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Mediating Sustainability and Liveability—Turning Points of Green Space Supply in European Cities

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2019
Urban growth in and around European cities affects multiple aspects of the environment including green spaces. On the one hand, many cities struggle with environmental problems, overcrowding and overuse resulting from high population densities.
Manuel Wolff, Manuel Wolff, Dagmar Haase, Dagmar Haase   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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, Obed Quaicoe, Fafanyo Asiseh, John N. Ng'ombe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of urban green open space on residents’ physical activity in China

BMC Public Health, 2019
Background Urban green open space is a valuable resource for physical activities of urban inhabitants and has the potential to reduce chronic illness and improve health.
Han Wang, Xiaoling Dai, Jinglan Wu, Xingyi Wu, Xin Nie   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park, Seong D. Yun, Brandy E. Phipps, Tyler Mark, Craig Schluttenhofer   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban green space and obesity in older adults: Evidence from Ireland

SSM: Population Health, 2018
We examine the association between living in an urban area with more or less green space and the probability of being obese. This work involves the creation of a new dataset which combines geo-coded data at the individual level from the Irish ...
Seraphim Dempsey, Seán Lyons, Anne Nolan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Chinese Trade Competition and Rural Mexican Migration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT China's accession to the World Trade Organization in 2001 reshaped global trade, reducing U.S. demand for Mexican manufactured goods and weakening Mexico's manufacturing employment. This study estimates how this trade‐induced decline affected migration and employment decisions among rural Mexicans.
Zachariah Rutledge, Joaquin Mayorga
wiley   +1 more source

Explaining the role of green space in coastal cities in attracting tourists with the approach of sustainable environmental development (Case study of Noor city) [PDF]

تحقیقات کاربردی علوم جغرافیایی, 2023
Irregular and unstable urban development has increased marginalization, destruction of urban green areas and increased demand for urban land, which in itself has led to the disappearance of urban green spaces and land use change of such lands and is ...
Zeynab taghvaee, sadroddin motevalli, Gholam reza janbazi ghobadi, jalal azimi amoli   +3 more
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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
wiley   +1 more source

Research on the collaborative mechanism between site selection optimization model and control of green space planning under the background of urban renewal

Discover Sustainability
As a part of integrated urban ecosystems, green space is an important target of urban renewal planning. In the process of urban renewal of green space, it is difficult to control the special planning for green space systems, and the scale of urban public
Xiangyun Li, Desheng Dai, Jingwen Dong, Kaili Hu   +3 more
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Editorial: Urban green spaces and human health

Frontiers in Public Health
C918-3B10-A36E | Diogo Guedes ...
Yuan Li, Hongxiao Liu, Diogo Guedes Vidal, Diogo Guedes Vidal, Abdullah Akpınar, Ding Li   +5 more
openaire   +4 more sources