Dissertations / Theses: 'Economic evaluation of land resources'

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Корж, А. О. "Проблеми землекористування у вітчизняному аграрному секторі: регіональний аспект." Master's thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2018. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/70666.

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Мета роботи – є вивчення теоретичних питань, які застосовуються для розгляду земельних ресурсів України, розміщення і їх економічна оцінка. В першому розділі роботи «Земельні ресурси України» визначається поняття та суть земельних ресурсів України, розміщення і їх економічна оцінка. В другому розділі роботи «Аналіз діяльності державного комітету із земельних ресурсів у Роменському районі Сумської області » проводиться загальна характеристика, аналіз діяльності. В третьому розділи роботи «Оцінка землекориставання при формуванні стратегії розвитку земельного фонду» проводиться аналіз ведення державного земельного кадастру, прогноз земельних відносин України, визначення цілей та завдань розвитку земельних відносин в Україні у середньостроковій перспективі.

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Чорнобай, М. А. "Особенности использования динамических показателей свойств почв для эколого-экономической оценки земель." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2006. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/11529.

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Nasser, M. H. "Evaluation and management of renewable land resources in NE Iraq." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1986. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/28473/.

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In the north-east region of Iraq, special physical and institutional conditions have governed the use of the land resources. Both the physical environment and the socioeconomic structures have imposed great constraints on the management of agriculture and the land resources. The uneven terrain of the majority of the region is responsible for the generally poor soil conditions and substandard farm operations. Political instability, low management skills and depressed rural income have further inhibited enterprise and hindered improvement and conservation of the environment. In choosing a method for evaluating the land resources for rainfed agriculture and grazing, the FAO approach was selected. Fundamental to this approach is that a value (suitability class) given to a land unit is relevant only in relation to a clearly defined use. In view of the scarcity of data, difficulties associated with field verification and lack of detailed background surveys, broad (reconnaissance) inventories of the resources have been prepared, permitting the selection of possible future areas of development and of management priorities. In this method, the land resources have been appraised on an essentially qualitative basis, and economic analysis was carried out in general terras. Affected by erratic and sometimes insufficient rainfall, the agricultural lands of the region are largely under an extensive and traditional mode of rainfed agriculture. Driven primarily by considerations of survival, inputs in agriculture are minimised, and pressures for self- sufficiency have jeopardised chances of obtaining a high level of marketable surplus. Equally constrained are the region's grazing activities. In the absence of controls on utilisation, firm tenure and modern technology, the vegetation and soil fertility have progressively deteriorated, while farmers continue to increase their stocks to meet demand for livestock products in excess of available pasture. The study concludes with a commentary on the management options for the region, with a view to achieving a better standard of utilisation of the renewable land resources for the two major agricultural sectors in the north-east region, rainfed agriculture and grazing.

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Tronconi, Claudia <1979&gt. "Intangible resources and organization capital: measurement and economic evaluation." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2008. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/763/.

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Intangible resources have raised the interests of scholars from different research areas due to their importance as crucial factors for firm performance; yet, contributions to this field still lack a theoretical framework. This research analyses the state-of-the-art results reached in the literature concerning intangibles, their main features and evaluation problems and models. In search for a possible theoretical framework, the research draws a kind of indirect analysis of intangibles through the theories of the firm, their critic and developments. The heterodox approaches of the evolutionary theory and resource-based view are indicated as possible frameworks. Based on this theoretical analysis, organization capital (OC) is identified, for its features, as the most important intangible for firm performance. Empirical studies on the relationship intangibles-firm performance have been sporadic and have failed to reach firm conclusions with respect to OC; in the attempt to fill this gap, the effect of OC is tested on a large sample of European firms using the Compustat Global database. OC is proxied by capitalizing an income statement item (Selling, General and Administrative expenses) that includes expenses linked to information technology, business process design, reputation enhancement and employee training. This measure of OC is employed in a cross-sectional estimation of a firm level production function - modeled with different functional specifications (Cobb-Douglas and Translog) - that measures OC contribution to firm output and profitability. Results are robust and confirm the importance of OC for firm performance.

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Hudnor, Amy Claire. "Economic Approaches to Public and Private Land Conservation in the United States." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2007. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/HudnorAC2007.pdf.

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Rodriguez, Arellano Jose Luis. "Conceptual framework to estimate economic feasibility of groundwater banking on agricultural land." Thesis, University of California, Davis, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1604062.

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Since 1865 California has practiced underground water storage through artificial recharge; however, in many parts of the state these efforts have been insufficient to meet its growing water demands, particularly for irrigated agriculture. During dry periods, vast agricultural areas depend upon groundwater for irrigation. In these areas, groundwater banking (GB) should be an essential strategy of their water management operations. GB is the practice of using surface water for percolation or injection into aquifers for later recovery. One variation of GB currently being studied in California is the use of agricultural lands for this practice (Ag-GB). Economic implications of Ag-GB need to be analyzed to inform water agencies and farmers interested in implementing this practice. This study proposes a conceptual model for determining the economic feasibility of Ag-GB at the irrigation district level. The Orland-Artois Water District (OAWD) in Glenn County is considered as the case study, and alfalfa as the test crop due to its tolerance to flooding and low use of pesticides and fertilizers which could leach into the aquifer. The proposed model consists of four components. The first component, the agricultural water demand calculator, calculates agricultural water demands based on historic land use, monthly reference evapotranspiration (ETo), monthly average precipitation, and average crop coefficient (Kc) values for the region. The second component, the aquifer mass balance model, is a one-bucket mass balance model that quantifies inflows and outflows to the simplified aquifer. The third component, the agronomic model, estimates costs and benefits of Ag-GB in terms of energy savings from pumping and crop production. The fourth component, the economic feasibility output, evaluates costs and benefits are evaluated to determine economic feasibility. The period of analysis is from 1993 through 2013.

Two policies (A and B) for implementation of Ag-GB are proposed and tested. Policy A proposes that all growers in OAWD pay for the implementation of the Ag-GB program. Policy B proposes that alfalfa growers using their lands for Ag-GB (Ag-GB alfalfa growers) are exempted from paying for Ag-GB implementation and the rest of the growers (non Ag-GB growers) pay for it. The economic analysis suggests that Policy A brings more costs than benefits to the Ag-GB alfalfa growers and hence is rejected as feasible. Policy B seems to bring more benefits than costs to all growers in OAWD and therefore it has potential to be economically feasible under the assumptions and limitations of the model.

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Malykina, D. "Environmental principles of land use as a factor of environmental and economic security of farms." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2015. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/40744.

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Lewis, David. "Public Conservation Land and Economic Growth in the Northern Forest Region." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2001. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/LewisDJ2001.pdf.

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Murphy, Joseph M. "Unplatted land division's effects on resource productive lands : a study of the Michigan Land Division Act." Virtual Press, 1999. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1125087.

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For nearly thirty years, the Subdivision Control Act of 1967 (SCA) was the state statute that governed land division in Michigan. The SCA allowed for an indiscriminant pattern of large lot, rural land division that challenged, if not destroyed, viable land resource production. In 1996, the Michigan Legislature passed the Land Division Act (LDA), which repealed and replaced the title and certain sections of the SCA. The LDA attempts to eliminate many of the results that the former statute had on rural land by establishing fewer division before platting is required and offering incentives to retain greater percentages of the parcel being partitioned. This research examines the current efficiency of the incentives, to retain 60% or more of the original parcel, in Eaton and Montmorency counties, which represent two scenario locations. The findings reveal that the incentives have not been utilized in Montmorency County and minimally utilized in Eaton County. Those unplatted land divisions that utilized the incentives, commonly referred to as "bonus" parcels, are located in rural regions, with predominantly agricultural land cover, in proximity to urbanized areas. The results indicate that the incentives under the LDA have been minimally applied and have not yet helped retain significant portions of resource productive land in Michigan.
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Ekbom, Anders. "Economic analysis of soil capital, land use and agricultural production in Kenya." Göteborg : Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2077/8469.

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Hiep, Nguyen Trong. "Economic Evaluation of Transportation Infrastructure Development with Computable Urban Economic Model --A Case of Hanoi,Vietnam." 京都大学 (Kyoto University), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/188569.

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Bernardino, Luis Alberto Araújo. "The role of resources in the internationalisation of high technology SMEs in Portugal." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2006. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2393/.

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Drawing on the Resource-Based View of the Firm (RBV) the study suggests a set of mainly knowledge-based resources, specific to high technology SMEs, at firm and individual levels, explaining why in the same industry, some firms consistently outperform others in international markets. A conceptual framework drawing on the RBV and on Transaction Costs Economics (TCE) was developed and operationalised. Empirical research proceeded in two phases. Phase one involved 12 exploratory interviews, respectively with 8 chief executives of high technology SMEs and with 4 experts and academics in the area of enquiry. The role of these exploratory interviews was to qualitatively identify and examine valuable resources to high technology SMEs emphasised or not in the extant literature and that have been included in phase two, which was concerned with a mail survey where 106 firms filled and returned the questionnaire. The data collected provided the basis upon by using multivariate statistical techniques three sets of hypotheses, were developed, tested and discussed: (i) to examine the impact that resources have on firm international performance; (ii) to examine the influence that resources have on the entry mode in the main foreign market: independent vs. contractual arrangement; (iii) to examine the relationship between the use of a contractual arrangement in the main foreign market entry mode and performance in that same market, while considering resources as moderator influences in that relationship. The study main findings suggest the great importance for high technology SME superior international performance of the human capital of the entrepreneur/chief executive as well as the need of building a stronger technology-base through a greater emphasis on R&D activities, by hiring high skilled personnel and capitalising on continuous innovations based on technologies that are new to the market.

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Zikhali, Precious. "Land reform, trust and natural resource management in Africa /." Göteborg : [Department of Economics, School of Economics and Commercial Law] : University of Gothenburg, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2077/18382.

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Stuart, Neil. "An evaluation of a geographical information system (GIS) for the inventory and analysis of regional land resources." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.252785.

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Kalisa, Thierry. "Economic valuation of ecosystems and natural resources." Thesis, Lyon 2, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014LYO22004.

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Cette thèse a pour but d'étudier les méthodes d'évaluation des ressources environnementales : la méthode des Coûts de Transport (CT) à préférences révélées et la méthode d'évaluation contingente (EC) à préférences déclarées afin de proposer les contributions suivantes. Dans le chapitre 1, nous montrons qu'il est possible si les données sur les deux méthodes sont disponibles pour les mêmes observations, d'obtenir une meilleure mesure de la disposition à payer (DAP) par la combinaison des deux méthodes en utilisant la technique du maximum de vraisemblance simulé. Dans le chapitre 2, nous montrons qu'une nouvelle approche: le "special regressor" pourrait être une solution pour traiter les problèmes d'endogénéité en EC. En utilisant des données sur la DAP pour réduire les risques subjectifs de mortalité due à la présence d' Arsenic dans l'eau potable , nous montrons que le problème d'endogénéité du niveau subjectif de risque de mortalité peut être réglé efficacement. Enfin dans le chapitre 3, en utilisant une nouvelle enquête sur l'électrification rurale au Rwanda, nous proposons un nouveau design de la méthode d'EC en permettant aux personnes interrogées de choisir entre une contribution en temps ou en argent. Ainsi, en plus de mesurer une DAP classique, nous obtenons aussi une disposition à contribuer du temps mesurée en jours, qui est une mesure aussi voire même plus pertinente que la DAP dans le contexte d'un pays en développement
This dissertation aims at investigating the methods of the environmental resources valuation: revealed preferences Travel Cost (TC) method and stated preferences Contingent Valuation (CV) method in order to propose the following contributions. In chapter 1, we show that it is possible if both CV and TC data are available for the same observations, to obtain a better measure of willingness to pay (WTP) by combining the two methods using Simulated maximum Likelihood technique. In chapter 2, we show that the new special regressor approach could be a solution to treat endogeneity issues in CV. Using data on WTP for reducing subjective mortality risks due to arsenic in drinking water, we show that the endogeneity of the subjective mortality risk level can be treated effectively. Finally in chapter 3, using a new survey about rural electrification in Rwanda, we propose a new design for the CV method by allowing people to choose between a contribution in time or in money. Thus, in addition to measure a conventional WTP, we also obtain a willingness to contribute time measure which is as or even more relevant than WTP in the context of a developing country

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Faris, Robert Martin. "Conservation and development on the frontier : an assessment of household land use in Nicaragua /." Thesis, Connect to Dissertations & Theses @ Tufts University, 2003.

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Submitted to the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 2002.
Adviser: Steve Block. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 182-195). Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community. Also available via the World Wide Web;

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Kovalskyy, Valeriy. "Application of Heuristic Optimization Techniques in Land Evaluation." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2004. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1102709552.

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Omokanye, Akim Tunde, University of Western Sydney, of Science Technology and Environment College, and Centre for Horticulture and Plant Sciences. "Biological and economic evaluation of maize-based cropping systems for Nigerian smallholders." THESIS_CSTE_HPS_Omokanye_A.xml, 2004. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/797.

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Indigenous African shifting cultivation production systems, that were developed over many generations and took into account production potential as well as the constraints imposed by natural resources, are no longer practicable for Nigerian smallholder farmers. These systems relied on long fallow for fertility restoration after a period of cropping. Overpopulation has resulted in lower per capita land availability, necessitating a shift to sedentary cultivation systems. In such systems, fallow is short term (months) compared to shifting systems, where it lasted several years. This shift has resulted in overexploitation of land resources and despite intensification of agricultural production methods, non-sustainable demand on the natural resource base has increased and crop and animal production has declined. This study examined the performance of five maize-based cropping systems consisting of cereal-legume, cereal-cereal and cereal bare fallow rotations, to identify systems that have potential for increased agricultural production in the subhumid and mid-altitude zones of Nigeria. The study was conducted at Richmond, near Sydney, in NSW, Australia from 2000 to 2003. The trial investigated the effects of the combined use of legumes and N fertilizer in CSs to maintain or improve soil fertility, maize crop and maize storage silage production and yield and quality of all crop residues. This study showed that inclusion of a legume in the rotation is an important production and income generating strategy. Owing to their potential for increased maize productivity, to build up N-rich systems and to improve small holder levels of farm income, cropping systems with legumes should therefore be given more research attention in Nigeria
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Nimmo, Jennifer M. "Development of a database system for the evaluation of land resources for planning and development in Somalia." Thesis, University of York, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.294038.

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Chung, Wing-keung Bishop, and 鍾永強. "Economic analysis of land use planning and development in New Territories." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31257136.

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Гордієнко, Віта Павлівна, Вита Павловна Гордиенко, and Vita Pavlivna Hordiienko. "Еколого-економічна ефективність використання земель сільськогосподарського призначення." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2010. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/51510.

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У дисертації представлено нове вирішення наукової задачі удосконалення теоретичних та науково-методичних положень щодо оцінки еколого-економічної ефективності використання земель сільськогосподарського при-значення. Проведено аналіз сучасного стану землекористування в Україні та виявлено еколого-економічні протиріччя; досліджено економічні аспекти раціонального та екологічно безпечного використання земельних ресурсів; розвинуто систему еколого-економічних показників використання земель сільськогосподарського призначення, розроблено новий науково-методичний підхід до визначення еколого-економічного результату від їх використання; поглиблено методичні основи вартісної оцінки сільськогосподарських земель з урахуванням екологічного фактора; розроблено засади еколого-економічної паспортизації земельних ділянок; запропоновано науково-методичні підходи до еколого-економічного обґрунтування можливості створення спеціальних сировинних зон, які відповідають умовам екологічно безпечного виробництва сільськогосподарської продукції.
У дисертації представлено нове вирішення наукової задачі удосконалення теоретичних та науково-методичних положень щодо оцінки еколого-економічної ефективності використання земель сільськогосподарського при-значення. Проведено аналіз сучасного стану землекористування в Україні та виявлено еколого-економічні протиріччя; досліджено економічні аспекти раціонального та екологічно безпечного використання земельних ресурсів; розвинуто систему еколого-економічних показників використання земель сільськогосподарського призначення, розроблено новий науково-методичний підхід до визначення еколого-економічного результату від їх використання; поглиблено методичні основи вартісної оцінки сільськогосподарських земель з урахуванням екологічного фактора; розроблено засади еколого-економічної паспортизації земельних ділянок; запропоновано науково-методичні підходи до еколого-економічного обґрунтування можливості створення спеціальних сировинних зон, які відповідають умовам екологічно безпечного виробництва сільськогосподарської продукції.

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Гордієнко, Віта Павлівна, Вита Павловна Гордиенко, and Vita Pavlivna Hordiienko. "Роль екологічних факторів у визначенні економічної оцінки сільськогосподарських угідь." Thesis, Тернопіль, 2009. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/60332.

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Необхідність у проведенні об’єктивної оцінки землі зумовлена потребами земельної реформи в Україні та практичними потребами землевласників та землекористувачів. Як відомо, залежно від мети та методів проведення оцінка земель поділяється на бонітування ґрунтів, економічну та грошову оцінки

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Dahlgren, Johan, Therese Rosengren, and Caroline Rådestad. "Thailand De tusen leendenas land : En studie om massturismens negativa konsekvenser." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Social Sciences, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-3772.

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The purpose of this thesis is to investigate if there exists a superiority between developed and developing countries, which then in turn effects the negative consequences, for the local inhabitants of Thailand, that follow from mass tourism.

To be able to answer the questions that we have selected for this thesis, we chose to perform open interviews with six respondents which were all involved in the tourism industry in Thailand. Four of the interviews were carried out on location in Thailand. In order to deepen our understanding of the selected questions even further literary studies have been made as well. The theories we have chosen concern the topics of imperialism and figurations.

Our empirical material gave significant results. It showed that there is indeed an imbalance of power between the western world and Thailand. The relationship between the two exists due to an uneven distribution of economic resources, the majority of which can be found in the western world today. This means that tourists who possess these resources have the opportunity to travel to Thailand on their own terms, they get to dictate the journey to suit themselves. The desire to earn money is so great for the Thai people that there is hardly any concern for what consequences the tourism might cause. The relationship of power that exists between Thailand and the western world today is constantly reproduced. This leads to devastating consequences for Thailand and its inhabitants. Mass tourism generates consequences such as pollution of the environment, revenue leakage and prostitution.

Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka om det existerar en överordning mellan utvecklade och utvecklingsländer vilken i så fall påverkar de negativa konsekvenser som uppstår, för lokalbefolkningen, till följd av massturismen i Thailand.

För att finna svar på våra frågeställningar har vi valt att utföra öppna intervjuer med sex stycken respondenter som alla är verksamma inom turistindustrin i Thailand. Fyra av intervjuerna genomfördes på plats i Thailand. För att ytterligare fördjupa förståelsen för våra valda problemställningar har litteraturstudier genomförts. De teorier vi har valt att utgå från behandlar ämnena imperialism och figurationer.

Det insamlade materialet var mycket talande och visade att det råder ett maktförhållande mellan västvärlden och Thailand. Maktförhållandet existerar på grund av den ojämna fördelningen av ekonomiska tillgångar som råder i världen, tillgångar som idag till stor del återfinns i västvärlden. Detta innebär att turister som innehar dessa resurser har möjlighet att resa till Thailand och diktera villkoren för hur de önskar att resan bör se ut. Önskan om att tjäna pengar är, för thailändarna, så pass stor att det knappt förekommer någon reflektion över vilka konsekvenser turismen för med sig. Maktförhållandet som idag råder mellan Thailand och västvärlden reproduceras ständigt. Detta leder till förödande konsekvenser för Thailand och dess befolkning. Massturismen ger konsekvenser såsom miljöförstöring, inkomstläckage och prostitution.

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Ogrodowczyk, Joseph Daniel. "Policies Affecting Production Practices and Adoption of Integrated Pest Management for Jamaican Farmers in Ebony Park, Clarendon." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31602.

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Farmers' decisions to adopt Integrated Pest Management (IPM) technologies depend on the profitability of IPM systems relative to the traditional production methods. Government policies may affect the profitability of the IPM technologies. A linear programming model was developed and used to evaluate the economic incentives for adoption of Integrated Pest Mangement (IPM) practices by Jamaican farmers in Ebony Park, Clarendon. Further analysis was completed to determine the affect of policy changes on the profitability of the IPM systems. The objective function of the model was to maximize net returns above variable costs for the farm and included: ten cropping systems, resource constraints, relative prices, and government policies facing the farm. Resource constraints included risk constraints limiting the maximum acreage planted for each crop. Potential crops grown by the farm included: IPM and conventional hot pepper, IPM and conventional sweet potato, IPM and conventional callaloo, corn, pumpkin, cassava, and sugar cane. The trade and domestic policies incorporated into the model were: preclearance (farm level inspections of exportable harvest), elimination of the concessionary water rates to farmers, lowering the duty concession rate to farmers, lowering the Common External Tariff, appreciation of the real exchange rate, elimination of the credit subsidy and a fall in the real interest rate. The results of the model showed four major conclusions. First, the IPM systems for hot pepper, sweet potato and callaloo were more profitable than the conventional systems. Second, within the framework of risk constraints and preclearance, the IPM systems continued to be more profitable than the conventional practices. Third, the elimination of either the water or credit subsidies currently available to the farmers did not greatly affect the profitability of the IPM systems compared with the profitability of conventional production. Fourth, with a lower real interest rate, the elimination of the duty concession, a lowering of the Common External Tariff (CET) or an appreciation of the real exchange rate, the IPM systems were more profitable than the conventional technologies. Four implications arose from the conclusions. First, extension efforts towards farmers should emphasize the increase in profits from the IPM technologies. Second, policy steps designed to liberalize the domestic economy will not require offsetting policies supporting the adoption of IPM by farmers in Clarendon. Further research is needed on the effects of water availability on IPM adoption and the potential barriers to IPM adoption by female-headed households. Finally, further research is on the economic returns of incorporating preclearance education with IPM.
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Sangarwe, Margaret. "Evaluation and use of economic incentives in the sustainable management of communally owned natural resources, the CAMPFIRE experience." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape7/PQDD_0001/MQ45150.pdf.

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Park, Sang-Jeong. "Investigation of factors influencing the determination of discount rate in the economic evaluation of mineral development projects." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11292009-082936/.

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Aydemir, Mehmet Olcay. "Critical Evaluation Of The Energy Resources Of Turkey With Respect To The World Prospects." Master's thesis, METU, 2010. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/2/12611937/index.pdf.

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Existing petroleum and natural gas reserves, which are the major supplies of primary energy demand of the world, are cumulated in a few countries. This causes a serious supply security problem for many countries. On the other side, greenhouse gas emissions caused by mainly fossil fuels are gradually increasing to a point which jeopardizes the future of the earth. By now, countries have to consider both their supply security and this global environmental problem while planning their energy future. For Turkey, a developing country, economic growth is to be added as a third parameter of the solution of this energy equation. In this study, firstly, Turkey'
s existing fossil and alternative energy resources potential is examined. In the second part, international acts against climate change problem and Turkey'
s position in this issue is analyzed. In the third part, the relation between economic growth, energy and environment is discussed. Finally, in consideration with supply security, climate change and economic growth, a brief analyze for Turkey is performed. Study shows that these three parameters are strongly interconnected, especially for fossil resources this leads to some conflictual situations. Comparing with OECD countries, energy is an important factor for economic growth in Turkey. Depending on this fact, Turkey can better give priority to supply security and take an environmental responsibility appropriate to its special condition. It is concluded that Turkey should start with the emission mitigation methods which do not threaten the supply security much, such as forestation, energy conservation and efficiency. Since coal is predicted to continue its popularity in the future, clean coal technologies and carbon capture-storage options gain more importance. For long term, state-sanctioned utilization of renewable resources and carefully planned nuclear development are found to be the most promising solutions for replacing coal and imported natural gas in power generation.

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Menzies, Greig Hamilton. "An economic evaluation of a wind power electricity generating farm in South Africa." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/18156.

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Thesis (MComm (Economics)--Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2011.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Renewable energy technology has received much attention over recent years. The depletion of known fossil fuel reserves and the volatility of international fuel prices require that society looks beyond the current coal-dominated electricity generation methods. Wind energy is an internationally well-established technology with large markets in major countries around the world, such as the USA and Germany. South Africa has the potential to generate large amounts of electricity from the wind because of the strength of the country’s wind resource. The long coast line and open areas are ideal for the exploitation of wind energy.
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Harbour, Tiffany Kwader. "Evaluation of the Brazilian Agrarian Reform Objective: Agricultural Production Yield Change." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3247.

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Brazil has an active agrarian reform policy program, publicly organized by the federal government and publicly administered at the state level by the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform. The objective of the agrarian reform policy program is to retitle unproductive and underproductive rural lands to increase agricultural production and land use. Previous agrarian reform researchers have examined quantities of land redistributed, rural technology developments, and the impact of social movements on land redistribution, but a knowledge gap remains regarding the correlation of agricultural production yields in rural municipalities before and after policy program participation. The State of CearÃ¡ has undertaken continuous land redistribution efforts between 1975 and 2006. For this longitudinal study, an agricultural production yield t-test analysis was conducted for the Brazilian State of CearÃ¡ with the marked time-series data collection for 1990, 1996, 2000, and 2006. The research and evaluation of the agrarian reform policy program used publicly available, secondary data from the Government of Brazil's Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics and the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform. The correlated analysis was organized by group: municipalities with a high-rate of agrarian reform participation and municipalities with a no-rate level of agrarian reform participation. By marking the point of program participation at 1996, the time-series t test identified marked agricultural production increases as correlated to agrarian reform policy program participation. The results can be used to justify agrarian reform programs, to promote further rural infrastructure development, and to support poverty alleviation efforts.

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Mpofu, Khulekani. "Evaluation of the performance of community-based natural resources management (CBNRM) projects along an aridity gradient in Botswana." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006063.

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The Botswana Community Based Natural Resources Management (CBNRM) programme started in 1989. Its aims were to promote sustainable development through sustainable natural resources management and utilisation to improve rural livelihoods. The country CBNRM programme has recorded mixed outcomes and this has raised questions on the programme performance throughout the country. Since the programme has been recognised as one of the eight main livelihood strategies for rural communities in Botswana, there was a need to evaluate the programme performance and determine the factors that influence it. This thesis therefore evaluated the performance of CBNRM projects along an aridity gradient in Botswana and by so doing answered the two research questions of: (1) What factors influence the performance of CBNRM? And (2) how does aridity influence the performance of CBNRM programmes? Performance was determined in terms of financial benefits generated by CBNRM projects and the projects adherence to the CBNRM principles. Data were collected from seven selected CBNRM projects covering three aridity zones (wet, medium rainfall and dry areas) in the country. Data were also collected from key informants and community based organisations (CBO) project managers. Research findings have indicated differences in the performance of CBNRM projects across the identified three aridity zones. Factors that influenced the performance of CBNRM projects varied among the three aridity zones. These factors included: existence of complimentary rules and regulations for managing CBNRM projects; literacy levels of communities involved in CBNRM; ethnic composition of the project communities; historic and current socio-economic trends within communities; collaboration between CBNRM institutions and other local level institutes; amount of benefits generated through the projects; ability of institutions to resolve outstanding issues in time and type of CBNRM project. Research results also indicated that there was variation in the performance of CBNRM projects across the three aridity zones. Aridity was found to directly influence the performance of CBNRM projects through its influence on the amount of revenues that projects generated.

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Haule, Kallisto L. "The influence of rainfall distribution, landscape positions and soil characteristics on the evaluation of land resources for rainfed agriculture in Tanzania." Thesis, University of Reading, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.358213.

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Kong, Taryn M. "Understanding Land Management and Desertification in the South African Kalahari with Local Knowledge and Perspectives." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/268615.

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Desertification, or land degradation in drylands, is a serious environmental problem in South Africa with tremendous socio-economic consequences. Land users' perspectives on land management practices and knowledge about their rangelands have been poorly represented in the discourse of land degradation in South Africa. We addressed this knowledge gap by examining three participatory methods to capture local knowledge and perspectives, as well as the relation between knowledge, attitude and practice status relative to three land management actions done by livestock farmers in the South African Kalahari. Photo elicitation captured a greater level of detail and new information compared to semi-structured interviews alone, while enhancing researchers' understanding of farmers' knowledge and perception in multiple ways. The photovoice group discussions led to farmers' engagement in reflective dialogues, which facilitated mutual learning among the farmers. We found that a high level of knowledge and positive attitude alone did not always result in actual full scale practice. Situational factors such as limited financial resources, inadequate farm infrastructure, farm size, and land tenure were given by farmers as constraints or challenges to their land management. We further examined how effective local knowledge and remotely sensed data were in assessing the veld condition in the Kalahari Duneveld. The farmers' assessment of veld condition corresponded to field measured grass, shrub and bare ground cover. The three vegetation metrics calculated from remotely sensed images (i.e., Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Soil-Adjusted Vegetation Index (SAVI), and the tasseled cap greenness) all correlated poorly to the measured vegetation cover because of the excess spectral noise caused by the high iron oxide content in the Kalahari sand. Local perspectives and knowledge have potential to augment traditional ground-based rangeland assessment and contribute in the combat against desertification by offering a more holistic view of land management.

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Taljaard, Daniel Jacobus. "The evaluation of different technologies to restore old cultivated lands / Daniel Jacobus Taljaard." Thesis, North-West University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2128.

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Garcia, Denise Tanya. "An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Multiple Approaches to Long-Term Change Detection Applicable to Southwestern United States: A Case Study of the San Simon Watershed." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/228471.

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Watersheds in the Southwest, particularly the San Simon Watershed in Arizona, have been experiencing degradation since the turn of the century through processes of erosion and vegetation change. Mitigation and management actions rely on long-term assessment of landcover change; however, traditional methods of ground assessment are time-consuming and specific to particular sites. Remote sensing techniques can be an alternative method to assess landcover change over extensive areas. Forage inventory surveys and historical monitoring data were assessed for utility in landcover change detection. The contemporary remotely-sensed classifications included 2001 SwReGAP data and a CART classification of 2010 Landsat TM data. The CART classification was aided by shrub cover analysis of NAIP aerial photography. It was found that 1930s Grazing inventories were compatible with contemporary satellite image classifications for large-scale landcover change detection.

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Smith, Darrell Jon. "A values-based wood-fuel landscape evaluation : building a fuzzy logic framework to integrate socio-cultural, ecological, and economic value." Thesis, University of Cumbria, 2014. http://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/3191/.

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In meeting the UK Government's national and international renewable energies commitments and their role in UK energy security, decarbonisation of energy use, carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation, the recognition of a potential for considerable scaling up of UK woodland coverage is emphasised. Also, UK forestry has increasingly become realigned with the global sustainability agenda encompassing issues such as native woodlands, the decline of woodland biodiversity, the Government’s quality of life indicators, and ideas of socio-cultural, ecological and economic landscape scale values. Accordingly, socio-cultural interaction with the natural world places structure and components into the landscape, the subsequent combinations of which are characterised by consequent ecological and economic conditions. As a consequence compositional, structural, spatial and temporal differences produce different value outcomes. This thesis explores these value outcomes illustrating the multi-dimensional nature of the relationships that society experience with their surrounding landscape, across a range of case study wood-fuel producing landscapes. The case study landscapes describe traditional silvo-pastoral management, Natura 2000 forest, primarily managed around ideas of ecosystem goods and services, co-operatively and commercially owned sustainable forestry. Differences in value are observed between and within landscapes, value domains and value components. These differences reflect tensions that exist between sustainability and society’s continued use of natural resources. Consequently value articulates the nature of relationships between and within multiple value components, characterised by competing socio-cultural, ecological, economic interests. Thus value, as a concept, is built through an understanding of the connected, embedded nature of society’s relationship with the natural world. Using a novel fuzzy logic modelling based approach to valuation, the consequences of land-use choices and the associated changes across socio-cultural, ecological and economic value domains are made visible. Understanding the complex nature of these interrelated and interdependent relationships can inform the political and institutional decision making and policy setting process. In this manner knowledge of interaction, interdependence and the reality of trade-offs, consistent with systems describe by finitude, can support and facilitate deliberative discourse. Where the true nature of value is considered an emergent property expressed through an appreciation of the value components and the outcomes of their relationships. Thus value is fundamentally a comparative property and not the outcome of an accumulative argument.

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Rigard, Sarah. "Critique of a Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Method Applied to Residential Open Space." DigitalCommons@USU, 2010. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/643.

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To this date, little research has been done evaluating the quality of wildlife habitat provided by open space in residential areas. Quality wildlife habitat for the purposes of this study is defined as those areas which contain the physical and biological characteristics necessary to support native wildlife species of the region. This thesis critiqued a wildlife habitat assessment method used in a nationwide study of residential open space for the purpose of better understanding the research conducted by the study and to inform similar, future habitat evaluations of landscapes altered by human activity to accommodate residential land use. The methodology critiqued was a low resolution, habitat based, rapid assessment. The methodology provided information on the ecological function of the open space in each development and related that information to individual wildlife species needs to provide an estimation of habitat quality. However, an increase in sampling frequency and additional data collection would have improved the assessment.

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Sayed, Ahmed Sayed Ahmed [Verfasser], and Eva-Maria [Akademischer Betreuer] Pfeiffer. "Evaluation of the land resources for agricultural development - case study : El-Hammam Canal and its extension, NW Coast of Egypt / Ahmed Sayed Ahmed Sayed. Betreuer: Eva-Maria Pfeiffer." Hamburg : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1031756876/34.

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Senkyr, Kristen Lauren. "The Role of Habitat Restoration and Conservation in the Changing Socio-economic Conditions of Grant County, Oregon." PDXScholar, 2012. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/463.

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Habitat restoration has socio-economic as well as biophysical impacts. In Grant County, Oregon a recent influx of funding and technical resources for habitat restoration has led to focused monitoring efforts there to better understand the impacts. This study explores how local land use and land management practices are changing in Grant County as a result of restoration and other drivers. In-depth interviews were conducted with 17 landowners, land managers, and long time residents to document the change they have observed and identify how they are adapting. The results suggest that many interconnected social, economic, and ecological changes have taken place in Grant County in the recent past, of which the increased focus on restoration and conservation is just one. Other significant changes include the decline of the timber industry, shifting land ownership patterns, intensified regulation of natural resources, and increased environmental awareness. Ways that the community is adapting and additional ways in which they might more successfully adapt to these changes were identified. Recommendations for how to contribute to a more resilient Grant County are presented for the regulatory, academic, and scientific communities.

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Старченко, Людмила Володимирівна, Людмила Владимировна Старченко, Liudmyla Volodymyrivna Starchenko, and Т. О. Чмель. "Методичні основи оцінки еколого-економічного стану регіону." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2011. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/11950.

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Harbaugh, Isabel. "Non-farm Rural Employment in Latin America: Help Small Landowners Make the Transition." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/682.

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For many of Latin America’s small farmers, a future in agriculture may be short lived. Due to increasing mechanization, land consolidation, and globalization, the demand for agricultural labor is declining, and small landowners are feeling the brunt of this change. Given this reality, the non-farm rural economy should become a much greater priority on the rural development agenda. Many non-farm positions demonstrate significant potential for poverty alleviation, but these jobs often present substantial barriers to entry. In order for smallholders to access these positions rather than low-skilled, low-productivity, and low-paying jobs, government involvement is essential. By helping small farmers build non-farm skills and knowledge, facilitating profitable land transactions, and fostering a business environment that supports rural job creation, governments can ensure that small farmers are not only able to transition to non-farm employment, but that they are able to do so in a way that maximizes the impact on overall rural welfare.

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Chigumira, Easther. "An appraisal of the impact of the Fast Track Land Reform Programme on land use practices, livelihoods and the natural environment at three study areas in Kadoma District, Zimbabwe." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005489.

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This research appraises the impact of the Fast Track Land Reform Programme at three resettled communities in Kadoma District, Zimbabwe. In particular it assesses the livelihood practices of land recipients and their effects on the natural environment. Two of the communities, Lanteglos and CC Molina were resettled under the A1 villagised and self-contained settlement scheme and are found in the Natural Farming Region III. Pamene, the third community, was resettled under the A2 small-scale commercial settlement scheme and is found in the Natural Farming Region IIb. Multiple research methods including household surveys, interviews, observations, reviews of literature and map construction through the use of Geographic Information Systems, allowed for the collection of empirical, descriptive, and spatial data to provide for the appraisal. The land use practices included dry land crop production, livestock rearing, vegetable gardening and exploitation of the natural environment for a variety of purposes. Farming was mostly subsistence with the use of traditional equipment by all three communities. Tenure was perceived to be insecure by beneficiaries and although a variety of papers to show ownership were held, none provided for leasing or freehold tenure. Despite acquiring natural capital from the resettlement process, the findings of this research show low levels of financial, physical and social capital amongst beneficiaries. Moreover climatic variability, the declining macro-economic and unstable political environment and little support from government have adversely affected the livelihoods of beneficiaries. The implication of all this has been a reduction in livelihoods that are based solely on agricultural production, leading to off-farm practices primarily exploiting the natural environment. The long term effect would be increased degradation of the environment, leading to reduced arable and grazing land, and thereby hindering sustainable livelihoods from farming. Recommendations are proposed based on this research’s findings being typical in Zimbabwe. Central to this is the need for government to revise its present land policy and, provide for a comprehensive and holistic land policy that should be based on the vision of how agriculture should evolve in Zimbabwe

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Punys, Petras. "Navigacijos sąlygų gerinimo Nemuno upės ruože Kauno HE-Druskininkai ekonominis-socialinis įvertinimas." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2009. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2009~D_20090603_100329-18367.

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Rengiant mokslinius tiriamuosius darbus, galimybių studijas, investicinius projektus bei kitus įvairių objektų plėtros galimybes apibūdinančius dokumentus, dažnai atliekama išsami techninė analizė, nuošalyje paliekant ekonominį-socialinį įvertinimą, viena tai lemiančių problemų – nesukurta universali ekonominio-socialinio įvertinimo metodika. Siekdama supaprastinti ir suvienodinti objektų plėtros galimybių tyrimą ir pagrindimą ekonominiu-socialiniu aspektu Europos Komisija patvirtino metodiką „Guide to cost-benefit analysis of investment projects“. Darbo objektas - mokslinis tiriamasis darbas „Navigacijos sąlygų gerinimas Nemuno upės ruože Kauno HE-Lietuvos-Baltarusijos valstybių siena“. Jame pateikiama vandens kelio Kauno HE-Druskininkai plėtros galimybių analizė technologiniu bei ekonominiu aspektais. Norint nustatyti ruožo Kauno HE-Druskininkai paruošimo bei naudojimo laivybai užtikrinimo eksploatacinius kaštus, atsiperkamumą, įvertinti alternatyvius scenarijų variantus, būtina atlikti technologinį bei ekonominį-socialinį įvertinimus. Tai suponuoja tyrimo problemą – optimaliausio ekonominiu-socialiniu požiūriu scenarijaus parinkimą bei įvertinimą. Naudojantis ekonominės-socialinės metodikos gairėmis atliekama 2006 m. LŽŪU mokslininkų VĮ Vidaus Vandens kelių direkcijos užsakymu parengto mokslinio tiriamojo darbo „Navigacijos sąlygų gerinimas Nemuno upės ruože Kauno HE-Lietuvos-Baltarusijos valstybių siena“ duomenų analizė, siekiant parinkti technologiniu bei... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]
During prepare process of scientific researches, feasibility studies, investment projects and other objects development feasibilities documentation, the technical evaluation is performed often, the economical-social evaluation isn’t popular as the technical. One of the main problems – the universal methodology of economical-social evaluation isn’t created. European Commission decided to simplify and unify objects development feasibilities documentation, and the methodology “Guide to cost-benefit analysis of investment projects“ was confirmed. The object – scientific research “The navigation conditions development on Nemunas river section “Kaunas hydroelectric power station-Lithuanian-Belarus border””. The feasibility analysis of the Nemunas river section “Kaunas hydroelectric power station-Druskininkai” development is formulated by the technological and economical aspects. Trying to count the expenditure of the adjusting the river section for navigation, the rentability, evaluate alternative scenarios, the full technological and socio-economic evaluation is needed. The main problem of the research is the selection and evaluation of the optimal scenario by the socio-economical aspects. According to this methodology, the data analysis of scientific research of LUOA scientists “The navigation conditions development on Nemunas river section “Kaunas hydroelectric power station-Lithuanian-Belarus border”” was made, tried to select the most optimal navigation conditions development... [to full text]

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Favero, Edison. "Desmembramento territorial: o processo de criação de municípios - avaliação a partir de indicadores econômicos e sociais." Universidade de São Paulo, 2004. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3146/tde-20122004-125028/.

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O tema Emancipações Municipais tem ultimamente despertado várias discussões nos meios políticos, acadêmicos, institucionais e administrativos no Brasil. Para melhor compreender as motivações que levam a este processo, buscamos conhecer através do registro histórico, todo o processo anterior da criação dos municípios, incluindo a sua origem no Período Romano e a sua transferência para o Brasil pelos portugueses. Analisaremos a seguir o desempenho dos nossos municípios, na década de 90 último grande movimento emancipacionista no país, nos aspectos demográfico, físico, econômico, financeiro e social, e também através de dois indicadores básicos, recentemente desenvolvidos e aplicados nestas análises: o Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano Municipal IDH-M, da ONU e o Índice Paulista de Responsabilidade Social IPRS, da Fundação SEADE. A verificação do grau de desempenho econômico e social destes entes federativos, bem como a dependência financeira, em relação aos Estados e à União, em especial dos pequenos municípios, permitirá verificar os aspectos positivos e os negativos provocados no desenvolvimento econômico e social local, bem como nas finanças públicas em geral, de maneira que possamos detectar onde intervir com objetivos de aprimorar e fortalecer os pontos positivos, buscando corrigir as distorções deste processo emancipatório.
The theme Municipal Emancipations has raised several discussions in the political, academic, institutional and administrative spheres in Brazil. In order to better understand the motivations that lead to this process, the whole process of municipal districts creation was historically registered including the Roman origins and its transfer to Brazil. Performance analysis of Brazilian and São Paulo States municipal districts, in the past decade last big movement for municipal emancipation in the country, through demographic, physical, economical, financial and social aspects, and also using two basic indicators, recently developed and applied in such analysis: the Municipal Human Development Index (IDH-M), developed by the United Nations; and the Social Responsibility Index (IPRS), developed by SEADE Foundation. The performance assessment of these federative cells, as well as the financial dependence on State and Federal Governments particularly clear in the case of small municipal districts - allow to develop a concept on the current minimum requirements for municipal emancipations, to verify the positive and negative aspects involved, the reflections on local economy and on the public finances, so that it can guide interventions aiming to minimize distortions and to strengthen positive aspects of this process.

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Mmapulana, Edward Pola. "The city scorecard for effective performance management at the Johannesburg Metro Council / Edward Pola Mmapulana." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4796.

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Citizens of South Africa expect that the policy and regulatory changes introduced by government will be translated into tangible service delivery. Elected representatives, in particular, must demonstrate that national, provincial and local government are capable of managing public resources in a way that deliver benefits to its citizens. The ex- President Thabo Mbeki often used to speak about performance-driven public sector and has referred to the critical role that local government will play in this process. Municipalities which are at the coal-face of service delivery are being challenged to demonstrate their ability to execute both basic as well as enabling services crucial for social and economic growth and development. This challenge finds expression in the requirement that municipalities are expected to report on their performance, from both a civic and policy perspective. The present government is taking performance of government officials and politicians seriously. The Government has created a new ministry in the Presidency called Performance Mortitoring and Evaluation that will assist in ensuring that government performs better. The President of South Africa Mr. Jacob Zuma said that performance management works only if there is a mechartism to hold the people responsible and accountable City of Johannesburg (COJ) therefore looks at the effectiveness of City Scorecard (CS) in terms of performance management at the City of Johannesburg for enhanced performance of employees. The improved performance of employees is imperative for effective service delivery to communities. There were numerous protests all over the country between January and August 2009 including COJ against poor service delivery by different municipalities. It is therefore essential to identify the impact of City Scorecard on performance management of municipal employees. There is a close relationship between performance management and service delivery. The needs and expectations of the community are considered in Integrated Development Plan that assists the top Management of COJ to develop strategic objectives for the City. The priorities are established by the Mayor, commonly known as Mayoral priorities. The needs, priorities and strategies are combined, monitored and measured through City Scorecard (CS). The community is a yard stick of City Scorecard. The satisfaction of the community is a means to ensure that municipal officials are performing and rendering effective and efficient services to communities.
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Du, Plessis Lily Lozelle. "An assessment of selected non-water benefits of the Working for Water Programme in the Eastern and Southern Cape." Thesis, University of Port Elizabeth, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/340.

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1.1 Background to, and motivation for, the study: The Working for Water programme (WfW) is a public works programme designed to clear South Africa of water-consuming invasive alien tree and plants, and to replace them with low water consuming indigenous species. This would prevent a loss of more than 4000 million cubic metres water per annum from the hydrological cycle (DWAF, 1998). The economic viability of the programme has been established in the Western Cape and Kwazulu-Natal (van Wilgen, Little, Chapman, Görgens, Willems and Marais, 1997; Gilham and Haynes, 2001), but questioned in the Eastern and Southern Cape (Hosking, du Preez, Campbell, Wooldridge and du Plessis, 2002). Hosking et al. (2002) investigated the economic case for the programme by performing a Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA), based on increased water yield and livestock potential, on six selected sites in the Eastern and Southern Cape, viz. Albany, Kat River, Pot River, Tsitsikamma, Kouga and Port Elizabeth Driftsands.

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Кравченко, Ю. В. "Методи та моделі інформаційної підтримки землеоціночної діяльності." Thesis, Київський національний університет будівництва і архітектури, 2010. http://elar.nung.edu.ua/handle/123456789/1963.

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У дисертації викладено авторський підхід до вирішення науково-прикладної задачі удосконалення моделей і методів експертної грошової оцінки земель та інформаційної підтримки землеоціночної діяльності для забезпечення функціонування і сталого розвитку земельного ринку в Україні. Розроблено концептуальну модель інфраструктури інформаційного середовища. Запропоновано інформаційну модель профілю метаданих про виконані проекти експертної грошової оцінки земельних ділянок, яка відповідає вимогам міжнародного стандарту ISO 19115 «Географічна інформація - метадані». Розроблено структурну і функціональну моделі системи моніторингу земельного ринку та сформульовані принципи його ведення як складової системи державного управління земельними ресурсами. На основі теорії нечітких множин запропоновано моделі і методи інтелектуального пошуку та порівняння об’єктів-аналогів в базі даних проданих земельних ділянок. Розроблено структурно-функціональну модель інформаційного порталу як засобу доступу до бази даних проданих земельних ділянок та інших інформаційних ресурсів підтримки землеоціночної діяльності. Запропоновані моделі та методи доведено до практичної реалізації в програмному комплексі БД-ПРОДЗЕМ для створення, наповнення та підтримання в актуальному стані банку даних проданих земельних ділянок та інформаційному сайті ВГО «Спілка оцінювачів землі».
The author's approach to solving scientific and applied tasks of improving land evaluation activities through the development and implementation models of the components the information environment for monitoring the land market is presented in the dissertation. The urgency of information support land evaluation activities as the basis for the formation of financial and transparent conditions for the functioning of the land market is substantiated. The classification of information resources and analyzes the state of informatization land evaluation areas today are completed. The conceptual model of the information environment has been developed. An informational model of the metadata profile project expert valuation of land, which meets the requirements of ISO 19115 "Geographic information - Metadata", has been developed and detailed. The structural and functional models of monitoring the land market has been developed, the principles of his conduct as a component of public land management has been formulated. The models and methods for intelligent search and comparison object valuation has been proposed on the basis of the fuzzy sets. The structural model of the information portal is proposed as a means of access to databases and other information resources. The developed methods and models are applied in the program product BD-PRODZEM that creation, filling and support up date database of sold land parcels, and in the website of All-Ukrainian social organization «Land assessors union»

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Wiles, Kira Leigh Deborah. "Towards the feasibility of a landowner enterprise in the western Baviaanskloof : an external stakeholder analysis." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1012075.

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In May 2012, a meeting was held between various stakeholder representatives of the Western Baviaanskloof to discuss the concept of a proposed landowner-enterprise. This concept was put forward in response to a need for collaboration in the midst of economic, environmental and social issues at play in the Baviaanskloof. Owing to the conservation value and rapidly decreasing economic output of the land, a radical shift to sustainable land-use practices was called for by various stakeholders. Suggested as a vehicle to generate income for the local landowners through alternative sustainable land-uses, the proposed enterprise may aid in addressing this shift by use of a bottom-up approach. During the stakeholder meeting, it was requested by the representative landowners that a feasibility assessment be conducted on the concept of the proposed enterprise prior to establishment. As an integral part of this assessment, the researcher took on the task of investigating stakeholder reception to the enterprise by means of a stakeholder analysis. It was decided to limit this to three markets: water, carbon and tourism. The purpose of this research study is twofold, namely to: investigate stakeholder influence and their reception of the proposed enterprise using a stakeholder analysis; and also to identify and advise on the opportunities and constraints relating to stakeholders, thus contributing to determining the feasibility of the proposed enterprise. In achieving the purpose of this study, a systematic stakeholder analysis framework was constructed, based on existing theory. This was necessary because, although stakeholder analysis is commonly practiced, no study was found to provide a theoretically based framework for the purpose of feasibility in the initial stages of enterprise establishment. Thus the contribution of the study is also twofold, namely the practical outcome of determining stakeholder reception for feasibility, and a secondary outcome of constructing a stakeholder analysis framework. The stakeholder analysis framework is based on an interpretation of existing stakeholder theory, with the addition of four "relational indicators" – goals, intentions, relationships, and resources. These four indicators provide a link between theory and practice in gauging the two attributes of stakeholder influence – power and interest. Dealing with a number of stakeholder interests in a unique context, the study takes on a single network case study approach in the paradigm of phenomenology. To suit the complex nature of the study, semi-structured interviews with various stakeholder representatives were conducted, using groups or organisations as units of analysis. Drawing from the stakeholder analysis framework and overall purpose of the study, four research objectives were set. The first was to identify the proposed enterprise's legitimate key external stakeholders, based on the three markets: water, carbon and tourism; the second to describe, categorise and assess relative dyadic influence of the above stakeholders by gauging their power and interest; the third, to determine the stakeholder network influence and probable reception of the proposed enterprise; and the last to advise the landowners on any identified opportunities or constraints stakeholders might pose, and thus to contribute to determining feasibility. In addressing the first objective, 21 stakeholders were identified, 12 of whom were found to be key to the current investigation. These key stakeholders were: Gamtoos Irrigation Board (GIB), LivingLands, R3G, Rhodes Restoration Group, Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency (ECPTA), Department of Water Affairs (DWA), Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan (NMBM), Saaimanshoek, South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEDEAT), Baviaans Tourism, and Baviaans Municipality. In applying the stakeholder analysis framework, ECPTA was categorised as the definitive (most influential) stakeholder to the enterprise, and DEDEAT, SANBI (through Working for Wetlands), Baviaans Tourism, GIB, and NMBM were categorised as pivotal (influential and active). In discerning stakeholder interest in the proposed enterprise, a number of emerging themes were found to affect the projected interest and behaviour of stakeholders, apart from their specified goals. Emerging themes included: tunnel visioning, internal disparity, individual/personality clashes, and misaligned interests. In addition to this, in interpreting stakeholder interest, specific intentions or agendas that might affect the interest shown towards the proposed enterprise were also taken into account. Five predominant intentions of stakeholders were identified as: implementing a stewardship programme, establishing a tourism association, establishing a water users' association, social development, and "the big vision". Findings on the final objective revealed a number of perceived opportunities and constraints relative to the feasibility of the enterprise. Three prime opportunities were identified as: partnerships with definitive and pivotal stakeholders, the possibility of tendering for implementer of the "Working for" programmes, and taking on the role of Tourism Association. The following potential constraints were also emphasised by participants: social aspects such as individuals and personalities, the incompatibility or non-existence of local market structures, and the need for external funding. With regard to stakeholder reception, most of the stakeholders, with the exception of NMBM and Saaimanshoek, responded positively to the idea of the enterprise. Overall, based on participant perceptions, the tourism market was found to be the most feasible the carbon market uncertain and a long-term possibility, and the water market the least feasible.

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Perrotta, Robert J. "Evaluation of Soil Quality and Conservation versus Conventional Tillage Methods in Trumbull County." Youngstown State University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ysu1630013039975876.

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Hoyer, Robert Wesley. "Scenario Development and Analysis of Freshwater Ecosystem Services under Land Cover and Climate Change in the Tualatin and Yamhill River Basins, Oregon." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1512.

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Humans make decisions within ecosystems to enhance their well-being, but choices can lead to unintended consequences. The ecosystem services (ES) approach supports decision-making that considers all environmental goods and services. Many challenges remain in the implementation of the ES approach like how specific ES vary through space and time. We address this research problem using the Tualatin and Yamhill river basins in northwestern Oregon as a study area. Freshwater ES are quantified and mapped with the spatially-explicit ES modeling tool, Integrated Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST). In chapter II, we develop a simple urban land cover change modeling approach with selected stakeholder input. The products of this analysis are used in part to answer the question of how the freshwater ES of water yield, nutrient retention, and sediment retention will change in the future, and how their distribution potentially will change? In chapter III, these ES are modeled in InVEST using the land cover scenarios and three downscaled global climate models. The base period is 1981 to 2010 and the future period is 2036 to 2065. The models are calibrated to empirical estimates, and display different sensitivities to inputs. Water yield increases with higher rainfall but decreases with the highest temperature scenario. Nutrient export and retention estimates are positively correlated. In the Tualatin basin, more urban lands generally lead to increases in nutrient exports and retention. The effect is reversed in the Yamhill basin from much larger agricultural exports. Sediment exports and retention increase with higher winter rainfall but are negatively spatially correlated due to topographic effects. Simulation of a landscape scale installation of riparian buffers leads to decreases in exports and increases in retention. The distribution of the provision of freshwater ES remains unchanged throughout the scenarios. With few parameters in each InVEST model, all display a high degree of sensitivity. Parameterization is subject to high uncertainty even with calibrated values. We discuss the assumptions and limitations of InVEST's freshwater models. The spatially explicit nature of InVEST is its main advantage. This work coupled with other analyses in the study area can facilitate the identification of tradeoffs amongst ES leading to better ecosystem management.

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Hallowes, David, Mark Butler, David Fig, Greg Knill, Roben Penny, Gillian Watkins, and David Wiley. "Greening the RDP: people, environment, development: report of proceedings [of the] Environmental Justice Networking Forum Constitutive Conference, Kempton Park Conference Centre, 25-27 November 1994." Environmental Justice Networking Forum, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69373.

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The Environmental Justice Networking Forum’s first national conference had three major objectives: to constitute the organisation on a national basis; to make policy recommendations regarding the implementation of the RDP both for submission to government and as a guide to action by EJNFparticipants; to build and disseminate the workof thelDRC/ANC/ COSATU/ SACP/ SANCO International Mission on Environmental Policy (referred to here as the Mission). EJNF was in itiated at the Earthlife Africa International Environment Conference in 1992 at Pietermaritzburg. That conference mandated an interim national steering committee to guide a process of establishing an organised voice within civil society for environmental justice. It stipulated that the organisation should be formed on a regional basis leading up to the national constitution of EJNF at a national conference. The EJNF conference is thus the culmination of a two year process. During that time, meetings were held to establish EJNF in six regions: Gauteng, Northern Transvaal, Western Cape, Eastern Cape, KwaZulu- Natal and OFS. Participating organisations include women’s, rural, youth, religious and environmental organisations, unions, civics and service NGOs. Each region sent delegations to the national conference. Two other regions, Eastern Transvaal and Northern Cape, also sent delegations which will form the focus groups for establishing EJNF in those regions. Regional EJNF participant organisations also elected members to the national steering committee. They took office at the constitutive conference. The minutes of the constitutive session of the conference are not included here but are available from the EJNF national office. The EJNF delegates were joined by a number of guest delegates for the conference on Greening the RDP. They included members of national organisations which represent or work with the constitutuencies which EJNF is developing and researchers working in the sectors covered by the conference. Government was represented by Ministers Kader Asmal (Water Affairs) and Derek Hanekom (Land Affairs), by provincial MECs, by members of standing committees in parliament and provincial legislatures andby ministry or department officials.

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