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Impacts of wildfire-season air quality on park and playground visitation in the Northwest United States 野火季节空气质量对美国西北部公园和游乐场游人的影响

IF 6.6 2区经济学

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108285

Katrina Mullan , Teigan Avery , Patrick Boise , Cindy S. Leary , William L. Rice , Erin O. Semmens

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Out of sight, not out of mind: The effect of access to conservation sites on the willingness to pay for protecting endangered species 眼不见，心不烦：进入保护地对保护濒危物种支付意愿的影响

IF 6.6 2区经济学

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108280

Makarena Henríquez , Felipe Vásquez-Lavín , Manuel Barrientos , Roberto D. Ponce Oliva , Antonio Lara , Gabriela Flores-Benner , Carlos Riquelme

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Tackling climate change: Agroforestry adoption in the face of regional weather extremes 应对气候变化：面对地区极端天气采用农林业

IF 6.6 2区经济学

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108266

Christian Stetter , Johannes Sauer

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Deepgrowth: Self-transformation towards harmonious being 深度成长：实现和谐存在的自我变革

IF 7 2区经济学

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-18 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108281

Hubert Buch-Hansen, Iana Nesterova

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Synergistic effects of nudges and boosts in environmental education: Evidence from a field experiment 环境教育中 "暗示 "和 "推动 "的协同效应：来自实地实验的证据

IF 7 2区经济学

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108279

Kengo Igei , Hirofumi Kurokawa , Masato Iseki , Akinori Kitsuki , Kenichi Kurita , Shunsuke Managi , Makiko Nakamuro , Akira Sakano

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Texas water markets: Understanding their trends, drivers, and future potential 得克萨斯州的水市场：了解其趋势、驱动因素和未来潜力

IF 7 2区经济学

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108259

Charles Wight , Kyle Garmany , Eugenio Arima , Dustin Garrick

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Smallholders' preferred attributes in a subsidy program for replanting overaged oil palm plantations in Indonesia 印度尼西亚超龄油棕种植园补种补贴计划中小农的首选属性

IF 7 2区经济学

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108278

Dienda Hendrawan, Oliver Musshoff

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Footprint analysis and the incidence of emission taxes 足迹分析和排放税的影响

IF 7 2区经济学

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108214

Thijs ten Raa, Rob Stahlie

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Following the Circular Economy in European rural municipalities through the Spanish Urban Agenda 通过西班牙城市议程在欧洲农村市镇推行循环经济

IF 7 2区经济学

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108263

Inmaculada Bote Alonso, Beatriz Montalbán Pozas

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Economic incentives for woodland creation on farmland: Modelling the impacts on biodiversity 在农田上开辟林地的经济激励措施：模拟对生物多样性的影响

IF 7 2区经济学

Ecological Economics Pub Date : 2024-06-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108265

Mary Nthambi , Katherine Simpson , Tom Bradfer-Lawrence , Andrew Dobson , Tom Finch , Elisa Fuentes-Montemayor , Kirsty Park , Kevin Watts , Nick Hanley

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