Large-scale models are generally associated with large spatial modelling units, for example, counties or super grids (several to dozens of km2). Few applied urban models can achieve a large spatial coverage with irregular spatial units due to data availability and computation load. The framework of automatic identification and characterization of blocks developed by Liu and Long (2016) makes su...

According to the European Foundation economic incentive methods can be described as methods which financially reward those enterprises that ensure and develop good and safe working conditions (European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, 1995). In recent years European policy makers have become more and more interested in economic instruments such as economic incent...

The World Health Organization has challenged governments to adopt the principle of “health in all policies” to tackle the social determinants of health and health inequalities.However, policy making is complex, especially across multiple government departments, which makes implementing such an approach challenging. The Welsh government is consulting on whether and how to introduce this principl...

In May 2000 the Australian Minister for Transport and Regional Services, advised by his Department, established a non-executive stakeholder body, the Australian GNSS Coordination Committee (AGCC), with terms of reference aimed at national coordination of GNSS application. This initiative responded principally to perceptions of potential for economies and efficiencies from national-level standar...

This paper discusses seven propositions: • climate change and poverty are linked by the issue of vulnerability, • the hardest equity issues arise because of qualitative differences in the nature of climate change and policy impacts on the poor and those who are better off, • poverty cannot be understood in terms of lack of goods or income, or even basic needs, but must rather be understood in t...

background: this study aimed to assess the frequency of consuming different types of snacks among iranian students according to socio-economic status (ses) of their living region. methods: data were obtained from the fourth national school-based surveillance survey entitled caspian-iv study. overall, 14880 school students, aged 6-18 years, were selected through multistage, cluster sampling from...