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Planning procedures towards high climatic quality cities. Example referring to Lisbon [PDF]

, 2006
The different stages of research on high climatic quality city are presented in this paper: acquisition of appropriate urban climate information, analysis of different urban climate features and selection of planning strategies (accordingly with the ...
Maria João Alcoforado
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Citizen Engagement for Social and Technological Innovation in Sustainable Energy Systems

Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, EarlyView.
This study underscores the potential of citizen participation in the energy transition by providing insights to foster citizen‐driven innovation. An analysis of energy communities, one of the most dynamic innovations in the energy sector, reveals that these models can be citizen‐led initiatives regarding their operational and organizational structure ...
Ana Belén Cristóbal, Cristina Sanz‐Cuadrado, Kiane Alves e Silva, Luis Narvarte   +3 more
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Energy poverty in Seoul: Current status and the effect of government supports

World Development Sustainability
We estimate the current status of energy poverty in Seoul and examine the effect of policy measures on alleviating energy poverty. One of the main findings is that 2.4 % of the total households in Seoul are suffering from energy poverty based on the 2M ...
In Chang Hwang, Jong-rak Baek
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Using social science in National Park Service climate communications: A case study in the National Capital Region [PDF]

, 2020
Since 2012, the National Park Service’s (NPS’s) Urban Ecology Research Learning Alliance (UERLA) and George Mason University’s Center for Climate Change Communication have partnered on a collaborative “research-to-practice” internship program that ...
Beall, Lindsey, Campbell, Eryn, Gallagher, Ann, Maibach, Ed, Patzer, Shaelyn   +4 more
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Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

Agribusiness, 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

Cities and climate change: Strategic options for philanthropic support [PDF]

, 2019
Now, more than ever, cities are at the front lines of U.S. climate action. As national action stalls, there is still a daunting amount to be done in reducing human-generated climate emissions. Fortunately, this report comes in the wake of a groundswell
Cleveland, John, Fox-Penner, Peter, Hatch, Jennifer, Silano, Michael   +3 more
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Assessing Ozone-Related Health Impacts under a Changing Climate [PDF]

, 2004
Climate change may increase the frequency and intensity of ozone episodes in future summers in the United States. However, only recently have models become available that can assess the impact of climate change on O(3) concentrations and health effects ...
Anderson RN, Barry Lynn, Christian Hogrefe, Cynthia Rosenzweig, Jia-Yeong Ku, Joyce E. Rosenthal, Kevin Civerolo, Kim Knowlton, O’Neill MS, Patrick L. Kinney, Richard Goldberg, Stuart Gaffin   +11 more
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COSMO-BEP-Tree v1.0: a coupled urban climate model with explicit representation of street trees

Geoscientific Model Development, 2019
. Street trees are more and more regarded as an effective measure to reduce excessive heat in urban areas. However, the vast majority of mesoscale urban climate models do not represent street trees in an explicit manner and, for example, do not take the ...
Gianluca Mussetti, Dominik Brunner, S. Henne, J. Allegrini, E. S. Krayenhoff, Sebastian Schubert, C. Feigenwinter, Roland Vogt, Andreas Wicki, Jan Carmeliet   +9 more
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Analyzing individual rent price ratios in eastern German agricultural land markets: A GAMLSS approach

Agribusiness, 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, Cord‐Friedrich von Hobe, Miryam Sarah Merk, Thomas Kneib, Oliver Musshoff   +4 more
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An analysis of livestock choice : adapting to climate change in Latin American farms [PDF]

The authors explore how Latin American livestock farmers adapt to climate by switching species. They develop a multinomial choice model of farmer's choice of livestock species. Estimating the models across over 1,200 livestock farmers in seven countries,
Mendelsohn, Robert, Seo, Niggol
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