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| 2012-01-24 |
New paper accepted by Conservation Letters: "Conservation policy in traditional farming landscapes" |
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Fischer, J., Hartel, T., and Kuemmerle, T. (2012): Conservation policy in traditional farming landscapes. Conservation Letters, accepted.
Jörn Fischer has lead a paper on conservation in traditional farmland landscapes, such as the cultural landscapes that are still common in the Carpathians. In a nutshell, the paper argues that by focusing only on financial payments for maintaining traditional land use practices (e.g., the CAP subsidies) we run the risk of breaking the two-way links between the social and ecological subsystems - which make it unlikely that these landscapes will persist in the long run. The paper will be published in Conservation Letters! |
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| 2012-01-24 |
New papers accepted in Land Use Policy and Biological Conservation |
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Rounsevell, M.D.A., Pedroli, B., Erb, K.-H., Gramberger, M., Gravsholt Busck, A., Haberl, H., Kristensen, S., Kuemmerle, T., Lavorel, S., Lindner, M., Lotze-Campen, H., Metzger, M. J., Murray-Rust, D., Popp, A., Pérez-Soba, M., Reenberg, A., Vadineanu, A., Verburg, P., and Wolfslehner, B. (2012): Challenges for land system science: a European perspective. Land Use Policy, accepted.
Ziółkowska, E., Ostapowicz, K., Kuemmerle, T., Perzanowski, K., Radeloff, V.C., and Kozak, J. (2012): Combining cost surface analysis and graph theory to assess habitat connectivity of European bison in the Carpathians. Biological Conservation, accepted. |
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| 2012-01-23 |
New paper published by Journal of Public Health:"Frequently used healthcare services in urban slums of Dhaka and adjacent rural areas and their determinants" |
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Background
To compare patterns of healthcare service user preference between urban slums in Dhaka and adjacent rural areas and to identify key determinants of those preferences.
Methods
The data were collected through baseline surveys conducted in 2008 and 2009. A total of 3207 subjects aged 10–90 years were systematically selected from 12 big slums in Dhaka and 3 rural villages outside Dhaka.
Results
Two frequently used healthcare sources utilized in 1 month preceding the baseline survey were pharmacies (slum, 42.6%; rural, 30.1%) and government hospitals/clinics (GVHC; slum, 13.5%; rural, 8.9%). According to the multilevel logistic regression analysis adjusted for age, sex and marital status, the likelihood of using pharmacies and GVHC were higher for those subjects who used non-hygienic toilets, who reported food deficiency at a family level, who expressed dissatisfaction about family income and who stated poor health status. Some more factors namely overweight, living in permanently structured house, smoking bidis and less frequency of watching TV were associated with higher likelihood of using GVHC.
Conclusions
Pharmacy was the most dominant healthcare service in both areas. As persons running pharmacies often provide poor quality of healthcare services, they need continuous training and back-up supports to improve their quality of services and to strengthen the overall healthcare system in Bangladesh.
Khan, MMH.; Gruebner, O.; Krämer, A. |
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