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Urban Design in Neighbourhood Commodification [PDF]
The intention to promote local economic development through place marketing and urban design based interventions is linked to the commodification of the city, a trend emerging parallel to a new milieu for intercity competition. The aim with this paper is
adureira, Ana Mafalda
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Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how rising food prices affected household welfare in The Gambia using nationally representative data from the 2015/16 Integrated Household Survey (IHS‐3). The analysis reflects household consumption behavior and market conditions prevailing during that period and provides a structural benchmark for understanding ...
Roger Vorsah +3 more
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Adaptive Strategies of Desert Shrub Stem–Leaf Anatomical Traits in the High-Altitude Qaidam Basin
PlantsHigh-altitude arid regions are characterized by concurrent water scarcity, low temperatures, and intense solar radiation. However, the adaptive mechanisms of desert shrubs to these combined stressors remain poorly understood.
Yuanyuan Wang, Siyu Liu, Chengjun Ji
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From urban functions to the basic dimensions of urban systems
Revista de Direito da Administração Pública, 2019 Abstract: In this article we present a synthetic view of the first methods used to determine the urban functions. The critique of these methods, made fundamentally throughout the sixties, paved the way for the integration of the traditional concept of function within the more general framework of the analysis of the basic dimensions of urban systems.
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On the Economics of US Agricultural Policy
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper presents an economic analysis of US agricultural policy, building on a modified version of Gardner's efficient redistribution. We argue that agricultural policy is motivated as an attempt to implement an efficient redistribution scheme that redistributes income toward farmers who, as a group, have been adversely affected by ...
Jean‐Paul Chavas
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Climate and traits drive bark decomposition patterns at global scale
Nature CommunicationsTree bark represents a large global carbon stock, comprising 2-20 % of woody biomass, and plays a distinct role in carbon and nutrient cycling. It is poorly understood how different abiotic and biotic drivers contribute to bark decomposition globally, or
Chenhui Chang +6 more
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Avian ResearchDetection bias in avian monitoring is a critical constraint on the accurate assessment of community structure. This study presents a detailed field-based comparative case study between the playback of the Indian White-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus) mobbing ...
Yueqiang Liu, Zehao Shen, Fumin Lei
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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
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Urban growth and productivity: the case of Greece [PDF]
The present paper reports an attempt to estimate the role of urbanisation economies in Greek industry. Using a flexible form of production function obtained from a Taylor-series expansion of a polynomial it is estimated that the labour productivity of ...
Louri, Helen
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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 +4 more
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