In this paper we study the relationship between cultural heritage and retail store dynamics at the neighbourhood level in the Netherlands. We analyze the total number of stores, number of vacant stores and number of stores by retail sub-industry in neighbourhoods, thereby focusing on the impact...

Experts predict that the acquisition of fresh water will soon supersede that of oil as a main source of international tension. The world's increasing population and industrialization are raising the level of pollutants and toxins, tainting water sources that could be used for consumption or...

U.S. foreign aid to the Palestinians / Jim Zanotti, CRS -- Palestinian authority : U.S. assistance is training and equipping security forces, but the program needs to measure progress and faces logistical constraints -- Foreign assistance : U.S. assistance to the West Bank and Gaza for fiscal...