Due to new urbanization patterns, where cities' edges are becoming increasingly difficult to delimit, a better understanding of urban-rural gradients has become a key issue for urban planning. These interstitial territories are characterized for being highly heterogeneous, with hybrid and...

The importance of soybeans derives from the multiple uses in the human nutrition, animal feeding, industry, but also as a plant that improves the physical properties of the soil by improving the soil in nitrogen. Regardless of the use of practical cultures, for obtaining high yield in terms of...

Dynamic discrete choice (DDC) models are not identified nonparametrically, but the non-identification of models does not necessarily imply the nonidentification of counterfactuals. We derive novel results for the identification of counterfactuals in DDC models, such as non-additive changes in...

Human induced land-use change has direct economic and ecological consequences, which are felt the most in the poorest world regions. Therefore, the key question in land-use change research is how to protect and enhance the ecological functions of tropical landscapes while simultaneously...