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Validation of CM SAF CLARA-A2 and SARAH-E Surface Solar Radiation Datasets over China

open access: yesRemote Sensing, 2018
To achieve high-quality surface solar radiation (SSR) data for climate monitoring and analysis, the two satellite-derived monthly SSR datasets of CM SAF CLARA-A2 and SARAH-E have been validated against a homogenized ground-based dataset covering 59 ...
Yawen Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

The capacities of private developers in urban climate change adaptation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The urban environment is particularly exposed to climate impacts, due to a range of factors, such as its geographical location, spatial immobility, and high population.
Taygfeld, Pazit   +4 more
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Climate resilient urban development in Bangladesh : policy gaps and recommendations

open access: yes, 2023
“This policy paper analyzes and briefly overviews Bangladesh’s overall urban development and adaptability to climate change. With an emphasis on the state of urbanization in Bangladesh, essential components of urban development, the effects of climate ...
Fahad, Abdullah   +2 more
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Analyzing individual rent price ratios in eastern German agricultural land markets: A GAMLSS approach

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the rent price ratio in agricultural land markets, crucial for evaluating market efficiency, policy needs, and farmer decision‐making. Traditionally, the analyses faced challenges due to the absence of concurrent sale and rent data for the same land, potentially leading to biased results.
Marius Michels   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancement in Urban Climate Modelling at Local Scale: Urban Heat Island Mitigation and Building Cooling Demand

open access: yes, 2020
As cities and their population are subjected to climate change and urban heat islands, it is paramount to have the means to understand the local urban climate and propose mitigation measures, especially at neighbourhood, local and building scales.
A. Kubilay   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Supporting Urban Climate Adaptation Governance Through Citizen Sensing

open access: yes, 2021
Cities are particularly exposed to risks arising from climate change, and therefore have to adapt continuously to changing conditions that affect citizens’ health and wellbeing. As the community level is where climate change impacts are most experienced,
Schmid Neset, Tina-Simone,   +13 more
core   +1 more source

Engaging with uncertainty and ambiguity through participatory ‘Adaptive Pathways’ approaches: scoping the literature

open access: yesEnvironmental Research Letters, 2019
Climate change adaptation planning demands decision-making under conditions of uncertainty and ambiguity. Adaptive Pathways (AP) planning is receiving increased attention as a method to guide adaptation planning in the face of uncertainties. The approach
K Bosomworth, E Gaillard
doaj   +1 more source

Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
wiley   +1 more source

Deriving an Urban Climate Map in coastal areas with complex terrain in the Basque Country (Spain)

open access: yes, 2013
This works develops a methodology to analyze urban climate from an urban planning perspective and derive an Urban Climate Map (UC-Map). Calculations with spatial information layers, climate measurements and urban climate knowledge are used to evaluate ...
Arrizabalaga, Jon   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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