Young women outnumber young men in cities in many countries during periods of economic growth and urbanization. This gender imbalance among young urbanites is more pronounced in larger cities. We use the gradual rollout of special economic zones across China as a quasi-experiment to establish...

This book presents the proceedings of CRIOCM 2022 (27th International Conference on Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate), sharing the latest developments in real estate and construction management around the globe. The conference was organized by the Chinese Research Institute...

Mechanization is expanding rapidly in developing countries. However, long-term use of agricultural machinery is projected to result in additional carbon emissions. Actually, major changes in mechanized production have already occurred, affecting agricultural systems' environmental performance....

While the Xiangjiang (XJ) River acts as an inland drinking water source, it may experience microplastics emissions originating from Changsha (CS) City. The aim of this study was to characterize the occurrence and distribution of microplastics in the XJ River during both the flooding and dry...

This paper examines a critical question in the application of machine learning models in the social sciences, namely the use of performance metrics for model evaluation of binary classification tasks. More specifically, it investigates how sample data imbalance as measured in prevalence level...

Young women outnumber young men in cities in many countries during periods of economic growth and urbanization. This gender imbalance among young urbanites is more pronounced in larger cities. We use the gradual rollout of special economic zones across China as a quasi-experiment to establish...