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Landscape and Ecological Analysis of the Recreationally Developed Coastal Area of the Village of Bolshoe Goloustnoe (South Baikal)
AbstractTo analyze the recreational development of the coast of Lake Baikal, a map of the contemporary landscape structure on a key site (Goloustnoe...
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Placescapes + Public Housing: Toward a Critical Understanding of “Place” + “Placemaking” in Place-Based Health and Housing Strategies
Place-based strategies are increasingly explored to improve health opportunities, especially for public housing residents. However, most place-based...
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Spatial-Temporal Analysis and Visualization of Rural Development Works Implemented Under World’s Largest Social Safety Programme in India—a Case Study
Regional- and national-level studies by researchers across the globe have used exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) to reveal interesting facts...
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Regional Development and Planning: An Overview
This chapter reviews the changing nature of regional development and planning, with an emphasis on research between 1990 and 2018. Regional...
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Revam** Local Economic Development Policy in South Africa
Over the past 25 years, local economic development (LED)Local Economic Development (LED) issues have been of pressing concern in South Africa. The...
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An assessment of tangible community benefits from exclosures in Tigray, northern Ethiopia
In Tigray, northern Ethiopia, land degradation has generally undermined the environmental goods and services (EGS) those local communities depend on...
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Intercity mobility pattern and settlement intention: evidence from China
Floating population is an important group in the emerging urbanization process. This group promotes long-term settlement, which is a significant...
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Sustainable Development Under Changing Environment
The Uttarakhand Himalaya is economically underdeveloped and socially backward region. Agriculture, including livestock farming, is the main...
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Connecting communities to coral reefs: a socio-ecological perspective on coral restoration programs in a remote marine protected area
There has been a discernible rise in coral restoration initiatives over the past few years, with Indonesia emerging as a global leader. Due to...
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Stories from Students Building Sustainability Through Transfer of Leadership
Dedicated to designing and organizing student-centered work, we highlight the Geomatics Engineering Students’ Association of Nepal (GESAN)’s...
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Urban expansion and intra-urban land evolution as well as their natural environmental constraints in arid/semiarid regions of China from 2000–2018
Rapid urbanization has occurred in arid/semiarid China, threatening the sustainability of fragile dryland ecosystems; however, our knowledge of...
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Rural Areas and Rural Economy in Serbia
Serbian rural areas are represented through the prism of the heterogeneity of their geographical and socio-economic features. It is difficult to...
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Linking the Impacts of Tropical Cyclones to the Sustainable Development Goals
The socioeconomic and environmental costs of tropical cyclones (also known as hurricanes or typhoons) have drastically increased over the past...
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A critical approach to Canakkale urban beaches: from the perspective of swimming water and landscape potential
Coasts are external spaces found in settlements in rural and urban areas around the world. The reduction in area per person with increasing...
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Epilogue: COVID-19 Pandemic in Poland: The Course, Effects and Challenges
This chapter offers a diagnosis of the epidemic, demographic, political and socio-economic situation in Poland during the COVID-19 pandemic and the...
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Place, Health, and the Geography of Embodiment: Intergenerational Participatory Research for Representation/as Resistance in The Ville
Understanding place and health is now a core focus of public health research and practice. However, many local health departments (LHDs) face fiscal,...
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Sustainable Tourism Development: Constraints and Prospects
The Uttarakhand Himalaya has enormous prospects for sustainable tourism development however there are many constraints too. In this chapter, major...
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A Comprehensive Evaluation Framework of Water-Energy-Food System Coupling Coordination in the Yellow River Basin, China
For mankind’s survival and development, water, energy, and food (WEF) are essential material guarantees. In China, however, the spatial distribution...
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Population, Social and Economic Change
The Uttarakhand Himalaya is sparsely populated. Population is mainly concentrated along the river valleys and the mid-altitudes. Literacy rate and...
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Physical Activity and Sport Participation Among Adolescents from MENA
Physical activity is positively associated with short- and long-term mental and physical health effects. Adolescence represents a sensitive period of...