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The Reflection of Urban Network Development Paradigm Shifts on the Formulation of Criteria for Defining and Classifying Secondary Cities in Egypt انعكاس التحول في فكر تنمية شبكات المدن على عملية صياغة معايير تحديد وتصنيف المدن الثانوية بمصر

Journal of Urban Research
Secondary cities are gaining increasing importance in urban development studies and policies. They function as intermediary hubs within urban networks, playing a pivotal role in enhancing spatial connectivity, strengthening the resilience of national ...
Ahmed Hussein Hassan, Ola Ahmed, Walid Nabil Ali Bayoumi   +2 more
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Governing Urban Development in China

The book investigates urban development and governance in China and introduces China perspectives to the understanding of governing urban development in the 21st century.
Wu, Fulong, Zhang, Fangzhu
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IDB News: Vol. 2, no. 11, December 1975

, 1975
IDB News is a monthly publication of the Inter-American Development Bank and appears in English and Spanish ...
Inter-American Development Bank
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Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, 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

Sites for sustainability transitions: the interplay of urban experiments and socio-spatial configurations in transforming habits

Urban Transformations
Urban experiments intervene in selected sites to initiate transition processes. But how do the socio-spatial characteristics of these sites affect urban experiments and vice versa?
Anna Baatz, Franziska Ehnert, Kristin Reiß   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experimental research on the mechanical characteristics of a hardwood element [PDF]

Constructii: Journal of Civil Engineering Research, 2018
The paper presents the experimental results obtained for bending strength parallel to the fibers of a beam element made of hardwood (deciduous) glued laminated timber.
Aurelian GRUIN, Cornelia BAERĂ, Felicia ENACHE   +2 more
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IDB News: Vol. 3, no. 4, May 1976

, 1976
IDB News is a monthly publication of the Inter-American Development Bank and appears in English and Spanish ...
Inter-American Development Bank
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Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang, Edward C. Jaenicke, Martina Vecchi, Sheng‐Jang Sheu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

IDB Newsletter: Vol. 6, no. 2, April 1968

, 1968
IDB Newsletter is a monthly publication of the Inter-American Development that reports on the activities of the Inter-American Development Bank and appears in English and Spanish ...
Inter-American Development Bank
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source