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Determinants of agricultural land abandonment in post-soviet European Russia

Prishchepov, Alexander V.; Radeloff, Volker C.; … - 2011

Socio-economic and institutional changes may accelerate land-use and land-cover change. Our goal was to explore the determinants of agricultural land abandonment within one agro-climatic and economic region of post-Soviet European Russia during the first decade of transition from a state-command...

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Детерминанты пространственного распределения заброшенных сельскохозяйственных земель в европейской части России

Prishchepov, Alexander; Müller, Daniel; Dubinin, Maxim; … - In: Пространственная экономика / … 9 (2013) 3, pp. 30-62

Распад социализма в Восточной Европе и России, переход от плановой экономики к рыночной вызвал значительные социально-экономические и институциональные...

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Hedonic price function for residential area focusing on the reasons for residential preferences in Japanese metropolitan areas

Sasaki, Mitsuru; Yamamoto, Kayoko - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 11 (2018) 3, pp. 1-18

This study aims to offer a new estimate of the hedonic price function of residential areas in Japanese metropolitan areas, focusing on the reasons for residential preferences. More specifically, it introduces two new explanatory variables-'regional vulnerability' and 'accessibility to...

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Analysis of extreme precipitation indices in the Marche region (central Italy), combined with the assessment of energy implications and hydrogeological risk

Gentilucci, M.; Barbieri, M.; D'Aprile, Fabrizio; Zardi, D. - In: Energy Reports 6 (2020) 1, pp. 804-810

Extreme weather events are increasingly affecting the climate of our planet and they cause natural disasters that are often dangerous to human life. Furthermore, the management of extreme events is very important and can be mitigated by artificial reservoirs, such as those existing in the...

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Safety evaluation of evacuation routes in Central Tokyo assuming a large-scale evacuation in case of earthquake disasters

Yamamoto, Kayoko; Li, Ximing - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 10 (2017) 3, pp. 1-21

The present study aims to conduct a quantitative evaluation of evacuation route safety using the Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm for risk management in central Tokyo. Firstly, the similarity in safety was focused on while taking into consideration road blockage probability. Then, by...

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Does green infrastructure work? Precipitation, protected areas, floods and landslides

Robalino, Juan David; Mullan, Katrina; Piaggio, Matías; … - 2023

We evaluate whether floods and landslides are more likely when rain falls inside versus outside protected areas (PAs … floods and landslides is affected by whether rain falls inside or outside PAs. We use a two-way fixed effect panel data model … effects on landslides in densely populated districts, as well as reductions in flood-related deaths. …

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EU Cohesion Policy on the Ground: Analyzing Small-Scale Effects Using Satellite Data

Bachtrögler-Unger, Julia; Dolls, Mathias; Krolage, Carla; … - 2022

We present a novel approach for analyzing the effects of EU cohesion policy on local economic activity. For all municipalities in the border area of the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland, we collect project-level data on EU funding in the period between 2007 and 2013. Using night light emission...

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EU cohesion policy on the ground: Analyzing small-scale effects using satellite data

Bachtrögler, Julia; Dolls, Mathias; Krolage, Carla; … - 2022

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Classification of cities in Bangladesh based on remote sensing derived spatial characteristics

Rahman, Md. Shahinoor; Mohiuddin, Hossain; Kafy, Abdulla-Al - In: Journal of Urban Management 8 (2019) 2, pp. 206-224

In Bangladesh, cities are conventionally classified based on population size and revenue collection. This conventional city classification system neglects the spatial characteristics inherit in cities. Providing a more comprehensive city classification system is essential for the country's...

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Application of geo-spatial indices for detection of growth dynamics and forms of expansion in English Bazar Urban Agglomeration, West Bengal

Dutta, Ipsita; Das, Arijit - In: Journal of Urban Management 8 (2019) 2, pp. 288-302

In India, urban sprawl of metropolitan cities and other large cities is a widespread concern for planners and policy makers. Modeling urban sprawl of small and medium size towns is completely bypassed urban research of India. This study attempted to fill-up the gap by addressing the three urban...

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