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2015 Inaugural CURF annual forum 2014: connecting leading research and practice for a sustainable capital region [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Held in November 2014, the Inaugural CURF Annual Forum brought over 100 participants representing government, industry, academia and the community from the ACT and the Australian Capital Region to the University of Canberra.
Brian Weir, Tayanah O’Donnell
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Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Residential Concentration Pattern Analysis and of Urban Cluster Dynamics Assessment. [PDF]

open access: yes
The main aim of this paper is the definition of a methodological framework for the determination, analysis and cross-evaluation of urban clusters which are formulated within wider study areas, such as administrative regions.
Stelios Tsobanoglou, Yorgos Photis
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Estimating a Polycentric Urban Structure. Case Study : Urban Changes in the Stockholm Region 1991-2004

open access: yes, 2009
The aims of this paper are to empirically test and evaluate methods for describing intraurban polycentricity, and to evaluate the polycentric development with respect to the regional development plan of the Office of Urban and Regional Transportation in ...
Adolphson, Marcus,
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Is Youth's Engagement in Agribusiness an Opportunity or a Necessity? A Closer Look at the Situation in South Kivu, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessment of three-dimensional distribution of thermal environment: A field study on outdoor spaces of academic building in severe cold region

open access: yesCase Studies in Thermal Engineering
In the context of rapid urbanization, challenges like the urban heat island effect have significantly reduced the efficiency and usability of outdoor spaces, especially in cold regions where maximizing summer usage of outdoor areas holds more value. This
Bo Wang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Seamless Urbanisation and Knotted City Growth: Delhi Metropolitan Region

open access: yes, 2011
Historical evidences show that urbanisation and city development process go through various stages. However, in Asian countries such as India, the population growth surpassed the economic growth contradicting the Western stages of urbanisation and city ...
Taubenböck, Hannes   +2 more
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Case Studies in Floodplain Buyouts: Looking to best practices to drive the conversation in Harris County

open access: yes, 2018
After Hurricane Harvey, conversation quickly turned to buyouts as a cost effective way to deal with homes in flood-prone areas. Public officials and others called for extensive buyouts by local jurisdictions that would purchase flooded homes in the ...
Patterson, Grant
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