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Challenges for Sustainable Development and Its Legal Response in China: A Perspective for Social Transformation

Qin, Tianbao - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8, pp. 5075-5106

With rapid development since the 1970s, China is entering a period of social transformation, which not only creates favorable conditions for sustainable development but also presents new challenges. The transitional period in China is a stage in which two types of social transformation coexist,...

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Spatio-temporal distributions of climate disasters and the response of wheat yields in China from 1983 to 2008

Shi, Wenjiao; Tao, Fulu - In: Natural Hazards 74 (2014) 2, pp. 569-583

the future. To clearly illustrate spatial–temporal distributions of climate disasters and the response of wheat yields to … climate disasters and the response index of wheat yield losses to climate disasters were defined and calculated. The impact … and sensitivity indices were examined by the agricultural production losses due to climate disasters, and the response of …

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POTENTIAL CORN ACREAGE EXPANSION FOR ETHANOL PRODUCTION: WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA--MINOT

Gustafson, Cole R. - Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North … - 2002

North Dakota. The purpose of this study is to estimate the corn supply response of western North Dakota farmers for ethanol …

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WTO Reforms and Rice Market in Pakistan

Shaikh, Faiz.M.; Jamali, Muhammad Bachal; Shaikh, Khalid; … - In: International Journal of Asian Social Science 1 (2011) 3, pp. 45-51

This research investigates the WTO reforms and Rice market in Pakistan. Data were collected from the Primary as well secondary sources of the Rice producing countries. It was revealed that from the last five years there is no visible impact on export laid growth but from last thee years price...

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Drought Coping Strategies and Their Effectiveness: The Case of Ward 12 in Mberengwa District Zimbabwe

Masendeke, Sally; Shoko, Kampion - In: International Journal of Social Science Studies 2 (2014) 1, pp. 137-152

The study was carried out in Mberengwa Ward 12, which is characterised by erratic and inadequate rainfall. Drought frequency is very high occurring at a rate of four in every five years. The main purpose of this research was to establish the drought coping strategies that are in place and to...

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Public response to earthquake disaster: a case study in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture

Wei, Benyong; Su, Guiwu; Liu, Fenggui - In: Natural Hazards 69 (2013) 1, pp. 441-458

2010 as an example, this paper analyzed the public response level after an earthquake disaster and discussed the principal … factors influencing public response behaviors using a questionnaire survey. The results showed that the local public …’s response level is low in the studied area. The average response scoring rate is only 0.50. Gender, family income, experience …

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A cacophony of policy responses: Evidence from fourteen countries during the 2007/08 food price crisis

Bryan, Shane - World Institute for Development Economic Research … - 2013

Phenomenal increases in food prices in 2007 and 2008 caused governments around the globe to panic. During the chaos which ensued, most developing countries responded to the crisis with a convoluted array of policies intended to stabilize domestic markets,

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Institutional complementarities and technological transformation : IVET responsiveness to Industry 4.0 : meeting emerging skill needs in the European steel industry

Antonazzo, Luca; Stroud, Dean; Weinel, Martin - In: Economic and industrial democracy 44 (2023) 1, pp. 25-46

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Generation, susceptibility, and response regarding negativity : an in-depth analysis on negative online reviews

Colmekcioglu, Nazan; Marvi, Reza; Foroudi, Pantea; … - In: Journal of business research : JBR 153 (2022), pp. 235-250

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Capturing innovative business response in times of pandemic

My-Trinh Bui; Phi Hong Minh - In: International journal of innovation and technology … 20 (2023) 5, pp. 1-31

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