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Agricultural land for urban development: The process of land conversion in Central Vietnam

, 2014
Since the 1990s, Vietnam's progressive integration into the global market economy has triggered major economic and social transformations. In spatial terms, these are marked by a massive conversion of agricultural land for industrial and urban ...
Phuc, Nguyen Quang, Westen, A. C M van, Zoomers, Annelies, Economic Urban Transitions, Social Urban Transitions, SGPL Internat. Development Studies   +5 more
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Anticoagulant rodenticide accumulation in the liver and plasma of pigeons (Columba livia) in Thailand

Open Veterinary Journal
Background: Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) are widely used worldwide to control rodents. Currently, many countries are considering the use of ARs, which results in widespread accumulation and poisoning of non-target animals.
Kosal Phourng, Ratiwan Sitdhibutr, Yared Beyene Yohannes, Yoshinori Ikenaka, Aksorn Saengtienchai   +4 more
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Maxillofacial Gunshot Injury Profile in Semi-urban and Urban Teaching Hospitals in Southwest Nigeria

Nigerian Postgraduate Medical Journal
Background: Despite the strict gun control policy in Nigeria, maxillofacial gunshot injuries are still alarming, and the profile of injuries varies based on rurality.
Adewale Francis Adejobi, Olasunkanmi Kuye, Olawunmi Adedoyin Fatusi, Sola Egunjobi, Ayodele Akomolafe, Ethelbert Ugwu   +5 more
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Research based urban policy : a paper [PDF]

, 1985
22 leaves "Prepared for Session 3A, the Ministry of State for Urban Affairs: A consideration of the success and failures of its mandate - part 1, Canadian Urban Studies Conference August 14-17 ...
Gertler, Len
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Urban space production in transition : the cases of the new urban areas of Hanoi

, 2015
In recent decades, hundreds of master-planned new urban areas (NUAs) have developed on the urban fringes of expanding cities in Vietnam. They are promoted as a new urban planning concept in the post-reform policies.
Tran, Hoai Anh
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Context of Rural to Urban Migration and Socio-Economic Empowerment of Women in Pakistan and Philippines; a Systematic Literature Review

Asas wa Tandhim
The movement of people from rural areas towards urban units is understood as rural-to-urban migration. Women empowerment is the process that leads women to ownership of resources, improves their ability to control their lives and families, and allows ...
Meetha Ram, Bakhtawar Nizamani, Aazadi Fateh Muhammad   +2 more
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The Regulatory Nature of Urban Ports: The Case of Houston

, 2015
Classic urban ecology argues that cities grow by connecting economically with other places. As they do, local zones of similar land use emerge, producing natural areas.
King, Lester O., Elliott, James R., Shelton, Kyle   +2 more
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Year-Round Activity Patterns of Badgers (Meles meles) and Mesocarnivore Communities in Urban and Sub-Urban Areas

Urban Science
Urbanisation exerts profound effects on biodiversity, driving species extinctions while promoting behavioural adaptations in generalist taxa. The European badger (Meles meles) exemplifies such adaptability, exploiting anthropogenic resources and ...
Francesco Bisi, Pietro Grespan, Claudia Tranquillo, Adriano Martinoli, Lucas Armand Wauters, Damiano Giovanni Preatoni   +5 more
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Issues in the promotion and retention of urban students : report of a USI working group.

, 1998
"November, 1998."; Includes bibliographical references.Introduction -- Promotion/retention policy A -- Promotion/retention policy B -- Promotion/retention rationale ...
Urban Schools Initiative (Ohio)
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Urban–Rural Differences in Cropland Loss and Fragmentation Caused by Construction Land Expansion in Developed Coastal Regions: Evidence from Jiangsu Province, China

Remote Sensing
With the acceleration of global urbanization, cropland loss and fragmentation due to construction land expansion have become critical threats to food security and ecological sustainability, particularly in rapidly developing coastal regions ...
Jiahao Zhai, Lijie Pu
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