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Regional Differences in U.S. Consumer Preferences for Native Woody Shrubs With Varying Aesthetic Characteristics

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluate the Spatial Distribution of ICT Indicators in Fourteen Areas of Isfahan Municipality

open access: yesIranian Journal of Information Processing & Management, 2012
Today, one of the criteria for the assessment of development of countries, international organizations and world economy is the achievement of the level of ICT.
Ahmad Shahivandi   +2 more
doaj  

Economic geography : real or hype? [PDF]

open access: yes
Economic geography has become a mantra for many economists, geographers, and regional scientists. Previous studies have tested the importance of economic geography for production activities and found a significant association between them.
Lall, Somik V., Jun Koo
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Informality and the Development and Demolition of Urban Villages in the Chinese Peri-urban Area [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The fate of Chinese urban villages (chengzhongcun) has recently attracted both research and policy attention. Two important unaddressed questions are: what are the sources of informality in otherwise orderly Chinese cities; and, will village ...
Zhang, F, Webster, C, Wu, F, Webster, CJ
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The Geography of Success: A Spatial Analysis of Export Intensity in the Italian Wine Industry

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the paradox of how Italy's fragmented, SME‐dominated wine industry achieves global export success. Moving beyond purely firm‐centric explanations, we test whether export intensity is spatially dependent, clustering geographically in regional ecosystems.
Nicolas Depetris Chauvin, Jonas Di Vita
wiley   +1 more source

Is There a Market for Organic Milk in Serbia? Insights From Integrated Choice and Latent Variable Model

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Past growth in the global organic market has been concentrated in high‐income countries, while in middle‐income countries such as Serbia the organic market remains nascent and characterized by a sparse assortment of organic products, high retail premia and limited evidence on consumer preferences and their drivers.
Milan Tatic   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of Sustainable Ecotourism Development in the Kermanshah city [PDF]

open access: yesنشریه جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی, 2014
Ecotourism or nature tourism is one of the branches of tourism that is based on natural attractions. Ecotourism industry includes strategies to identify areas of prone nature and the planning for these areas to attract ecotourists and create the ...
Asghar Zarabi, Azam Safarabadi
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Age and Regional Trends in Groin Hernia Surgery in Japan: An Analysis of Laparoscopic Repair, Outpatient Surgery, and Manual Reduction Using National Database Open Data

open access: yesAnnals of Gastroenterological Surgery, EarlyView.
Using National Database open data from 2014 to 2023, this nationwide study visualizes age‐, sex‐, and region‐specific trends in groin hernia surgery in Japan. Laparoscopic surgery, outpatient surgery, and manual reduction were analyzed to estimate lifetime surgical burden and patterns of emergency‐related healthcare utilization at the population level.
Masanori Sato   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Land Zoning for Urban Development of Central Section of Aras Free Zone Using AHP Model [PDF]

open access: yesنشریه جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی, 2014
In this paper the importance and necessity of knowing the characteristics of the natural environment to identify suitable locations for buildings and municipal buildings from poor areas, zoning lands to the central part of Aras Free Zone, was acting for ...
Shahrivar Roostayee   +2 more
doaj  

Spatial diversity of urban village development in Shenzhen

open access: yes, 2011
Dynamic urbanization in China during the reform period has led to the emergence and proliferation of so-called urban villages in many cities. The development of urban villages, based on a self-help approach of indigenous villagers, has been satisfying ...
Geertman, S.C.M.   +10 more
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