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Energy poverty in Seoul: Current status and the effect of government supports

open access: yesWorld 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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Livelihood Diversification as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Change and Household Food Security of Livestock Holders in Pakistan

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rural farm households continue to face significant risks from climate change, resulting in many of them diversifying their livelihood sources into other income‐generating activities to increase their incomes and improve food and nutrition security. In this study, we examine the drivers and impact of farm households' participation in livelihood
Mahwish Arshad, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Applications of local climate zone classification in European cities: A review of in situ and mobile monitoring methods in urban climate studies

open access: yesOpen Geosciences
This review explores the application of local climate zones (LCZs) through various measurement methods, with a focus on mobile and in situ data collection in European urban environments.
Milica Vasić   +3 more
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Adaptive Carbon Allocation by Plants Enhances the Terrestrial Carbon Sink

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2017
Carbon allocation is one of the most important physiological processes to optimize the plant growth, which exerts a strong influence on ecosystem structure and function, with potentially large implications for the global carbon budget.
Jiangzhou Xia   +3 more
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Urban Growth and Climate Change [PDF]

open access: yesAnnual Review of Resource Economics, 2009
Between 1950 and 2030, the share of the world's population that lives in cities is predicted to grow from 30% to 60%. This urbanization has consequences for the likelihood of climate change and for the social costs that climate change will impose on the world's quality of life.
openaire   +4 more sources

Do More Open Economies Export Less Diversely in Brazilian Agribusiness?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper asks whether municipalities with a larger export‐to‐revenue ratio display a more concentrated bundle of exported goods in Brazilian agribusiness. Recent advances in export imputation for Brazilian municipalities allow for an analysis of the concentration profile of each municipality and its association with export openness.
Alan Leal, Michelle Marcia Viana Martins
wiley   +1 more source

The role of urban governance in smart cities development in Vietnam

open access: yesDiscover Sustainability
This paper examines the role of urban governance in shaping smart city development in Vietnam, with a focus on Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Da Nang.
Nguyen Kim Hoang
doaj   +1 more source

Talk to Your Data: An Agentic Artificial Intelligence‐Driven Decision‐Support Framework for Prosumer Energy Optimization and Recommendations

open access: yesAdvanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
An agentic AI‐driven decision‐support framework for prosumers is proposed, integrating PV generation, load profiling, and multihorizon optimization within a four‐agent architecture. The approach significantly reduces grid dependence, enhances self‐sufficiency and prevents system oversizing.
Adela BÂRA, Simona‐Vasilica OPREA
wiley   +1 more source

Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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