Browsing by Subject "China"
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Boon or bane? Urban food security and online food purchasing during the Covid-19 epidemic in Nanjing, China
(MDPI, 2022)This paper examines the relationship between the rapid growth of online food purchasing and household food security during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in China using the city of Nanjing as a case study. The ... -
Emergency food supplies and food security in Wuhan and Nanjing, China, during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a field survey
(Wiley, 2021)Detailed empirical work on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security is scant. Local management of food security has received little attention.This article describes emergency food policies in Wuhan and Nanjing, ... -
Factors determining household-level food insecurity during COVID-19 epidemic: A case of Wuhan, China
(Swedish Nutrition Foundation, 2021): In coping with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) epidemic, cities adopted social isolation and lockdown measures; however, little is known about the impacts of these restrictions on household food security.This ... -
Internationalization as a "work-around" strategy: How going abroad can help smes overcome local constraints
(World Scientific Publishing, 2015)Although risk has always been at the center of entrepreneurship, research on risk recognition in new ventures is limited. Applying cognitive information-processing theory, we develop a theoretical framework that explores ... -
Non-alignment in the current world order. The impact of the rise of China
(Institute for Strategic Studies at the University of Pretoria, 2008)The relevance of the Non-Aligned Movement has been in question since the end of Cold War bipolarity. In the post-Cold War order, whether interpreted as cosmopolitan, unipolar, multipolar or globalised in nature, there are ... -
Pathways to food insecurity: Migration, hukou and Covid‐19 in Nanjing, China
(Wiley, 2022-12-08)The COVID‐19 pandemic has issued significant challenges to food systems and the food security of migrants in cities. In China, there have been no studies to date focusing on the food security of migrants during the pandemic. ... -
Quantitative study on the changes of Karst groundwater level and hydrochemistry in Jinci spring catchment, Shanxi, China
(Springer Nature, 2020)Since Jinci spring ceased to flow on April 30, 1994, it has never been reflowed, which seriously affects the sustainable utilization of karst groundwater. The purpose of this paper is to provide the basis for the reflow ... -
Risk factors for Covid-19 infection among healthcare workers. A first report from a living systematic review and meta-analysis
(Elsevier, 2022)Health care workers (HCWs) are more than ten times more likely to be infected with coronavirus in- fectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) than the general population, thus demonstrating the burden of COVID- 19 among HCWs. ... -
Spatiotemporal green water dynamics and their responses to variations of climatic and underlying surface factors: A case study in the Sanjiang Plain, China
(Elsevier, 2023)The Sanjiang Plain (SJP), located at the confluence reaches of the Heilong, Songhua, and Wusuli Rivers in Northeast China. his study aimed to quantify the effects of varying climate and land-use/land-cover (LULC) dynamics ... -
A synthesis review of vitamins involved in the fight against Covid-19
(Wiley, 2022)Although literature studies on earlier viruses such as the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), and other similar viruses, in terms of treatment of coronavirus suggested ... -
Upscaling agriculture and food security in Africa in pursuit of the SDGs: What role does China play?
(Springer Nature, Cham, 2020)China and Africa constitute more than a third of the world’s population and China has become Africa’s largest trading partner. This has led to other forms of engagement with African countries, shaping development policies ... -
Urban food insecurity and the impact of China’s affordable food shop (AFS) program: a case study of Nanjing City
(Applied Geography, 2023)Food subsidies are widely implemented as part of government policies globally to mitigate food insecurity amongst the urban poor. Subsidies to retail outlets are one a type of supply-side subsidy designed to make food more ... -
Water quality prediction based on multi-task learning
(MDPI, 2022)Water pollution seriously endangers people’s lives and restricts the sustainable development of the economy. Water quality prediction is essential for early warning and prevention of water pollution. However, the nonlinear ...