Environmental Studies Program: Recent submissions
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Planting Food or Fuel: Developing an Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Role of Culture in Farmers’ Decisions to Grow Second-Generation Biofuel Feedstock Crops
(Comparative Technology Transfer and Society, 2009-12)Recent interest in biofuels as an alternative energy source has spurred considerable changes in agricultural practice worldwide. These changes will be more pronounced as second-generation biofuels, such as switch grass, ... -
Spatial distribution of the risk of dengue fever in southeast Brazil, 2006-2007
(Biomed Central, 2011-05-20)Background Many factors have been associated with circulation of the dengue fever virus and vector, although the dynamics of transmission are not yet fully understood. The aim of this work is to estimate the spatial ... -
Soybean production and conversion of tropical forest in the Brazilian Amazon: The case of Vilhena, Rondônia
(Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 2005-08)The recent rise in Brazilian soybean production has generated concern among the environmental community and some authors that natural tropical environments of the Amazon Basin are being converted to soybean fields. Proponents ...