Heat risk assessment for the Brussels capital region under different urban planning and greenhouse gas emission scenarios [PDF]
, 2019 Urban residents are exposed to higher levels of heat stress in comparison to the rural population. As this phenomenon could be enhanced by both global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and urban expansion, urban planners and policymakers should integrate ...
Demuzere, Matthias +4 more
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Electric Field‐Induced Hole‐ and Electron‐Type Flat Bands in Twisted Double Bilayer Graphene
Advanced Electronic Materials, EarlyView.The electronic structure of twisted double bilayer graphene is visualized using angle‐resolved photoemission spectroscopy with micrometer spatial resolution at twists of 3.1∘$^\circ$ and 6.0∘$^\circ$ as a function of gate voltage. Tunable hybridization effects and flat band formation occurs between valence and conduction band states due to a finite ...
Zhihao Jiang +13 more
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Joint disease mapping using six cancers in the Yorkshire region of England [PDF]
, 2008 OBJECTIVES: The aims of this study were to model jointly the incidence rates of six smoking related cancers in the Yorkshire region of England, to explore the patterns of spatial correlation amongst them, and to estimate the relative weight of smoking ...
Downing, A. +4 more
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Beyond the Ban—Shedding Light on Smallholders' Price Vulnerability in Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Indonesian government imposed a palm oil export ban in April 2022 to address rising cooking oil prices. This study explores oil palm smallholders' vulnerability to the policy using descriptive statistics, Lasso, and post‐Lasso OLS regressions.
Charlotte‐Elena Reich +3 more
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No. 14: The State of Food Insecurity in Windhoek, Namibia [PDF]
, 2012 AFSUN recently conducted a survey of poor urban households in eleven major cities in Southern Africa to better understand the seriousness of the urban food insecurity situation.
Nickanor, Ndeyapo +2 more
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Livestock Tango: U.S. and Latin America Dance Together, but Who Will Lead?
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the competitiveness between Latin American and U.S. livestock and meat sectors. We employ a computable general equilibrium modeling framework to evaluate two scenarios: coordinated improvements in Latin American productivity, transport efficiency, and market access (Scenario I), and the minimum productivity gains required ...
Taís C. Menezes +2 more
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Are we growing smart?: new vision for urban development in Asia and the Pacific [PDF]
The present paper explores the implications of smart growth principles for Asia-Pacific urbanization, and discusses how to use such principles for development in this region over the coming decades.
Hyunsun Choi
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No. 11: The State of Food Insecurity in Cape Town [PDF]
, 2011 Cape Town is one of the wealthiest cities in the Southern African region. Yet, the vast majority of households in poor areas of the city experience food insecurity.
Battersby, Jane
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The inhabited environment, infrastructure development and advanced urbanization in China's Yangtze River Delta Region [PDF]
, 2016 This paper analyzes the relationship among the inhabited environment, infrastructure development and environmental impacts in China's heavily urbanized Yangtze River Delta region.
Chen, W +6 more
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, 2016 Can we, in France, distinguishing predominantly urban regions and other predominantly rural? And what criteria to use? Since there exists no doubt, why not use a criterion that corresponds to administrative standards?
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