Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich +4 more
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Evaluation of the impact of urban fabric typo-morphology component on thermal comfort in open public spaces in neighborhood scale (Case study: the historical part of region 3, Isfahan) [PDF]
تحقیقات کاربردی علوم جغرافیاییIncreased temperatures in urban areas due to high energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions are some of the problems of today's cities. Urban open spaces in hot and arid climates experience this problem more in summer.
ghazal asadi eskandar +3 more
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Journal of Asian Architecture and Building EngineeringThis study investigates the spatiotemporal evolution of urban open spaces in Macau from 1889 to 2020, aiming to uncover the historical progression of Macau’s urban landscape.
Jitai Li, Fan Lin, Yile Chen
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AMENITIES IN AN URBAN EQUILIBRIUM MODEL: RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN PORTLAND, OREGON [PDF]
This paper analyzes the effect of open space and other amenities on housing prices and development density within the framework of an urban equilibrium model.
Wu, JunJie +2 more
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Farm labor scarcity and its uneven impacts on crop producers in the United States
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This study is the first to evaluate the impacts of farm labor scarcity on producers in the United States across different crop production systems. Between 2002 and 2017, we disentangle the effects of labor scarcity from the impacts of rising commodity demand, technological change, and supply of other inputs on labor market outcomes.
Srabashi Ray +4 more
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Changing concepts of local open space in inner urban areas, with particular reference to Great Britain and the United States [PDF]
, 1979 The thesis considers the changing concepts of local open space in relation to the demand, supply and standards of open space. The development of parks in Britain first are contrasted with the development of parks in the United States, noting the legacies
Morris, Eleanor Kenner Smith
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The policy implications of urban open space commercial vegetable farmers' willingness and ability to pay for reclaimed water for irrigation in Kumasi, Ghana. [PDF]
Heliyon, 2016 Amponsah O +4 more
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Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler +3 more
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American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.Abstract Premise Desert plant assemblages in southern California provide an opportunity to link patterns of community structure with climate‐driven vulnerability in a rapidly changing environment. California sustains an exceptionally diverse flora of approximately 4300 plant species, with 31% identified as endemic.
Hector Zumbado‐Ulate +4 more
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The impact of private and shared open space on liveability in subtropical apartment buildings [PDF]
, 2015 The study explores the relationship between open space design, factors impacting open space provision, and resident satisfaction with open space in multistorey apartment buildings in the context of the subtropical lifestyle and climate of Brisbane ...
Buys, Laurie, Kennedy, Rosemary J.
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