Research Articles

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Attitude of Tehran Province's Experts toward Role of Biotechnology in Food Security Improvement

Roberto Hernández, Wei Schmidt, José Marino, Wei Schmidt, José Marino

Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Keywords: food security; biotechnology; Tehran province; experts; agricultural biotechnology; public policy; food production

Nowadays, providing the food needs is one of the fundamental problems, as food security has become one of the governmental priorities. According to the current food insecurity and using biotechnology ...

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Assessing Plant Biodiversity in Urban Green Spaces: A Case Study from Tehran, Iran

Amina González, Hiroshi Takahashi, Kofi Persson

Department of Environmental Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Keywords: Plant Biodiversity; Urban Ecology; Green Spaces; Tehran; Ecological Resilience; Native Species

Urban green spaces play a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity and offering ecological benefits. This study evaluates the plant biodiversity in various urban parks in Tehran, Iran. By employing a ...

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Optimizing Passive Cooling in Traditional Architecture: A Case Study of Gomishan's Vernacular Houses

Bjorn Johansson, Alberto Bondarenko, Karl Dlamini, Alberto Bondarenko, Karl Dlamini

Department of Architecture, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

Keywords: passive cooling, traditional architecture, energy efficiency, thermal comfort, bioclimatic analysis, sustainable design, vernacular houses

This study investigates the impact of traditional architectural design on energy efficiency in the coastal city of Gomishan, Iran. By analyzing the passive cooling potential of verandahs in Gomishan's...

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Identification Obstacles of Rural Women Entrepreneurship Development in Garmsar Township, Iran

Olivier Williams, Oleksandr Yamamoto, Elena Traore, Oleksandr Yamamoto, Elena Traore

Department of Rural Sociology, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Rural women, Entrepreneurship barriers, Human capital, Economic obstacles, Educational obstacles, Garmsar Township

One of the important strategies to remove the rural women unemployment problem is pay attention to entrepreneurship. Is spite of that 13.9 percent of Iran total human capital is rural women; their pot...

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Why Social Capital? (Study on social capital’s role to resolve problems in new era)

François Lefebvre, Marc Williams, Ivan Tkachenko, Carlos Melnyk

Department of Sociology, University of Paris, Paris, France

Keywords: social capital; social cohesion; community development; political science; economic interactions; social participation; analytical-descriptive method

Social capital is a modern concept which has an important role in political, social and economic life of human beside other capitals such as physical, financial and human capitals. As its name shows, ...

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Assessing Biodiversity in Urban Green Spaces: A Case Study of Cape Town's Flora

Li Wei, María González, Ahmed Khan, Hans Taylor, Roberto Ramírez

Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Keywords: biodiversity; urban ecology; green spaces; flora; Cape Town; ecosystem services; conservation

Urban green spaces play a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity and providing ecosystem services in rapidly urbanizing environments. This study evaluates the floral diversity within selected urban ...

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Enhancing Biodiversity through Knowledge Exchange in Agroecosystems

Aiko Tanaka, Lucas Moreau, Priya Nair, Ming Chen

Department of Environmental Science, Kyoto University, Japan; Institute of Biodiversity, University of Montpellier, France; Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, University of Kerala, India

Keywords: biodiversity; knowledge exchange; agroecosystems; sustainable agriculture; community engagement; indigenous knowledge; ecosystem stability

Biodiversity plays a crucial role in maintaining ecosystem stability and productivity. This study explores the mechanisms of knowledge exchange among stakeholders in agroecosystems and its impact on f...

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