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Les temps de transport pour délimiter des aires urbaines fonctionnelles ?

open access: yesBelgeo, 2016
This paper is a methodological contribution to the harmonized delineation of potential functional urban areas in Europe, based on a temporal framework that uses isochrones and an accessibility criteria to the city-center.
Marianne Guérois   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agricultural soils – a fundamental common good in urban areas: a strategy for recovering their identity' [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Good agricultural soils are a scarce and exhaustible resource, essential for providing regular food production to societies and to the idea of sustainability.
Freire, Maria, Ramos, Isabel
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Protecting an Ecosystem Service: Approaches to Understanding and Mitigating Threats to Wild Insect Pollinators [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Insect pollination constitutes an ecosystem service of global importance, providing significant economic and aesthetic benefits as well as cultural value to human society, alongside vital ecological processes in terrestrial ecosystems.
Arce, AN   +26 more
core   +1 more source

Terahertz Channel Modeling, Estimation and Localization in RIS‐Assisted Systems

open access: yesAdvanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces have become a recent intensive research focus. Based on practical applications, channel strategies for RIS‐assisted terahertz wireless communication systems are categorized into three different types: channel modeling, channel estimation, and channel localization.
Hongjing Wang   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Indicators and methods for spatial cohesion research: difficulties and challenges in low-density regions [PDF]

open access: yes
Previous research carried out by this same authors went through the analysis of data sources and their potential to apply the polycentrism approach to territories where the urban features is weak (specifically in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain).
Angel Raul Ruiz Pulpon   +5 more
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Spectral Analysis of Traffic Functions in Urban Areas

open access: yesPromet - Traffic&Transportation, 2015
The paper is focused on the Fourier transform application in urban traffic analysis and the use of said transform in traffic decomposition. The traffic function is defined as traffic flow generated by different categories of traffic participants. A Fourier analysis was elaborated in terms of identifying the main traffic function components, called ...
Florin Nemtanu   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mediterranean waterfront Atlas: a tool for knowledge and decison-making [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The evolution of coastal urban and peri-urban areas between Malta and Sicily are the subject of extensive study that aims to build new tools and new approaches to planning in coastal areas.
RONSIVALLE, Daniele
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Consumer Preferences for Craft Beer: The Interplay of Localness and Advertising Language

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the influence of the language of the label, origin of production, and origin of brewing ingredients on Croatian consumers' preferences and willingness to pay for organic craft beer. Employing an online survey and a choice experiment among 223 Croatian alcohol consumers, we find that while there's a willingness to pay a ...
Marija Cerjak   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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