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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
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STATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: THE SATURN PROJECT REVISITED [PDF]

This paper focuses on state economic development efforts with an emphasis on formulating a state economic development strategy. An analytical framework for regional policy analysis is discussed.
Lindall, Scott A.
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STUDI: a model to simulate the impacts of new metro lines on urban development in London [PDF]

, 2010
Urban systems are complex and change as a result of the interactions between their main elements. In order to model urban systems effectively, the dynamics of relationships between these elements need to be considered.
Christodoulou, A.
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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
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The Dual Impact and Spatial Spillover Effects of the Digital Economy on Urban–Rural Integration [PDF]

With the advent of the information age, the digital economy has become an important force in promoting economic and social development; however, its impact on urban–rural relations remains controversial.
Yan Fang, Jinxin Bian, Decai Tang
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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
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Non-mega sporting events and urban development: Assessing the impact of the 2022 Mediterranean Games on the socio-urban development of Oran city [PDF]

Glasnik Srpskog Geografskog Društva
This article explores the Mediterranean Games as non-mega sporting events (NMSE), with a focus on their impact on urban development of host cities, in this case the city of Oran.
Bouadam Chaima, Lazri Youcef, Salah-Salah Hana   +2 more
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The determinants of urban concentration [PDF]

Urban concentration differs across countries. One determinant of these differences is economic development, which first increases and subsequently decreases urban concentration.
Junius, Karsten
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Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

From Innovation to Resilience: How Digital Technology Boosts the Risk Resistance Capability of Cities

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As a transformative techno-economic paradigm shift in the digital economy, digital technology innovation (DTI) has profoundly reshaped urban socio-economic systems.
Pinyue Wang, Dongqin Cao, Chaoqun Wang
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