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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

The Effect of Government Programs on Urban Sprawl of Tehran [PDF]

open access: yesنشریه جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی, 2015
The urban sustainable development is economic efficiency, social justice and environmental preservation so one of the its important conditions is utilization from urban land, otherwise cities suffer from urban sprawl. So far, several models are presented
Mohammad Soleymani   +3 more
doaj  

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
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
core  

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

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  

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

2012 Urban Geography Plenary Lecture Topological City

open access: yes, 2013
The purpose of this paper is to explore the idea of the topological city, both by sharing some observations about the use of topology in critical human geography today and also by demonstrating how different modes of topological analyses of the city may ...
A. Secor
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Do More Open Economies Export Less Diversely in Brazilian Agribusiness?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper asks whether municipalities with a larger export‐to‐revenue ratio display a more concentrated bundle of exported goods in Brazilian agribusiness. Recent advances in export imputation for Brazilian municipalities allow for an analysis of the concentration profile of each municipality and its association with export openness.
Alan Leal, Michelle Marcia Viana Martins
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation the Rate of Citizen Satisfaction from the Quality of Urban Environment (Case study: 10 Zones of Tabriz City) [PDF]

open access: yesنشریه جغرافیا و برنامه‌ریزی, 2015
Being concerned to achieve good shape of the city has been commenced since the formation of primary cities. Moreover, involvement of human thought to improve urban life is simultaneous with urbanization history.
Asgar Zarrabi   +4 more
doaj  

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