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Moderation of social participation in the relationship between disaster exposure and depression among older adults: evidence from LASI Survey, 2017–18

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Background The two phenomena colliding in this twenty-first century are population ageing and climate change. Moreover, the surge in disaster recurrence, either natural or artificial, poses a challenge to older adults and will further aggravate their ...
Sumit Narayan Dwivedi, R. S. Reshmi, Samrat Sarkar   +2 more
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Urban growth and population densities [PDF]

Demography, 1973
Abstract Differences in the distribution of population within and across metropolitan areas are seen as a product of the development of the metropolis during different transportation epochs. Age cohorts of census tracts in Cleveland, Ohio, may be split into three groups of development patterns based on the time of their early development:
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Hemp Cultivation and Crop Diversification: Implications for Ecosystem Services in Kentucky

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the ecosystem benefits of expanding hemp cultivation by assessing its impact on crop diversity. Using scenario‐based simulations and fixed‐effect panel regressions with county‐level data in Kentucky, we find that increased hemp acreage tends to enhance crop diversity, improving water quality and bird diversity.
Yunsun Park, Seong D. Yun, Brandy E. Phipps, Tyler Mark, Craig Schluttenhofer   +4 more
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Rural Labor Supply and Economic Opportunities: Commuting, Migration, Tariffs, and Immigration

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Some rural counties remain dependent on agricultural or manufacturing jobs, but an increasing proportion have diversified economics. Rural counties also differ in their abilities to commute to an urban market characterized by higher wages and labor productivity.
Peter F. Orazem, Mary C. Ahearn
wiley   +1 more source

Examining the "Urban Advantage'' in Maternal Health Care in Developing Countries [PDF]

, 2010
As the global urban population surpasses the rural, continuing growth in most developing countries means an inevitable increase in urban births. The majority of births in many countries will not be in remote rural areas, but in towns and cities [1].
Osrin, David, Matthews Zoë, Matthews, Zoe, Madise, Nyovani, Stones, W, Amos Channon, William Stones, David Osrin, Neal, S, Madise Nyovani, Stones, William, Channon, A, Channon Amos, Nyovani Madise, Osrin David, Neal Sarah, Channon, Amos, Zoë Matthews, Madise, N, Stones William, Osrin, D, Matthews, Z, Neal, Sarah, Sarah Neal, Channon, Andrew A.R.   +24 more
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Farmers' Preferences for Gene Editing Crops and Influencing Factors

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Gene editing (GE) is gaining momentum worldwide, but limited data on UK farmers' preferences hinders our understanding of its potential impact amid deregulation debates. Based on a survey of 200 English arable farmers, we employ a Latent Class Analysis and Multinomial Logit regressions to investigate current preferences for GE crops.
Bertolozzi‐Caredio Daniele, Vigani Mauro   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Research in Indonesian demography : a bibliographic essay [PDF]

, 1970
For more about the East-West Center, see http://www.eastwestcenter.org/The purpose of this essay is to introduce the student of demography to some of the principal analyses of Indonesia’s demographic problems and to suggest areas of needed research.
McNicoll, Geoffrey, East-West Population Institute   +1 more
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China’s Growing Urban Health Inequalities: The Challenges Ahead [PDF]

, 2013
China is undergoing a rapid transformation from a rural, peasant based society into an urban one. This radical change has had a profound effect on the Chinese population due to advancement through job opportunities and new modes of consumption ...
GU, Chaolin, Cook, Ian, Halsall, Jamie
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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

CHANGES IN THE DYNAMICS AND DEMOGRAPHIC STRUCTURES OF THE ROMANIAN URBAN POPULATION. AN OVERVIEW OF THE POST-COMMUNIST PERIOD [PDF]

Revue Roumaine de Géographie, 2014
In the present period Romania’s urban system is undergoing a process of restructuring, the urban phenomenon acquiring new dimensions and characteristics.
BIANCA MITRICĂ
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