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Urban park networks in small cities

, 2016
Urban parks have existed for hundreds of years, providing people in cities with a means of escape from their busy lives. Urban parks bring economic, ecological, and social benefits to the city, and can act as a catalyst for rejuvenating a neighborhood.
Kuehner, Jeffrey Allen
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Preserving Ottawa’s Metropolitan Nature: How the 1970 Gatineau Park Planning Controversy Transformed the National Capital Commission and its Conservation Park

, 2016
Although the National Capital Commission claimed to administer Gatineau Park according to a conservation policy, the 1960s saw numerous urban-type developments in the park and NCC planners emphasizing the park’s recreation potential.
Lait, Michael
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How Does Cultural and Colonial Heritage Affect Optimal Branding Strategies? Evidence From the Rice Sector in Senegal

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Africa's cultural and colonial heritage has profoundly segmented rice markets. Whereas in ancient centers of rice domestication, consumers maintained preferences for local rice consistent with their cultural heritage, preferences have shifted toward imported Asian rice in coastal areas around seaports, due to prior exposure to colonial import ...
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Cordillera Administrative Region in the Philippines is home to terraced rice embedded in centuries of cultural heritage. However, weak market incentives threaten sustained production, jeopardizing indigenous communities' cultural heritage and the in situ biodiversity of rice genetic resources.
Kofi Britwum, Matty Demont
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Assessing Urban Park Accessibility and Equity Using Open-Source Data in Jiujiang, China

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Urban parks have become more important in residents’ daily lives owing to both rapid urbanization and increasing environmental pressures. Globally, there is growing concern regarding equitable access to urban parks, particularly in densely populated ...
Lihui Gao, Zhen Xu, Ziqi Shang, Mingyu Li, Jianhui Wang   +4 more
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Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang, Edward C. Jaenicke, Martina Vecchi, Sheng‐Jang Sheu   +3 more
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Producing & Consuming Public Space: A ‘Rhythmanalysis’ of the Urban Park

Research suggests an opportunity to offer a more comprehensive analysis of temporal consumption experiences encountered by park users, and the subsequent contribution to a perceived ‘sense of place’. Using visual ethnography and rhythmanalysis, our study
McEachern, Morven G., Cheetham, Fiona, Warnaby, Gary   +2 more
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Distance Decay of Urban Park Visitation: Roles of Personal Characteristics and Visitation Patterns

Distance decay of urban park visitation (e.g., visitation number and visitation frequency) has been widely acknowledged and is increasingly integrated into urban park planning and management considering spatial accessibility and service equity.
Can Wu, Yulin Peng, Di Shu, Ruirui Shi, Dexin Gan, Ziyu Zhang, Xiaoma Li   +6 more
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
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Park features that encourage park visitation among older adults : a qualitative study

, 2023
Background:Parks provide many opportunities for promoting physical, social, and mental wellbeing among older adults and are therefore considered a good setting to promote healthy ageing.
Van Dyck, DelfienGE300020022921848020000550040000-0003-1783-9075F86BC8CA-F0ED-11E1-A9DE-61C894A0A6B4, Mertens, LiezeGE390000704946478020015513290000-0001-7144-2656088D3A22-F0EE-11E1-A9DE-61C894A0A6B4, Veitch, Jenny, Van Puyvelde, AmberGE390001502741178020037694940000-0001-6241-7125A8C27084-2818-11E5-912B-EAC3B4D1D7B1, Rivera, Elise, Poppe, LouiseGE390001004800748020021710180000-0001-9285-69622BFFD8E8-F0EE-11E1-A9DE-61C894A0A6B4, Deforche, BenedicteGE390019933462598010012019480000-0002-1064-0525F55BFE8E-F0ED-11E1-A9DE-61C894A0A6B4   +6 more
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