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China’s New Urban Space Regulation Policies: A Study of Urban Development Boundary Delineations

open access: yes, 2016
China’s rapid urbanisation has led to ecological deterioration and reduced the land available for agricultural production. The purpose of this study is to develop an urban development boundary delineation (UDBD) model using the high-tech manufacturing ...
Zhuzhou Zhuang   +9 more
core   +1 more source

Urban Policies on Diversity in Rotterdam, The Netherlands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Critical analysis of existing urban policy programmes and discourses in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Includes overview of political systems and governance structures, key shifts in national discourses, and approaches to policy over migration, citizenship, and
Tersteeg, Anouk   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Staging an Experience of Cultural Heritage Preservation: Consumers' Willingness to Pay for Heirloom Rice in the Philippines

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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

Spatial preference heterogeneity in policies for improving urban green spaces

open access: yes, 2022
Urban green spaces (UGSs) enhance the quality of urban dwellers' lives. Thus, efficient policies for improving UGSs-which should reflect urban residents' needs-are necessary.
Choi, Nakhoon   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Territory and pandemic. Discontinued urbanity

open access: yesARQUISUR Revista, 2020
Based on reflections on the new context generated by COVID-19, this article considers public policies and establishes their possible guidelines. In this field, a strategic approach to social and urban organizational structures is essential.
Dr. Arq. Javier Fedele
doaj  

Des agents locaux aux prises avec une catégorie floue d’action publique. Enquête sur la « santé publique » dans une commune populaire de la banlieue parisienne

open access: yesLien Social et Politiques, 2017
À partir d’une enquête menée dans une commune populaire de la banlieue parisienne, cet article porte sur le travail des agents intermédiaires, municipaux et associatifs, responsables des politiques locales de « santé publique ».
Audrey Mariette
doaj   +1 more source

Will Migration Worsen Urban Safety? Empirical Studies in Shanghai

open access: yes, 2015
Poverty, crime rates increase and decrease in social security are often considered as “Urban Disease” during the process of urbanization and large amount of migrants’ influx into cities.
Tan, Jing, Ren, Yuan
core   +1 more source

How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

open access: yesAgribusiness, 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   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Urban Policies in a COVID-19 World. [PDF]

open access: yesInt J Environ Res Public Health, 2022
Śleszyński P   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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