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Indicators for managing and planning urban green spaces: a case study in Padova (Northern Italy)
, 2018 Sustainable and integrated management of urban green spaces is fundamental for the planning of our cities and towns. Therefore, understanding current conditions and informing citizens on urban green spaces is critical for such sustainable and integrated ...
Martina Penatti +3 more
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Journal of Sustainability, Society, and Eco-WelfareBackground: Rapid urbanization has significantly increased industrial activity, transportation, and energy use in cities, increasing air pollution. In addition to having a detrimental effect on the ecosystem, air pollution raises the risk of heart disease, respiratory conditions, and early mortality.
Tri Riska Putri, Raldi Hendro Koestoer
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Native plants offer a variety of aesthetic (e.g., fall colour, fruit, flowers) and functional benefits (e.g., pollinator friendly, wildlife friendly, water management). How these benefits influence consumer choice and perceived value of native versus introduced plants is not well understood.
Alicia Rihn +3 more
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The free spaces in domestic housing. The urban empty as health mediator
ARQUISUR Revista, 2020 In the Brazilian context, open areas along urban blocks remain residual spaces, configuring urban fragments without continuity and connectivity. This scenario can be seen in the images of large urban centers and is repeated, even more permissively ...
Patrícia de Freitas Nerbas +1 more
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The Geography of Success: A Spatial Analysis of Export Intensity in the Italian Wine Industry
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates the paradox of how Italy's fragmented, SME‐dominated wine industry achieves global export success. Moving beyond purely firm‐centric explanations, we test whether export intensity is spatially dependent, clustering geographically in regional ecosystems.
Nicolas Depetris Chauvin, Jonas Di Vita
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Past growth in the global organic market has been concentrated in high‐income countries, while in middle‐income countries such as Serbia the organic market remains nascent and characterized by a sparse assortment of organic products, high retail premia and limited evidence on consumer preferences and their drivers.
Milan Tatic +3 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Strategic positioning becomes increasingly important as markets mature, particularly in consumer‐facing industries that offer similar products, experiential cues, and values‐based messages. This study offers a conceptual model to examine the strategic positioning factors that motivate consumers to visit one local business over another before ...
Aaron J. Staples +2 more
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, 2005 A map of Jakarta showing open green spaces; verso shows other historical and cultural ...
Green Mappers Jakarta (Firm)
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Fengjing YuanlinObjectiveRapid urbanization since the 1970s has degraded ecosystem services globally, posing significant challenges for metropolitan areas. In highly urbanized regions such as the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta, and the Guangdong ...
Ziting BAO +3 more
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Does Contract Farming Reduce Pesticide Use? Panel Data Evidence From Smallholder Farmers in China
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The inappropriate and excessive use of pesticides poses a major threat to human and ecosystem health in the agri‐food sector. While existing studies have examined the potential of contract farming to address this issue, most have focused on large‐scale farms and relied on small or transactional datasets, often leaving the role of crop‐specific
Zhihui Liang, Shan Jin, Matthew Gorton
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