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Urban China : Toward Efficient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Urbanization
, 2014 In the last 30 years, China’s record economic growth lifted half a billion people out of poverty, with rapid urbanization providing abundant labor, cheap land, and good infrastructure.
Development Research Center of the State Council, the People’s Republic of China +1 more
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Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap +2 more
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Urbanization Sans Development? [PDF]
From a theoretical standpoint, the question has to be asked whether or not the census should retain its present definition of urban areas. There is a need for a more meaningful integration of the structural, institutional and demographic criteria, if the
Gultiano, Socorro A., Flieger, Wilhelm
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, 2010 By many estimates, the world has just crossed the point where more than half the global population is urban, a trend driven by rapid urbanization in developing countries. Urban centres offer economies of scale in terms of productive enterprise and public
Jo Beall +5 more
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AgriFood: Journal of Agricultural Products for Food, EarlyView.Heavy metal pollution reduces soil health and threatens food safety by entering plants; however, the use of nanoparticles, biofertilizers, and organic fertilizers such as biochar offers a promising strategy for improvement and sustainable agriculture. ABSTRACT Heavy metal (HM) pollution, resulting from human activities such as mining and the excessive ...
Sina Siavash Moghaddam +4 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper explores the convergence in on‐farm diversification strategies of agricultural holdings, between remote areas and more central ones. Using Italian farm‐level data, we explore the determinants of diversification strategies across farms.
Gianluca Grilli +2 more
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Multidimensional Datasets Supporting Vulnerability Assessments of Riverine Bridges in Peru
Scientific DataRiverine bridges are critical yet vulnerable infrastructure, constantly exposed to hydrological hazards substantially increased by climate change. Consequently, they require designs that ensure resilience and an adequate useful life cycle.
Alain Jorge Espinoza Vigil +8 more
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Scientific Reports, 2023 The damaged indoor nonstructural components in the earthquake often cause casualties. To improve the indoor earthquake safety capacity of occupants, a mixed reality (MR) drill method for indoor earthquake safety considering seismic damage of ...
Zhen Xu +3 more
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT EU member states have exhibited varying rates of apple production growth. Technical efficiency (TE) estimation is suitable for identifying best‐practice farm performance. This study examined whether the development of the apple sector in Germany, Italy, and Poland was influenced by production efficiency, access to technology, as well as ...
Anika Muder, Jakub Staniszewski
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Food Tastes in the United States: Convergence or Divergence?
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates how food consumption tastes have changed in recent decades across the United States. Using NielsenIQ data for over 77 million transactions, there is evidence of divergence in food tastes across regions from 2007 to 2016 and across households of different income, education, and race/ethnicity groups.
Michael DeDad
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