparing adaptation policy. However, scholars and practitioners are struggling to conceptualize and measure adaptation policy.
Kai Schulze, Jonas J. Schoenefeld
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Latin American Policy, Volume 14, Issue 3, Page 388-407, September 2023., 2023 Abstract For years Colombia has been the world's largest coca producer. Its public management of crops for illicit use has swung between eradication, substitution, and, recently legalization. Forced eradication has been shown to be ineffective, and legalization is an incipient option, so the Peace Agreement puts forward substitution as the path to ...
Mª Josep Cascant‐Sempere +2 more
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Introducing carsharing schemes in low‐density areas: The case of the outskirts of Le Mans (France)
Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 15, Issue 2, Page 239-255, April 2023., 2023 Abstract Nowadays, the issue of rural development has a central place on the agenda of policymakers, particularly in the field of transportation. In low‐density areas, there is a lack of alternatives to car use, but at the same time internal combustion vehicles are currently contested in Western societies for their impacts on global warming. As part of
Jean Leroy +2 more
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House price valuation of environmental amenities: An application of GIS‐derived data
Regional Science Policy &Practice, Volume 14, Issue 4, Page 939-959, August 2022., 2022 Abstract Hedonic house price models are frequently used to improve our understanding of local housing markets. In recent years, rich registers containing details about home‐qualities and neighbourhood characteristics have successfully been coupled with spatial qualities such as job‐accessibility or distances to transport.
Liv Osland, John Östh, Viggo Nordvik
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The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 27, Issue 1-2, Page 37-56, June 2022., 2022 Resumen La reventa de gasolina brasilera en la frontera Venezuela–Brasil es un acontecimiento emergente que facilita el entendimiento sociopolítico nuevo de las estrategias de sobrevivencia locales más allá de la resiliencia social e informalidad en tiempos de crisis.
Morelia Morillo Ramos, Eva van Roekel
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Obesity Reviews, Volume 22, Issue S5, Octubre 2021., 2021 Resumen Prevenir la obesidad entre los jóvenes latinos que viven en Estados Unidos y en países latinoamericanos requiere reconocer la especificidad de los contextos y las interacciones entre actividad física (AF) y entorno construido (EC). El objetivo de este artículo es avanzar en la agenda de investigación sobre el EC y la AF con el fin de prevenir ...
Olga L. Sarmiento +11 more
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Obesity Reviews, Volume 22, Issue S5, Octubre 2021., 2021 Resumen Aunque se han hecho avances en el desarrollo y aplicación a gran escala de intervenciones eficaces contra la obesidad infantil, los retos siguen siendo importantes. Nuestro objetivo era comprender las causas del éxito de Estados Unidos y los países latinoamericanos en la implementación de políticas y programas (PYP) contra la obesidad e ...
Rafael Pérez‐Escamilla +6 more
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Obesity Reviews, Volume 22, Issue S5, Octubre 2021., 2021 Resumen La obesidad infantil en Latinoamérica y en las poblaciones latinas de Estados Unidos es un problema de salud pública complejo y persistente y, como tal, requiere soluciones basadas en la teoría y los métodos de la ciencia de sistemas. En este artículo presentamos un marco conceptual orientado a la acción para diseñar, implementar, evaluar y ...
Leandro M. T. Garcia +4 more
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A incompletude dos contratos de ônibus nos tempos da COVID-19
Revista de Administração Pública, 2020 Resumo A pandemia da COVID-19 impõe sérios desafios ao setor de transporte público por ônibus. A queda da demanda em razão do isolamento social, a intensificação dos procedimentos de higienização, a aquisição de equipamentos de proteção individual e as ...
Gregório Costa Luz de Souza Lima +2 more
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