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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"regional adaptation"”.
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A multi-regional adaptation of the ASSA2008 AIDS and Demographic Model for population projections
… zero over a fixed number of years. The multi-regional adaptation of the ASSA model is tested and found to work, with a minor re-calibration to the HIV data for 2008. The projected regional population age structure and size implied by the model for 1996-2025 are consistent with the same …
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A new climate for regionalism : metropolitan experiments in climate change adaptation
… academic interest in the governance of climate adaptation has focused on global, national, and local scales. Their efforts increasingly revealed the need to plan for adaptation at the scale of metropolitan regions. This dissertation is the first academic comparative analysis of U.S. regional …
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Ergodicity of Adaptive MCMC and its Applications
… targets. Therefore we discuss the mixed regional adaptation (MRAPT) on the compact state space and the modified mixed regional adaptation on the general state space in which the regional proposal distributions are optimal and the switches between different models are very efficient. The …
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Adaptive capacity and the responses of local governance actors to evolutionary political-economic change: lessons from the Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership
… and capacities operate and unfold in local/regional economic development governance in the context of cumulative and often disruptive political-economic change. It argues that states often seek to promote the adaptability and growth of local/regional economies by reconfiguring subnational …
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Climate Change Adaptation Planning and Decision Making for Transit Infrastructure
… transit-specific investments in climate change adaptation and provides little guidance on how transit agencies can decide between potential adaptation strategies, given prevailing uncertainties and their institutional priorities. This thesis aims to address these gaps in literature and practice …
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Vulnerability of U.S. river basins to water shortage over the 21st century
… water resources, and improved implementation of regional adaptation and mitigation strategies. The main goal of this dissertation is thus to assess shifts in hydroclimatic conditions and water shortage (IDF) relationships across the conterminous United States (CONUS) over the 21st century. To …
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Improvement of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) for regional food systems in the northeastern United States
… an important but underutilized staple crop for regional food systems in the Northeastern United States. Plant breeding can help to develop improved varieties that meet regional farmer needs while providing a compelling product for modern consumers. One strategy is the expansion of disease …
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An Actor-Centred Approach to Overcoming Barriers in Regional Climate Change Adaptation Decision-Making
Ilmastonmuutoksen vaikutukset voivat huomattavasti vaihdella eri alueiden välillä, mikä vaatii alueellista päätöksentekoa liittyen parhaisiin tapoihin hillitä niiden haitallisia seurauksia ja tavoitella mahdollisia hyötyjä. Tästä huolimatta, toimijat voivat kohdata lukuisia esteitä …