Search Results - subject:"Local Knowledge"

Knowledge markets : implications for innovation, welfare and policy design

Sievers, Tim - 2005

central notion of external scale economies, and Geographical Economics uses the concept of local knowledge spillovers (LKS) to …

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Medio ambiente, grupos sociales y conocimiento local en la dehesa. Un caso de estudio en la Sierra Morena extremena

Acosta Naranjo, Rufino - In: Revista Española de Estudios Agrosociales y Pesqueros (2005) 206

deterioration of local knowledge …

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Lost in translation: incomer organic farmers, local knowledge, and the revitalization of upland Japanese hamlets

McGreevy, Steven - In: Agriculture and Human Values 29 (2012) 3, pp. 393-412

addition, the absence of a successor generation in many marginalized hamlets endangers the continuation of local knowledge …. Resettlement by incomer organic farmers represents an opportunity to both pass on valuable local knowledge and rejuvenate local … limiting local knowledge exchange are identified and analyzed. Despite a number of reasons to suggest affinity and natural …

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Culture as a means to contextualize policy

Hall, Damon; Gilbertz, Susan; Horton, Cristi; Peterson, … - In: Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 2 (2012) 3, pp. 222-233

Community-engaged decision-making and management mark a change in philosophy and practice of shared-resource governance. Moving from national to local scales of agency coordination and public engagement requires equivalent change in the scale of useful social science data. Upon recognizing...

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Downstream developments of a traditional industry through foreign investment and local knowledge and capabilities â€“ evidence from the Sri Lankan rubber industry

Nakandala, Dilupa; Turpin, Tim - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 4 (2011) 4, pp. 292-309

This article analyses the Sri Lankan rubber industry in terms of the integration of local knowledge and capabilities …

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Rethinking the Local Knowledge Approach to Placemaking: Lessons from Turkey

Arefi, Mahyar - In: Open House International 36 (2011) 2, pp. 97-106

knowledge” and “local knowledge,” it first problematizes expert knowledge, and then traces the local knowledge approach to … placemaking. The widening gap between expert and local knowledge prompts understanding their sources and modes of knowing. By … problems. Critically examining local knowledge questions the presupposition of a fixed, static mode of knowing, and helps …

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Communication and the Construction of Local Knowledge in Thai Rice Farming Villages

Genilo, Jude William R. - In: Millennial Asia 1 (2010) 2, pp. 197-214

local knowledge and practice systems. Using the knowledge and community-based perspective, the study departs from past works … (perspectives) and the construction/management of local knowledge and practices on rice farming? To explore the plausibility of this …

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The dynamics of vulnerability: some preliminary thoughts about the occurrence of ‘radical surprises’ and a case study on the 2002 flood (Germany)

Kuhlicke, Christian - In: Natural Hazards 55 (2010) 3, pp. 671-688

discussion on the interrelation of local knowledge, the dynamics of vulnerability and the occurrence of ‘radical surprises …

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Planning Versus Plan: A Comparative Analysis of Revitalization Process in Two Inner Cities

Sivan-Geist, Yael; Kallus, Rachel - In: Open House International 35 (2010) 4, pp. 39-50

By comparing urban regeneration mechanisms implemented in two declining urban centers, this paper attempts to examine the usefulness of hybrid planning strategies over a more traditional statutory land-use plan, considering their respective effectiveness for introducing urban change. The paper...

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ASSESSMENT OF MARINE RENEWABLE ENERGY INDUSTRY STAKEHOLDER REQUIREMENTS IN NORTH SCOTLAND

COLEBY, ALASTOR - In: Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and … 12 (2010) 01, pp. 29-49

not just the constraints in identifying the most suitable areas. Local knowledge in the community offered to dispel some …

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