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Quantifying and Mapping the Cooling Effect and Equity of Urban Parks during Extreme Heat Events in Coastal Cities

Land
Urban parks are vital for mitigating high urban temperatures, yet optimizing their design for maximum cooling benefits remains a challenge. This study investigates the cooling mechanisms of 65 parks in Tianjin, assessing their characteristics and spatial
Wenru Li, Tianji Wu, Le Xuan, Keke Zhu, Lemin Yu, Yong Wang, Xuhui Wang, Kanhua Yu   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Methodological issues concerning the development of sustainable industrial parks [PDF]

Nowadays, in order to make a sustainable economic growth possible, especially within manufacturing industries, with auspicious effects concerning the standard of living and the employment rates, the governments should develop and implement projects and ...
Catalina RADU (GHERASE), Florin TACHE, Marian NASTASE, Oana – Catalina TAPURICA   +3 more
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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
wiley   +1 more source

The stratification of nature in the Dierentuinwijk of Ghent : a park and a sewer as two poles of development in a new quarter for the city [PDF]

, 2010
In 1905 the city-engineer Victor Compyn presents the project for the allotment of the ‘Muinkmeersen’, partly on the grounds of the former zoological garden of Ghent. He structures the residential areas around two components. In the north we find a square,
Cleppe, Birgit
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Meeting the challenges of urban park management: A Study of Two Sites: a thesis completed and submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Resource and Environmental Planning, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2001
There are key environmental and management issues relevant to protected areas and national parks apparent world-wide such as: management of environmental quality, biodiversity conservation, management of visitor use and impacts, allocation of access, law
Maling-Emana, Maria Theresa Salvacion
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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
wiley   +1 more source

KAJIAN YURIDIS TENTANG PENGELOLAAN TAMAN KOTA OLEH DINAS KEBERSIHAN DAN PERTAMANAN SEBAGAI PERWUJUDAN RUANG TERBUKA HIJAU BERDASARKAN UNDANG-UNDANG NOMOR 26 TAHUN 2007 TENTANG PENATAAN RUANG DI KOTA SURAKARTA [PDF]

, 2013
This study aims to determine the law of judicial review on the management of city parks by the Department of Hygiene and as the embodiment of urban green space based on Law Number 26 Year 2007 on Spatial Planning in Surakarta. This research includes
KHALIMAH, AYU NOVRIDA NUR
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Sheltering in place: unveiling how urban park characteristics shaped visiting patterns during the pandemic using machine learning

Computational Urban Science
During the pandemic, urban parks have played an increasingly important role in promoting urban sustainability by providing outdoor leisure activities. While some parks have served as havens from social isolation, promoting outdoor activity and physical ...
Dawon Oh, In Kwon Park
doaj   +1 more source