We document a Kuznets curve for construction productivity in 20th-century America. Homes built per construction worker remained stagnant between 1900 and 1940, boomed after World War II, and then ...
U.S. productivity soared in the second half of the 20th century, creating benefits for consumers in the form of lower prices across a wide range of goods. But one critical sector proved a glaring ...
An international research team has developed the world's first 30-meter resolution dataset to track changes in land productivity, a crucial tool for fighting global land degradation. Published in ...
As governments in Africa race to expand infrastructure, increase food production and attract investment, a silent crisis ...
SINGAPORE, Nov 15 (Reuters) - The world is losing almost 1 million square kilometres (386,000 square miles) of productive land a year to sand and dust storms made worse by human activities, the United ...
Land capability and soil productivity are foundational concepts for sustainable agriculture and ecosystem management. Land capability describes the inherent potential of land parcels to support ...