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An exploratory study of uses of ‘urban security’ and ‘urban safety’ in international urban studies literature

, 2015
The article explores systematically, albeit preliminarily, the way the concepts of security and safety are employed in scholarly urban studies literature about crime (and the prevention of it). It employs network analysis on author keywords, complemented with text analysis of abstracts, over sets of bibliographic information retrieved from Web of ...
Tulumello, Simone, Falanga, Roberto
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Analyzing individual rent price ratios in eastern German agricultural land markets: A GAMLSS approach

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
Abstract This study explores the rent price ratio in agricultural land markets, crucial for evaluating market efficiency, policy needs, and farmer decision‐making. Traditionally, the analyses faced challenges due to the absence of concurrent sale and rent data for the same land, potentially leading to biased results.
Marius Michels, Cord‐Friedrich von Hobe, Miryam Sarah Merk, Thomas Kneib, Oliver Musshoff   +4 more
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Consciousness and the Urban Experience: Studies in the History and Theory of Capitalist Urbanization / The Urbanization of Capital: Studies in the History and Theory of Capitalist Urbanization

Documents d'Anàlisi Geogràfica, 1988
HARVEY, D. (1985); Consciousness and the Urban Experience: Studies in the History and Theory of Capitalist Urbanization, Basil Blackwell, Oxford, XIX + 293 pp. HARVEYD, . (1985); The Urbanization of Capital: Studies in the History and Theory of Capitalist Urbanization, Basil Blackwell, Oxford, XVII + 239 ...
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Urban forum pilot project [PDF]

, 1972
Report: 10 p., digital fileThe objective of this project will be to design, establish and implement a system of two-way information flow to enable policymakers in government to understand the perceptions and reactions of people on a range of policy ...
Institute of Urban Studies
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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

From nodes to hubs: A scalable methodology for identifying and classifying multimodal mobility hubs in the Milan metropolitan area

Journal of Urban Mobility
Multimodal Mobility Hubs have gained increasing attention as a sustainable approach to promoting environmentally friendly transportation in cities. By co-locating multiple transport services, mobility hubs offer efficient multimodal transfers and address
Mohamed Elgohary, Paola Pucci, Giovanni Lanza   +2 more
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Does Contract Farming Improve Diet Quality? The Case of Senegalese Smallholders

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The institution of contract farming has gained prominence in most developing countries owing to its numerous benefits. While several studies have already highlighted the welfare benefits of contract farming, very few have investigated the effects on diet quality, despite poor quality diets being a serious challenge in most parts of the ...
Francis E. Ndip, Takeshi Sakurai
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Valuation of tourists’ willingness to pay for ecological conservation towards a sustainable financial mechanism for national parks: an empirical case of Cuc Phuong National Park, Red River delta, Vietnam

Environmental Research Communications
National Parks (NPs) play an important role in preserving the ecological values of nature, while also bringing economic benefits to the community. However, current NPs in developing countries are facing the challenge of lacking financial resources for ...
Bui Thi Hoang Lan, Dinh Duc Truong, Le Huy Huan, Nguyen Dieu Hang   +3 more
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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
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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
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