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Landlessness as the key challenge to climate change adaptation of the rural poor in Bangladesh: an empirical study 无地是孟加拉国农村贫困人口适应气候变化的关键挑战:一项实证研究

Asian Geographer Pub Date : 2021-12-28 DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2021.2015694

Sheikh Shams Morsalin, Md. Rafiqul Islam

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引用次数: 3

A spatiotemporal analysis of lightning in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region 曼谷大都会区闪电的时空分析

Asian Geographer Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2021.2010579

M. Bentley, Jinda Sae-Jung, S. Kaminski, Charlotte C. Terry

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引用次数: 0

Private sector climate change adaptation of accommodation suppliers in the small island of Koh Tao, Thailand 泰国小岛屿高岛住宿供应商的私营部门气候变化适应

Asian Geographer Pub Date : 2021-10-04 DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2021.1981956

Janto S. Hess

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引用次数: 3

Northeast Asia in regional perspective 东北亚地区视角

Asian Geographer Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2021.1952778

Alexander C. Diener, Andrew Grant, M. Bennett

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引用次数: 3

Living in decline – the dynamics of anthropogenic disturbances in the recent landcover history of Manchuria and its consequences for Northeast Asia 衰落中的生活——满洲近代土地覆盖史上人为干扰的动态及其对东北亚的影响

Asian Geographer Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2021.1952884

J. Schlag

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引用次数: 1

Trans-Himalayan connectivity and sustainable tourism development in Nepal: a study of community perceptions of tourism impacts along the Nepal–China Friendship Highway 尼泊尔跨喜马拉雅地区的互联互通与旅游业的可持续发展：社区对尼中友谊公路沿线旅游业影响的认知研究

Asian Geographer Pub Date : 2021-06-20 DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2021.1943470

R. Chan, K. Bhatta

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引用次数: 4

Improving urban Recreational Business District (RBD) from the perspective of visitors’ satisfaction and perception 从游客满意度和感知角度提升城市休闲商务区

Asian Geographer Pub Date : 2021-06-18 DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2021.1942092

He Zhu, Shuying Zhang, Wenting Yu

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引用次数: 1

Material and metaphorical bridgework: Russia's Asian Pivot through Vladivostok 物质和隐喻的桥梁：俄罗斯通过符拉迪沃斯托克的亚洲支点

Asian Geographer Pub Date : 2021-06-14 DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2021.1912787

Jeremy Tasch

引用次数: 2

Hazardous industries and distributive environmental injustice in Ahmedabad, India 印度艾哈迈达巴德的危险产业与分配环境不公

Asian Geographer Pub Date : 2021-05-21 DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2021.1930078

Pratyusha Basu, Jayajit Chakraborty

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引用次数: 1

Gendered skilled migration: American women in China 性别技术移民:美国女性在中国

Asian Geographer Pub Date : 2021-05-21 DOI: 10.1080/10225706.2021.1930079

Yining Tan

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引用次数: 4