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Increasing sedentary time, minimum dietary energy requirements, and food security assessment

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract We compute corrections for sedentary behavior in physical activity levels (PALs) and incorporate them along with corrections for over estimation of basal metabolic rates (BMRs) into threshold caloric intakes, known as minimum dietary energy requirements (MDERs).
Jacob Michels   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The principles of public transport network planning: a review of the emerging literature with select examples [PDF]

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This paper highlights for urban planners the key strategies and tactics that can be deployed to improve suburban public transport networks. Introduction The governance and management of public transport systems is an essential component of metropolitan
Jago Dodson   +3 more
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What matters for agricultural trade? Assessing the role of trade deal provisions using machine learning

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper employs machine learning to determine which preferential trade agreement (PTA) provisions are relevant to agricultural trade patterns and the factors that may influence their adoption. Utilizing the three‐way gravity model, we apply plug‐in Lasso regularized regression to pinpoint predictive PTA provisions for agricultural trade ...
Stepan Gordeev   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the Implementation of the Dimensions of the Blue Economy in Spanish Ports

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering
The Blue Economy is a relatively new concept. In 2010, Günter Pauli coined this term to refer to an economic development where a waste is raw material for a process, using the cycles of the natural world as an example.
Javier Vaca Cabrero   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Policy Transfer through Research Networks – the Example of Urban Road Pricing [PDF]

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Stadtverkehrspolitik, Verkehrswissenschaft, Politikberatung, Straßenbenutzungsgebühr, EU-Verkehrspolitik, EU-Staaten, Urban transport policy, Transport research, Policy advisory service, Road pricing, Common transport policy, EU ...
Catharina Sikow-Magny, Marcel Rommerts
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Road Expansion and Urban Highways: Consequences Outweigh Benefits in Kathmandu [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Rapid urbanization has transformed Kathmandu Valley, Nepal, one of the fastest growing metropolitan regions in South Asia. This urbanization, in turn, is leading to considerable social, economic, and environmental stress.
Chand, Priyankar Bahadur   +2 more
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Exploring the relationship between growth in online shopping and multichannel food consumers

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
Abstract During the pandemic, many food retailers began offering online shopping options, primarily in reaction to rising consumer demand for such options, which was a response to supply chain disruptions and fear of contagion and food scarcity.
Mackenzie Gill, Dawn Thilmany
wiley   +1 more source

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