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Solar Electricity Over Three Continents

open access: yesEnvironmental and Climate Technologies, 2020
Modern urban planning in the world is nowadays facing severe problems due to the fast increase of the population and migration from villages to cities, which led countries to implementation of strategy of fast, modern urban planning to meet the needs of ...
Haine Kamel, Blumberga Dagnija
doaj   +1 more source

Slime mould imitation of Belgian transport networks: redundancy, bio-essential motorways, and dissolution

open access: yes, 2011
Belgium is amongst few artificial countries, established on purpose, when Dutch and French speaking parts were joined in a single unit. This makes Belgium a particularly interesting testbed for studying bio-inspired techniques for simulation and analysis
Adamatzky, Andrew   +2 more
core   +1 more source

SINR and Throughput Scaling in Ultradense Urban Cellular Networks

open access: yes, 2015
We consider a dense urban cellular network where the base stations (BSs) are stacked vertically as well as extending infinitely in the horizontal plane, resulting in a greater than two dimensional (2D) deployment.
Andrews, Jeffrey G.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Assessing Household Welfare in Response to Rising Food Prices in The Gambia

open access: yesApplied 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Airline networks and urban systems

open access: yesGeoJournal, 2008
Infrastructure networks in general and transportation networks in particular have always been important determinants of the economic potential of urban agglomerations. In the last few decades airline networks have become the most conspicuous example of this transport/urban economy-nexus.
Derudder, Ben   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Do outgrower schemes enhance technology adoption and productivity? Evidence from maize farmers in Northern Ghana

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract Nucleus outgrower schemes are contractual arrangements where well‐resourced large‐scale farmers (nucleus farmers) are empowered by development support agencies to take charge of smallholder farmers, by providing them with market access and the necessary training on agronomic practices and farm inputs for production.
Dominic Tasila Konja, Awudu Abdulai
wiley   +1 more source

Social Networks and Trade Liberalization [PDF]

open access: yes
We discuss how social considerations can affect the desirability of trade liberalization in a conventional small open economy model. We consider a representative family in which there are location specific network effects from interactions with other ...
John Whalley, Manish Pandey
core  

Recompositions territoriales en Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur : Analyse croisée par les mobilités quotidiennes et résidentielles

open access: yesCybergeo, 2013
The spatial structure of mobility flows is a key element in order to understand the functional reorganisation of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region (France).
Giovanni Fusco, Floriane Scarella
doaj   +1 more source

Investigation of the existence of city-scale three-dimensional macroscopic fundamental diagrams for bi-modal traffic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Recent research has demonstrated that the Macroscopic Fundamental Diagram (MFD) is reliable and practical tool for modeling traffic dynamics and network performance in single-mode (cars only) urban road networks.
Ampountolas, K.   +2 more
core  

Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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