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Testing the 'new economic geography': a comparative analysis based on EU regional data [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper evaluates 'new economic geography' theory by comparing it with a competing non-nested model derived from urban economics. Using bootstrap inference and the J-test, the paper shows that while NEG theory is supported by the data, it needs to be ...
Bernard Fingleton
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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

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  

Identity and Space on the Borderland between Old and New in Shanghai: A Case Study [PDF]

open access: yes
China's urban geography has been dramatically altered over the past three decades. The co-presence of splinters in urban fabric-contrasting and continuously changing in terms of condition, use, and socio-cultural consistency-is symptomatic for ...
Iossifova, Deljana
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The Network Analysis of Urban Streets: A Primal Approach

open access: yes, 2005
The network metaphor in the analysis of urban and territorial cases has a long tradition especially in transportation/land-use planning and economic geography.
Alexander C   +31 more
core   +2 more sources

Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Le rural, une catégorie opératoire pour penser les mutations socio-spatiales françaises.La géographie rurale d’hier à aujourd’hui 

open access: yesBulletin de l’Association de Géographes Français, 2019
The article focuses on the last century of rural geography. It is not our intention to retrace the entire history of the discipline, but to isolate some major shifts.
Claire Delfosse, Monique Poulot
doaj   +1 more source

Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
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  

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