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Beliefs about urban fringe forests among urban residents in Sweden
, 2012 The aim of this study was to examine predictors of beliefs about urban fringe forests among urban residents in Sweden (n = 586). Based on a cognitive hierarchical model, the study investigated how socio-demographic variables, as well as different values ...
Westin, Kerstin, +3 more
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Improving access to new technologies: An experiment with Kenyan input sellers
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Agrodealers play a critical role in rural economies, selling essential inputs for agricultural production, stocking new products, and providing farmers with technical advice. However, uncertainty can discourage them from stocking newer, less familiar products, limiting the availability of innovative technologies and leading to market failures ...
Sarah W. Kariuki +6 more
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Exploring Preferences for Urban Greening [PDF]
, 2019 Sustainable responses to urban development point to the need for higher density neighborhoods coupled with extensive urban tree canopy and greening. However, little research has been conducted with urban residents to ascertain if these urban forms match ...
Ryan, Robert L. +2 more
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American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Abstract Premise Given the threats of climate change, we investigated the impact of high temperatures separately and in combination with reduced soil water on leaf heat tolerance for five oaks (Fagaceae) with overlapping ranges in southern California, USA: Quercus agrifolia and Q. chrysolepis (evergreen species), Q. douglasii and Q.
Casey D. Wisely +7 more
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Racial Governmentality and Urban Greening: A Critical Review with Nordic Implications
Nordic Journal of Urban StudiesUrban greening research increasingly brings racialised differences in access, participation, and spatial outcomes into view, yet comparatively little attention has been paid to how these differences are produced through planning’s governing rationalities.
Mia Ågren
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Urban greening archetypes at the European scale [PDF]
Urban greening has great ecological, social and economic benefits for the built environment. It also has significant impacts on the microclimate and urban energy balance.
Perera, A.T. Dasun +6 more
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Biomimicry in Urban Greening [PDF]
, 2021 This paper is a response to the urgent call for redesign of human-nature relations by addressing the need to move away from Modernist dualisms of nature-culture rooted in current unsustainable societies.
Ilieva, Lazaara Simeonova +2 more
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract An ecological model was developed to examine the pathways linking immigration state policies to physically safe work conditions and work volition, interpersonal discrimination, and mental health distress. The ecological framework was tested among two subsamples totaling 529 Latinx immigrant participants: (1) immigrants who resided in states ...
Germán A. Cadenas +6 more
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Exploring the Urban Greening Community in Jakarta’s Urban Kampung: A Tactical Urbanism Perspective
This study examines the urban greening community movement through the lens of tactical urbanism as a community-based urban planning model. Tactical urbanism, gaining traction as both a response and an alternative to urban challenges, is defined by active
Husnul Fitri, Annisa Ananda Sari
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, 2019 Growing and densifying cities set challenges for preserving and enhancing sufficient and good quality green urban environment. Rooftops offer vacant room for additional urban greening that may contribute to the well-being of people and the liveability of
Lehvävirta, Susanna, +1 more
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