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Coastal flooding in the Northeastern United States due to climate change
Kirshen, Paul; Watson, Chris; Douglas, Ellen; Gontz, Allen - In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 13 (2008) 5, pp. 437-451
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The Kerry-Bush Health Care Proposals: A Characterization and Comparison of their Impacts on Connecticut (Executive Summary)
McMillen, Stan; Parr, Kathryn; Song, Xiumei; Baird, Brian - Connecticut Center for Economic Analysis (CCEA), … - 2004
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Capacity building for nonprofits: a Hartford example
Sherman, Anne - In: Communities and Banking (2008) Win, pp. 26-28
Like for-profit organizations, nonprofits need strong infrastructure to ensure long-term effectiveness and to respond to increasing demands for accountability. Our Piece of the Pie in Hartford is one nonprofit that benefited from building its organizational capacity.
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Role-playing our way to solutions
Axel-Lute, Miriam - In: Communities and Banking (2013) Winter, pp. 20-21
Many community development challenges are intractable because it’s hard to convene all the relevant stakeholders to work on real solutions with real consequences. Now a few organizations are trying out multiplayer scenarios as a way to give serious thought to opposing views. Scenarios feel...
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An Economic Analysis of Wine Grape Production in the State of Connecticut
Jelliffe, Jeremy; Bravo-Ureta, Boris - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2013
•In Recent Years, Wine Makers have gone Crazy over Climate Change! •"If you look at most of the places growing grapes worldwide, many of them have been right at the cool-limit margins and so a little bit of warming has made them more suitable" (Dr. Greg Jones, The University of Oregon)....
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ECONOMIC AND SUSTAINABILITY IMPACTS OF CONNECTICUT’S PUBLIC ACT 09-229 TO SUPPORT DAIRY FARMING
Lopez, Rigoberto A.; Plesha, Nataliya - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2013
This report, produced at the request of the Dairy Committee of the Connecticut Farm Bureau Association, assess es the … economic and dairy farm sustainability impacts of Connecticut’s Public Act 09 - 229 . Th e Act established a dairy farm …, three supportive objectives are pursued: 1) to examine recent trends in Connecticut dairy farming and policies; 2) to assess …
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Valuing the Coast: Economic Impacts of Connecticut's Maritime Industry
Pomeroy, Robert S.; Plesha, Nataliya; Muawanah, Umi - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2013
The goal of this study was to ascertain and document the significance of the maritime industry to Connecticut’s economy … economic model of the Connecticut economy. This study defines the Connecticut maritime industry as including, but not limited …
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Disentangling neighborhood contextual associations with child body mass index, diet, and physical activity: The role of built, socioeconomic, and social environments
Carroll-Scott, Amy; Gilstad-Hayden, Kathryn; Rosenthal, Lisa - In: Social Science & Medicine 95 (2013) C, pp. 106-114
Haven, Connecticut to better understand neighborhood environments' contribution to persistent health disparities …
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Connecticut Milk Cost of Production Estimates for April, May, and June 2013
Lopez, Rigoberto A. - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2013
2013 Connecticut Milk Cost of Production Estimates, Statistical Uniform Price, and Application of Public Act 09-229 …
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Estimates of Consumption of Locally-Grown Agricultural Products in Connecticut
Warner, Tammy; Lopez, Rigoberto A.; Rabinowitz, Adam; … - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2012
The objective of this report is to provide a benchmark of the percentage of Connecticut residents’ expenditures on … produced at the request of the Connecticut Governor’s Council on Agricultural Development (GCAD). An overarching goal of GCAD … is to “increase the percentage of consumer dollars spent on Connecticut-grown fresh produce and farm products, including …
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