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Technical wildness: Modernity, romanticism, and the technocratic turn in Scottish rewilding
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Technical wildness is a new and increasingly influential culture of nature. This paper marks its emergence in Scotland in the early 2020s. Focusing on Scotland's rapidly evolving land management sector, the paper traces how private rewilding companies position science‐led land management and natural capital markets as the most effective ...
Theo Stanley
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsAgricultural Labor Productivity (APL) is a pivotal determinant of cross-national income inequality and a core indicator of national agricultural competitiveness.
Hanhui Liu +3 more
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Workforce Development and Driver Shortages in Small Urban and Rural Transit [PDF]
Despite the retirement of transit managers in small urban and rural communities, succession planning to prepare local transit agencies is lacking. Applied research must be developed to provide a smooth transition for the public transportation industry as
Peterson, Del +3 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Fires are expanding in frequency and intensity worldwide due to climate change and land‐use transformations. At the same time, fire often plays a regenerative role in ecosystems. Traditional and cultural practices incorporate fire use for landscape management and landscape renewal. In this complex matrix of fire ecologies, digital technologies
Jennifer Gabrys +2 more
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Integrated urban–rural development is an inevitable requirement of regional development. Developing green industries based on rural ecological resources are important approaches to promoting urban–rural integration.
Fanfan Li, Guangpeng Ma, Guixiang Zhang
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Theories of care help explain a peri‐urban tree diversity paradox
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Since diversity is often a management objective for peri‐urban tree communities on public land, one might expect to find greater diversity there than on private land, where such objectives are less common. However, this expectation rests on an assumption that people control diversity towards objectives, overlooking the role of relationships ...
Jacqueline Hamilton +3 more
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Urban Social Exclusion in Transitional China [PDF]
This paper demonstrates that urban social exclusion in China does not only include restricted participation by the ¿underclass¿ in urban life, but also the deprivation of certain political, social and economic rights. In addition, the paper describes how
Bingqin Li
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Ecological restoration is an ongoing relational process involving interconnected reciprocal social and biophysical interactions that shift and change over time and space. Conceptual literature proposes that placemaking can deepen and enhance the understanding and implementation of social‐ecological restoration processes as part of broader ...
Ancois de Villiers +3 more
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Quality of life of elderly. Comparison between urban and rural areas
Investigación y Educación en Enfermería, 2014 Objective. Comparing the scores of quality of life according to place of residence (urban and rural areas). Methods. A cross-sectional study involving 2142 elderly in urban area and other 850 in rural area of the municipality of Uberaba (Minas Gerais ...
Darlene Mara dos Santos Tavares +4 more
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The Mechanism of Data Elements Application Empowering Urban–Rural Integrated Development
Efficient and unimpeded factor allocation constitutes the cornerstone of urban–rural integrated development. Using panel data from 281 prefecture-level cities in China spanning the period from 2011 to 2023, this study employs a two-way fixed ...
Jinyan Wen, Xiaoyan Fan, Jialin Li
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