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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The park as an idea

open access: yesПроект Байкал
The park is viewed as the result of a dialogue between man and nature and as a product of urbanization, like the city. Its nature is ambivalent both in relation to the city and in relation to the natural elements, which makes it a tool for communication
Андрей Боков
doaj   +1 more source

SAHANZ

open access: yesAnales del Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas "Mario J. Buschiazzo", 2021
Este artículo esboza un panorama de la historia de la arquitectura escrita en Australia y Nueva Zelanda en los últimos quince años. The Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand (Sahanz) fomenta la investigación de calidad en el ...
Macarena de la Vega de León
doaj  

[Review of] John Bodnar. The Transplanted: A History of Immigrants in Urban America [PDF]

open access: yes, 1988
The Transplanted is represented as a synthesis of the immigrant experience in urban America. Bodnar posits the confrontation with capitalism as sole explanation for migration, emigration and immigrant behavior in the new country. His stated intent is to
Eive, Gloria
core   +1 more source

Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Introduction: Narrating the City and Spaces of Contestation

open access: yesCulture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 2019
While nation states have a disputed status in a globalised world, cities are often regarded as sovereign and global actors. Along with de-nationalising processes of increased privatisation, supranational governing and networks of transnational ...
Ragnhild Claesson, Pål Brunnström
doaj  

Architecture on the Moon: Expanding the boundaries of Space

open access: yesПроект Байкал
The article examines the peculiarities of Soviet modernism of the 1960s – 1980s aimed at the spatial development of the country. The history of space exploration and attempts to conquer the Moon are also included in these processes. The article presents
Андрей Кафтанов
doaj   +1 more source

An Urban Biodiversity Assessment Framework That Combines an Urban Habitat Classification Scheme and Citizen Science Data

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
A lack of information about urban habitats, and a lack of professionally-collected species occurrence data are often cited as major impediments to completing bioassessments in urban landscapes. We developed an urban biodiversity assessment framework that
Enjie Li   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Accounting for Substitution: Improving Estimates of GHG Reductions From Cattle‐Based Product Demand Shifts

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Estimates of reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lower demand for cattle‐based products must account for substitution effects. This study collected data through two surveys—one on ground beef and another on dairy milk—to evaluate substitution effects and potential GHG reductions.
Brandon R. McFadden   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural space of Russia

open access: yesПроект Байкал
With the author’s permission, Project Baikal publishes excerpts from Andrey Bokov’s forthcoming book on Russian cultural space. The article provides a comparative analysis of Russian cultural space in comparison with European and Eastern cultural spaces;
Андрей Боков
doaj   +1 more source

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