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Between public service and market: Portraying the bifront university in a platformized world

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper contributes to the international debate on the changes affecting recruitment and orientation processes toward higher education. Based on qualitative research involving 19 Italian public universities, the study analyses the transformations in communication, recruitment and orientation activities within platformization and increasing ...
Marco Pitzalis, Ciro Cangiano, Alessandro Lovari   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban Fuel Demand in Ethiopia: An Almost-Ideal Demand System Approach [PDF]

This paper investigates the opportunities for reducing the pressure of urban centers on rural forest areas, using a dataset of 350 urban households in Tigrai in northern Ethiopia. We applied an almost-ideal demand system to fuels.
Bayou, Demeke, Gebreegziabher, Zenebe, Oskam, Arie J.   +2 more
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Forests in Flux: The Effects of Demographic Change on Forest Cover in New England and New York [PDF]

, 2016
This brief contributes to a better understanding of the linkages between demographic and forest cover change so as to inform policy efforts aimed at maintaining existing forested areas in and around sprawling urban centers.
Belair, Ethan P., Ducey, Mark J., Johnson, Kenneth M., Mockrin, Miranda H.   +3 more
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Demographic Trends in National Forest, Recreational, Retirement, and Amenity Areas [PDF]

, 2007
Those who live near national forests are both potential forest visitors and neighbors who feel the impact of many forest management decisions. This paper provides some insights about those proximate populations.
Johnson, Kenneth M., Stewart, Susan I.
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Study of identification and simulation of ecological zoning through integration of landscape ecological risk and ecosystem health

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
IntroductionRapid urbanization has driven extensive land use changes, thereby undermining the stability and sustainability of ecosystems. This highlights the need for refined ecological zoning to strengthen environmental governance and spatial management
Huaizhen Peng, Huachao Lou, Yali Zhang, Weiwei Wang, Qingying He, Polang Liu, Ying Yang   +6 more
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The impact of urbanisation on social behaviour: a comprehensive review

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Urbanisation is a key driver of global environmental change and presents animals with novel stressors and challenges. It can fundamentally influence social behaviour and has the potential to reshape within‐ and between‐species social interactions. Given the role of social behaviour in reproductive fitness and survival, understanding how social
Avery L. Maune, Barbara A. Caspers, Isabel Damas‐Moreira   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drainage basin characteristics from ERTS data [PDF]

The author has identified the following significant results. ERTS-derived measurements of forests, riparian vegetation, open water, and combined agricultural and urban land use were added to an available matrix of map-derived basin characteristics.
Hollyday, E. F.
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A review of the historic and present ecological role of aquatic and shoreline wood, from forest to deep sea

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The ecology of forests, their losses, and terrestrial wood decomposition dynamics have been intensively studied and reviewed. In the aquatic realm, reviews have concentrated on large wood (LW) in rivers and the transition from freshwater to marine environments in the Pacific Northwest of North America. However, a comprehensive global synthesis
Jon Dickson, Ellen Wohl, Laura L. Govers, Oscar Franken, Tjeerd J. Bouma, Han Olff, Britas Klemens Eriksson, Maryann S. Watson, Luísa M.S. Borges, Tjisse van der Heide   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anthropogenic Effects on Green Infrastructure Spatial Patterns in Kisangani City and Its Urban–Rural Gradient

Land
Urban and peri-urban expansion significantly influences the spatial pattern of cities and surrounding zones. This study examines the spatial changes in green infrastructure components, specifically focusing on mature forests, short forests, and ...
Julien Bwazani Balandi, Jean-Pierre Pitchou Meniko To Hulu, Kouagou Raoul Sambieni, Yannick Useni Sikuzani, Jean-François Bastin, Charles Mumbere Musavandalo, Timothée Besisa Nguba, Roselande Jesuka, Carlo Sodalo, Léa Mukubu Pika, Jan Bogaert   +10 more
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Risk assessment of hollow-bearing trees in urban forests. [PDF]

Sci Rep, 2023
Suchocka M, Jelonek T, Błaszczyk M, Wińska-Krysiak M, Kubus M, Ziemiański M, Kalaji HM.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source