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Urban infrastructure for development [PDF]

Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 2016
The paper discusses the importance of infrastructure investment in growing cities, arguing that, in addition to its direct benefits, infrastructure plays crucial roles in enabling density and coordinating private investment decisions. Many cities have failed to invest in sufficient infrastructure due to inadequate financing tools (in particular failure
Collier, P, Venables, A
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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
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Fluidité des déplacements et gênes piétonnes dans les rues commerçantes de Bruxelles

Brussels Studies, 2021
Travel on foot has been gaining ground in recent years in debates and in people's thinking due to growing congestion and the negative impacts of the “cars come first” approach on health, the environment and public spaces. In order to promote this form of
Alexis Creten, Aniss M. Mezoued, Quentin Letesson   +2 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

INFRASTRUCTURAL EXTENSIONS: Rethinking Infrastructure in Urban Studies

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research
Abstract This essay explores how contemporary urban infrastructure is being conceptually and operationally extended into new domains. Across five key arenas—elemental, care, more‐than‐human, cyber‐physical and the neurotechnical—we trace how infrastructures are no longer confined to traditional networked systems but instead permeate ...
Marvin, S., Mcfarlane, C., Rutherford, J.   +2 more
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Agricultural Diversification at the Margin. Strategies and Determinants in Italian Mountain and Remote Areas

Agribusiness, 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, Francesco Pagliacci, Paola Gatto   +2 more
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A parameter estimation method subject to finite cylindrical heat source model for in-situ testing of soil thermal conductivity

Case Studies in Thermal Engineering
The infinite-line heat source model is commonly used at in-situ thermal conductivity tests for soils are simplified and neglect the effects of convection. To improve the traditional model, a theoretical finite cylindrical heat source model is proposed in
Hongzhi Cui, Lu Bai, Peng Peng, Xiaohua Bao, Xiangsheng Chen   +4 more
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Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?

Agribusiness, 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

¿Las infraestructuras como proyecto de ciudad? Algunas reflexiones sobre Burgos, ciudad intermedia de Castilla y León [PDF]

Ciudades, 2008
Infrastructures, in recent years, are not just simple artifacts that make urban life easy. In fact, infrastructures have exceeded their original functions becoming relevant in the new public policies.
Gonzalo Andrés López
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The role of temporary use in urban (re)development: examples from Brussels

Brussels Studies, 2013
As the realisation of urban projects is most often preceded by a long planning stage, urban (re)development areas frequently appear to uselessly lie in wait during certain periods of time.
Aurelie de Smet
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