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Localizing demand and supply of environmental services: interactions with property rights, collective action and the welfare of the poor by Swallow, Brent M., Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., van Noordwijk, Meine

“…The framework is centered on concerns of function and welfare effects of PES. …”
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Minimising the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in an intact landscape under risk of rapid agricultural development by Williams, Brooke A., Grantham, Hedley S., Watson, James E.M., Álvarez, Silvia J., Simmonds, Jeremy S., Rogéliz, Carlos A., Silva, Mayesse Aparecida da, Forero-Medina, Germán, Etter, Andrés, Nogales, Jonathan, Walschburger, Tomas, Hyman, Glenn G., Beyer, Hawthorne L.

“…Here, we present a novel, spatially explicit, land use planning framework that addresses the decision making needed to account for different, competing economic-environment objectives (agricultural production value, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem service retention) when land use change is inevitable within an intact landscape. …”
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Multi-scale analysis for promoting integrated watershed management by Rubiano, J., Quintero, Marcela, Estrada, R.D., Moreno, Alonso

“…It is a complex process since it involves a wide range of stakeholders that live, and compete for limited resources, at different temporal and spatial scales. …”
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Whose waters? large-scale agricultural development and water grabbing in the Wami-Ruvu River Basin, Tanzania by Eeden, A. van, Mehta, L., van Koppen, Barbara

“…In parallel, Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) has been promoted in the country and globally as the governance framework that seeks to manage water resources in an efficient, equitable and sustainable manner. …”
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Power and interest on Sumatra’s rainforest frontier: clientelist coalitions, illegal logging and conservation in the Alas valley by McCarthy, J.F.

“…It draws together theoretical approaches to develop a framework for analysing the operation of competing forms of institutional power and control. …”
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WETwin: a structured approach to evaluating wetland management options in data-poor contexts by Johnston, Robyn M., Cools, J., Liersch, S., Morardet, S., Murgue, C., Mahieu, Marie, Zsuffa, I., Uyttendaele, G.P.

“…The overall conceptual framework developed for WETwin was found to be robust and transfer-able to different contexts.…”
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Product Development Processes in the Nordic Paper Packaging Companies : an assessments of complex processes by von Ehrenheim, Louise

“…This framework comprises an innovation process that has three phases; idea generation, prioritizations and implementation. …”

Cost-benefit analysis of prioritized climate adaptation strategies among smallholder farmers: Evidence from selected value chains across sub-Saharan Africa by Akinyi, Devinia Princess, Karanja Ng'ang'a, Stanley, Ngigi, Margaret, Mathenge, Mary, Girvetz, Evan Hartunian

“…This study presents a multi-dimensional framework to evaluate how to allocate resources among competing alternatives. …”
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Strengthening Research for Developing Capacities : National, Regional and Global Science Capacity by Piñeiro, Martin

“…The process of knowledge creation and dissemination requires appropriate strategies to reflect this growing complexity including a framework that incorporates IP legislation. Developing countries need to develop infrastructure, build human and management capacities, and invest in the technology they need to modernize and compete in world markets. …”
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Social sustainability in urban renewal by Dahlberg, Carin

“…This framework is based upon four groups of contribution factors to social sustainability; social services & accessibility, social mix & social inclusion, overall form & function and social networks & stability. …”
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Assessment of customers’ value-perceptions’ of suppliers’ European pulp offerings by Johansson, Jonas

“…Customer firms’ considered pulp suppliers to be competent. Through assessing the findings with the theoretical framework the core value parameters of today’s business, possibilities for value adding and areas for future competitive positioning were created. …”
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Outcomes and Impacts of Development Interventions: Toward Conceptual Clarity by Belcher, B., Palenberg, M.

“…However, there are many competing definitions that lack clarity and consistency and sometimes represent fundamentally different meanings. …”
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Employer branding inom skogsnäringen by Edvardsson, Lina, Sandell, Tina

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Trust in trade: A global perspective on health certification by Grace, Delia

“…In order to mitigate risk and prevent fraud, most animal trade requires health certification by a competent authority, backed by systems and processes that create trust and confidence in importers. …”
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Integrating mixed crop–livestock systems in Ethiopia’s highlands: A systems synthesis from focus group discussions by Ayehu, Getachew Tesfaye, Abera, Wuletawu

“…Using a systems thinking and DPSIR (Drivers, Pressures, States, Impacts, and Responses) framework, it characterizes components, resource flows, synergies, and trade-offs shaping productivity and sustainability. …”
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Collaborative dynamics in a practice of increasing utility cycling : understanding prerequisites for collaboration between bicycle planners and mobility managers in a Norwegian mun... by Clementsen Kayser, Ingvild

“…The analysis draws on practice theory and an integrative framework for collaborative dynamics. The data originate from interviews and observations with practitioners working with bicycle planning or mobility management. …”

Factors influencing gender and youth integration in agricultural research and innovation in Africa by Yami, M., Abioye, O., Sore, S.Z., Mugisho, A., Abdoulaye, T.

“…The study used the gender integration continuum conceptual framework, which was spearheaded by the Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG). …”
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Communication about sustainability in the food value chain : communicative challenges and opportunities by Mäehans, Astrid

“…Communication about sustainability showed to be limited due to aspects as an individual focused message, profit being a competing factor with sustainability, communication noise and a lack of dialogue with the audience.…”

Landscape urbanism by Assargård, Hanna

“…The models derived from the idea of landscape as surface are framework, layering, surface/inverted cityscape and program. …”
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The economic rationale for investing in stunting reduction by Hoddinott, John F., Alderman, Harold, Behrman, Jere R., Haddad, Lawrence James, Horton, Susan

“…This paper outlines the economic rationale for investments that reduce stunting. We present a framework that illustrates the functional consequences of stunting in the 1000 days after conception throughout the life cycle: from childhood through to old age. …”
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