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Shubo Yang, Atif Jahanger, Muhammad Usman
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Jianting Zhao, Guibo Sun, Chris Webster
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LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
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Xuezheng Zong, Xiaorui Tian, Xianli Wang
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LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
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Huaqing Wang, Louis G. Tassinary
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LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
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Summary: Appleton's prospect-refuge theory suggests that the presence of dense vegetation, topography, and people in a park can influence the safety and privacy felt by visitors in different ways. This study aimed to understand the relationship between observation point height, vegetation location, presence of other people, and perceived privacy and safety. The results showed that flat or lower ground without the presence of others was considered the safest, while landscapes higher up with dense vegetation and no other people were rated highest in terms of privacy. The findings have practical implications in terms of providing privacy without compromising safety.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
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Francois Chiron, Romain Lorrilliere, Carmen Bessa-Gomes, Piotr Tryjanowski, Joan Casanelles-Abella, Lauri Laanisto, Ana Leal, Anskje Van Mensel, Marco Moretti, Babette Muyshondt, Ulo Niinemets, Marta Alos Orti, Pedro Pinho, Roeland Samson, Nicolas Deguines
Summary: In cities, green areas play a crucial role in biodiversity conservation, and the heterogeneity of land cover is an important factor. The relationship between area and heterogeneity affects the richness of bird species in urban green areas, with urban avoider species benefiting from large and heterogeneous patches.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
(2024)
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Ecology
Astrid Zabel, Mara-Magdalena Hausler
Summary: Developing a green infrastructure is an important environmental policy goal in many countries around the world. Different countries have different requirements on the spatial allocation of conservation sites for green infrastructure. Price-type and procedural instruments are commonly used, but the utilization of incentive mechanisms that internalize the benefit of clustering is relatively low. There is a need for more studies on incentive mechanisms and green infrastructure policies in the global South.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
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Alireza Khorakian, Anahita Baregheh, Mostafa Jahangir, Ava Heidari, Fahime Sadat Saadatyar
Summary: This study investigates the impact of religious orientations on household food waste prevention behavior, finding that intrinsic religious orientation has a positive effect, while extrinsic religious orientation has a negative effect. The mediating role of emotional intelligence and spiritual well-being is also observed.
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Development Studies
Suyang Yu, Eric W. Welch
Summary: This study investigates how public organizations strategically respond to natural hazards, focusing on transit agencies in the US. It explores the impact of contextual factors, such as experience of natural hazards, transit infrastructure conditions, and public managers' risk perceptions, on coordination strategies. The findings shed light on how transit agencies consider service area vulnerabilities and balance organizational capacity, risk, and equity.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
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Development Studies
Carla Nogueira, Joao Filipe Marques, Hugo Pinto
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JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT
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Jude N. Kimengsi, Nyong Princely Awazi, Awuh Ravenstein Nyugap, Glory Kwalar, Beri Tamnjong
Summary: This paper explores power and convictions around land and linked natural resources in Cameroon, finding that gender-based and elitism-based convictions significantly shape resource access. The study also reveals that actors championing gender-based convictions employ more coercive approaches, while elitist and political actors make use of incentives.
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Summary: The inequitable distribution of urban green spaces has become a significant concern, with variations found between cities in different development stages, and socioeconomic factors playing a crucial role in the spatial equity of urban green spaces.
LANDSCAPE AND URBAN PLANNING
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Summary: Smart Circular Economy (SCE) is the intersection between Circular Economy (CE) and digital technologies (DTs). It has the potential to address global issues and improve the sustainability performance of companies. However, the diffusion of SCE faces challenges due to the disruptive nature of DTs. This study conducted a literature review to investigate the drivers, enablers, and barriers to the diffusion of SCE, and proposed future research avenues.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
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Zeljko Tekic, Anja Tekic
Summary: This study explores the interaction effects of key digital ICT development on a country's sustainability performance using the complexity theory. Findings suggest that a country's ICT profile, rather than individual ICT elements, influences national sustainability performance. Additionally, environmental sustainability may have conflicting ICT-related factors compared to social and economic sustainability.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
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Daniel Hellstrom, John Olsson
Summary: This research investigates the opportunities and driving factors of circular business model innovation in the fashion industry, and puts forward 13 business model propositions to further develop this theory. The findings reveal that consumer centricity and logistics services as catalysts contribute to circular business model innovation, supporting the transformation of retail towards a circular economy.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
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Development Studies
Handuo Deng
Summary: This study analyzes the impact of government relocation on residential property prices in Hangzhou, China. The findings suggest that the effects of government relocation on property prices are concentrated in certain spatial and temporal dimensions, with the strongest impact observed in the first year following relocation.
HABITAT INTERNATIONAL
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Yuhai Lu, Mincheng Gong, Linzhuo Lu, Yaqin Wang, Yang Wang
Summary: Improving energy efficiency is crucial for environmental protection and resource conservation. This study measured the impact of urban polycentrism on total-factor energy efficiency in 332 prefecture-level cities in China, using satellite data and panel data analysis. The results provide insights into the relationship between urban spatial distribution and energy efficiency.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
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Joynal Abdin, Abhijit Sharma, Rohit Trivedi, Chengang Wang
Summary: This study examines the relationship between financing constraints, intellectual property rights protection, and firm innovation within transitional economies. The findings suggest that both financing constraints and intellectual property rights have adverse effects on firm innovation, with varying impacts across industries. Additionally, the study proposes that in transition economies, firms tend to adopt an imitational innovation strategy due to resource constraints, highlighting the importance of intellectual property rights protection for firm-level innovation.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
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Jesrina Ann Xavier, Md Imtiaz Mostafiz, Ganeshsree Selvachandran, Shio Gai Quek
Summary: This study uses artificial intelligence to analyze data and finds that ethnic entrepreneurial enterprises orchestrate resources to expand and develop their businesses during generational change. The study emphasizes the importance of resource orchestration for product innovation, market growth, and business development in ethnic entrepreneurial enterprises.
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING AND SOCIAL CHANGE
(2024)
