Place-based policies are well justified to mitigate regional disparities, though with the concern of misallocation. In this paper, we characterize the properties of optimal spatial industry policies that result in lower efficiency loss while reducing spatial inequity in a general equilibrium...

The terrestrial ecosystem is the largest carbon pool in the world, and it is crucial to achieve China’s carbon neutrality goal by effectively removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This study used provincial panel data from 2004 to 2020 and a spatial Durbin model to explore the...

The vast peat deposits in the Peruvian Amazon are crucial to the global climate. Palm swamp, the most extensive regional peatland ecosystem faces different threats, including deforestation and degradation due to felling of the dominant palm Mauritia flexuosa for fruit harvesting. While these...

Agricultural lands are integrated into and interact with natural areas. Such is the case of Emek HaMa’ayanot, northern Israel, comprising a springs-rich area characterized by multiple land-uses, including spring-water-based aquaculture, recreational springs, and nature reserves. Aquacultural...

Influenced by the interplay of global climate change and urbanization, urban plants becoming increasingly homogenized in China. However, regional effects of biotic homogenization cannot be clearly explained due to the lack of continuous large-scale. Thus, we explored the characteristics and...

In some NUTS 2 (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics) regions of Europe, the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an increase in mortality by several dozen percent and only a few percent in others. Based on the data on 189 regions from 19 European countries, we identified factors...

This investigation quantifies the levels of cultural tightness and looseness prevalent in European societies, focusing on NUTS-2 regional divisions. Cultural dynamics occupy a pivotal role in shaping individual decision-making, particularly when addressing global risks like pandemics,...