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Towards Water, Food and Energy Security: The Global Challenges and Possible Solutions for a Holistic Vision of Sustainability

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This invited paper gives an overview of the challenges the world is facing and offers a possible solution for water and food security within the holistic integrated concept of the water–energy–food (WEF) nexus. The paper summarizes the experience the author gained through working on various research projects at national and international ...
Ragab Ragab
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Evaluating Water–Energy–Food Nexus Strategies to Address Resource Scarcity in the Crocodile River Catchment, South Africa

Irrigation and Drainage, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The water–energy–food (WEF) nexus approach highlights the interdependence of water, energy and food resources, all of which play central roles in agriculture, especially irrigation. A WEF nexus lens was applied to Mpumalanga's Crocodile River catchment, a vital irrigation area that significantly contributes to South Africa's staple food ...
N. Masekwana, M. van der Laan, S. Walker, Nicky Taylor   +3 more
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Searching for the parallel growth of cities [PDF]

Three urban growth theories predict parallel growth of cities. The endogenous growth theory predicts deterministic parallel growth; the random growth theory implies that city growth follows Gibrat’s law with a steady-state distribution; and the hybrid ...
Chen, Zhihong, Fu, Shihe, Zhang, Dayong
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A Tale of Two Transitions: Mobility Dynamics in China and Russia After Central Planning

Journal of Applied Econometrics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines intergenerational mobility in China and Russia during their transitions from central planning to market systems. We consider mobility as movement, measured as changes in status between parents and children. We provide estimates of two key mobility measures: overall mobility, which captures total intergenerational movement ...
Kristina Butaeva, Lian Chen, Steven N. Durlauf, Albert F. Park   +3 more
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Urban primacy, gigantism, and international trade: Evidence from Asia and the Americas [PDF]

Gustavsson [1999] finds that policies that promote international trade increase the size of a country’s largest city relative to the country’s total population, which is defined here as an increase in urban gigantism. In contrast, Ades and Glaeser [1995]
Moomaw, Ronald L., Alwosabi, Mohammed A.
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Health Biomarkers of Pesticide Exposure in Rural Populations of Santa Fe, Argentina: Oxidative Stress and Genotoxicity

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present study aimed to quantify pesticide residues in environmental matrices and plasma and to evaluate their potential effects on oxidative stress and DNA damage in rural populations of Santa Fe province. Soil and rainwater samples were collected, and biological samples and semistructured surveys were obtained from volunteers in three ...
María Priscila Dechiara, Carlina Leila Colussi, Lucía Magdalena Odetti, Damián Marino, María Fernanda Simoniello   +4 more
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The Impact of Genetic Polymorphisms on Genotoxicity (DNA Damage) Among Children Exposed to Environmental Mutagens: A Systematic Review

Journal of Applied Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children, as a particularly vulnerable group, are more susceptible to these mutagens due to their developing immune systems, higher physiological vulnerability, and increased exposure through behaviors like outdoor play and hand‐to‐mouth activities. This review aims to investigate the relationship between these environmental exposures, genetic
Thiago Guedes Pinto, Daniel Vitor de Souza, Gabriel Carvalhal de Aguiar, Ana Claudia Muniz Renno, Patricia Ramos Cury, Jean Nunes dos Santos, Rogerio Aparecido Dedivitis, Daniel Araki Ribeiro   +7 more
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An Alternative Shelter Design for Homeless People: A Proposal for Ankara [PDF]

Ankara Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2020
Esra ORHAN YILMAZ, Gülçin Cankız ELİBOL   +1 more
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Where Projects Fail: Geospatial Evidence of Delays and Cancellations in Chinese Development Finance

Journal of International Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Delays and cancellations can severely undermine the effectiveness of development finance. Yet, little systematic evidence exists on where and why these disruptions occur within the rapidly expanding portfolio of Chinese‐financed development projects in Africa.
Leoni Mendler‐Krakau
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Small Community Businesses in Slums: A Perspective on Kenyan Slum Networks

Strategic Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite extensive research on networks, the relational dimensions and structures cocreated by small community businesses and cooperative societies through everyday entrepreneurship in slum neighborhoods remain undertheorized. Drawing upon 1166 small community businesses, we conceptualize the relational dimensions and structures underlying ...
Amon Simba, Yun He, Preethi Misha, Yan Wang   +3 more
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