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householdsurveys, etc ; carbon dioxide; census data; climate; trade; urbanization; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Economics of scale refer to the benefits in cost, efficiency, and sustainability yielded with increasing size. Driven by shrinking household size and urban sprawl, household or urban economies of scale have been declining in recent decades. The declining scale economies may also affect CO₂ emissions, which, however, have not been well understood due to a mixture of other factors. Based on the Chin ...
householdsurveys, etc ; humans; metropolitan areas; wildlife; wildlife rehabilitation; Arizona; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Animals from urban areas are regularly brought into wildlife rehabilitation centers, providing untapped potential data records to inform management of wildlife species. Although rescues may be considered a wildlife stewardship behavior, not all ‘rescues’ may be warranted. Some animals are more likely to be brought into a rescue center than others, suggesting that human drivers underlying wildlife ...
householdsurveys, etc ; community forestry; forest management; forests; livelihood; people; Nepal; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Community forestry in Nepal has set an example of people's participation in forest management. The direct dependency of local people on forest resources for livelihood activities has been one of the key adhesive factors for collective efforts in forest management. Changing livelihood strategies from agriculture-based livelihoods to migration (and remittances thereof) and the service sector, introd ...
Jean-Louis Koulidiati; Rémi Kaboré; Eric I. Nebié; Annick Sidibé; Julia Lohmann; Stephan Brenner; Hermann Badolo; Saidou Hamadou; Nobila Ouédraogo; Manuela De Allegri
householdsurveys, etc ; childhood; children; models; outreach; vaccination; vaccines; Burkina Faso; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Despite important progress in global vaccination coverage, many countries are still facing preventable disease outbreaks. Timely vaccination is important in getting adequate protection against disease. In light of the paucity of relevant literature, this study investigated the timely completion of childhood routine immunization and identified factors associated with timely vaccination in Burkina F ...
householdsurveys, etc ; adults; environmental stewardship; gender; landscapes; public policy; Scotland; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Spending time outdoors in natural environments is associated with an array of benefits to individuals’ health and wellbeing, as well as being implicated in the development of connections to the natural world, attachment to place, and environmental stewardship behaviours. Disparities between population subgroups in relation to frequency of nature contact may, however, shape the extent to which natu ...
householdsurveys, etc ; case studies; food policy; labor; rural poverty; sustainable development; Malawi; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The persistence of rural poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa is a major challenge for meeting the Sustainable Development Goal on poverty eradication. Using detailed data for Malawi, we investigate the association between seasonality in labor calendars and low consumption. We find that (1) seasonality in rural labor calendars runs deep, accounting for 2/3 of total rural underemployment, (2) we do not ob ...
householdsurveys, etc ; air; air pollutants; asthma; childhood; indoor air pollution; kerosene; morbidity; questionnaires; regression analysis; Nigeria; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Pollutants from various indoor sources account for indoor air pollution mostly in developing countries and pose health risks to children. This study assessed the levels of indoor gaseous pollutants and environmental risk factors associated with asthma in children. A cross-sectional household survey was conducted among 304 children between the ages of 1 and 17 years. Indoor pollution at home was in ...
householdsurveys, etc ; agropastoralism; certification; crop production; focus groups; land policy; land tenure; livelihood; livestock; range management; Ethiopia; Show all 11 Subjects
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... Despite progress towards recognizing communal land rights, there may be unintended outcomes, and for pastoral areas there is a need to be aware of how this may affect evolving pastoralist livelihoods. This paper examines trends in pastoralist livelihoods, perceptions and aspirations of pastoralists in a setting where a new communal property rights framework is in the early stages of implementation ...
householdsurveys, etc ; bank erosion; cropland; dry season; land use; livelihood; occupations; questionnaires; water management; water shortages; watersheds; Bangladesh; Show all 12 Subjects
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... This article evaluates the impact of upstream water withdrawal on downstream land use and livelihood changes in the Teesta River basin, using a combination of geospatial and social data. Results show that water bodies gradually decreased, indicating a low volume of water discharge from upstream of the Teesta River basin due to the construction of several barrages. During the study period, a signif ...
householdsurveys, etc ; dry season; environmental management; food policy; food security; irrigation; labor; models; research institutions; rice; salinity; socioeconomics; Bangladesh; Show all 13 Subjects
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... Maintaining productivity and technical efficiency of salinity affected rice farming is essential for food security in Bangladesh, given trends of increasing rates of salinity incursion. Using Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS) data, collected by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and a translog stochastic production estimation approach, we estimated the differences in ...
householdsurveys, etc ; electricity; energy; energy policy; energy poverty; gender; income; nationalities and ethnic groups; renewable energy sources; t-test; South Africa; Show all 11 Subjects
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... The study ascertained the differentiated energy poverty of female-headed households based on their race/ethnicity in South Africa. The study made use of the 2016 General Household Survey (GHS). A sample of 7322 male-headed households and 6170 female-headed households was utilised. An Energy Vulnerability Index (EVI), Independent t-test and Propensity Score Matching (PSM) were used to analyse the d ...
householdsurveys, etc ; Philippines; blue carbon; consciousness; ecotourism; marine science; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Blue carbon ecosystems (BCEs) are linked to tourism industry either as the main destination site or as additional features. Achieving sustainable tourism in coastal areas warrants the inclusion of long-term BCE management and protection, hence, it is important to understand how tourism impacts these resources to better formulate apt strategies tailored to the individual contexts. In Busuanga Islan ...
householdsurveys, etc ; cattle; climate; farm size; indigenous knowledge; stakeholders; Uganda; Show all 7 Subjects
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... This paper discusses climate information use among pastoralists. This study investigated what factors influence pastoralists’ use of scientific forecasts (SF) and indigenous forecasts (IF). A household survey of 269 respondents was conducted in the Rwenzori region in Western Uganda. The results show that pastoralists who received scientific forecasts in local languages were more likely to use both ...
householdsurveys, etc ; climate change; forests; social capital; social environment; Tanzania; Show all 6 Subjects
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... This article aims to contribute to the literature on the quest for resilient cities by focusing on the climate change resilience building discourse in peri-urban areas, and specifically by exploring the role of social capital-an under-researched topic. The article examines bonding social capital and bridging social capital, with a focus on how they can potentially contribute to, or inhibit, the so ...
householdsurveys, etc ; solid wastes; waste composition; waste management; South Africa; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Understanding solid waste composition has frequently been cited as one of the most valuable resources to those responsible for the proper management of solid waste. The unique contribution of this article lies in the fact that a waste characterisation study, conducted in a remote rural town in South Africa, was combined with an illegal dumping contents mapping and a household survey. This enabled ...
householdsurveys, etc ; Japan; carbon dioxide; energy; energy conservation; pollution control; Show all 6 Subjects
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... Given by the ambitious GHG mitigation targets set by governments worldwide, household is playing an increasingly important role for reaching listed reduction goals. Consequently, a deep understanding of its emission patterns and the corresponding driving factors are of great importance for exploring the untapped potential of household. However, how to accurately capture household emission features ...
householdsurveys, etc ; agroforestry; food production; food security; household income; issues and policy; land use; nonindustrial private forests; occupations; prices; rural development; rural economics; Indonesia; Show all 13 Subjects
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... Encouraging smallholders to diversify their livelihoods has been a long-held policy objective of many governments to create resilient rural communities that can cope with seasonal variations in food production and price fluctuations in commercial markets. Due to the dynamic nature of smallholders’ livelihoods, the relative contribution of different sources to household income often remains unclear ...
Juliet Wanjiku Kamau; Christian Schader; Lisa Biber-Freudenberger; Till Stellmacher; David M. Amudavi; Jan Landert; Johan Blockeel; Cory Whitney; Christian Borgemeister
householdsurveys, etc ; agrochemicals; animal husbandry; animal welfare; conflict management; credit; environment; farm management; governance; land tenure; markets; multivariate analysis; soil; sustainable development; water conservation; Kenya; Show all 16 Subjects
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... The introduction of organic farm management practices in sub-Saharan Africa could act as a lever for supporting regional sustainable development. In this study, we sought to assess the sustainability performance of organic (certified and non-certified) and non-organic farms in the dry Kajiado County and the wet Murang’a County in Kenya, based on four sustainability dimensions: Good Governance, Env ...
householdsurveys, etc ; carbon dioxide; energy; environment; income; models; water footprint; China; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Sustainable consumption has become an important issue when the world has limited resources and deteriorating environment. Given the context, this study first examines the influence of income disparities on different environmental footprints of Chinese households. We combine the input-output model with Chinese household survey data from the China family panel studies. The results show that, on an a ...
householdsurveys, etc ; climate; climate change; drought; labor; livestock; pastoralism; rangelands; Kenya; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Pastoral women in the semi-arid rangelands of East Africa are significantly burdened by the vulnerability to and responsibility for responding to changing climates. Consequently, understanding how adaptation and coping strategies impact pastoral women's well-being is critical for supporting the climate resilience of communities and the landscapes on which they rely. We used a household survey, gui ...