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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Urban households"”.
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Women's fuel choices and fuel stacking practices in urban households : a narrative study
… economic, social and cultural factors some households consume a portfolio of energy sources such as coal, biomass fuel, paraffin, liquid petroleum gas (LPG) and solar power at different points. This phenomenon has been shown to characterise these households irrespective of their …
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Electricity use in urban households in China: occupancy patterns, attitudes, and policy initiatives
Urban population in China is expected to increase by 42% over the next two decades, and roughly 70% of the total population in China is estimated to be living in urban areas by 2030 (Berkelmans and Wang, 2012). With a higher level of living standards required in urban areas, increasing energy use …
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Urban Households' Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change in Mopani District, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… problematic. This thesis therefore examines Urban Households' Vulnerability, adaptation and response to Climate Change in Mopani District, Limpopo Province, South Africa. It assesses the households', communities‘ and spatial planning coping strategies in response to extreme climate change …
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Determinants of participation of Msunduzi local municipality’s peri-urban households in the digital finance economy
… of the degree of Master of Accounting, Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2024.
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A case study investigating family-school partnerships in a ‘high-performing’ primary school serving ‘low-income’ urban households in the Western Cape.
… a ‘high-performing’ primary school serving ‘low’ urban households in the Western Cape by exploring the nature and consequences of family-school partnerships and how it relates to learner achievement. It addressed the broader problem relating to the lack of family-school partnerships, particularly …
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An exploratory study of the resources used by, and the coping strategies of poor urban households affected by HIV/AIDS in Harare City.
… services due to ADS related illnesses. Many households have lost their principal breadwinners to the disease and have become impoverished as a result. Despite a myriad of interventions aimed at preventing the spread of the infection, and mitigating its effects on the health system, the …
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Poor Economics and the Long Term: Empirical Essays on Energy and Economic Poverty
… different aspects of poverty specific to urban and rural areas. The first two chapters examine energy access for poor urban households, emphasizing the need for effective energy policies that ensure access while considering environmental and climate impacts. The final two chapters analyze …
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Investigating Access to Wildlife and Other Natural Resources in the Urbanizing Amazon
… access natural resources along the gradient of urbanization. While Amazonian conservation and development policies have traditionally targeted rural areas, there is a growing need to consider the interconnectedness between urban, peri-urban (i.e. the area surrounding the urban center) and rural …
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Wealth, health, and inequality: a study of hyperinflation and households in Zimbabwe
… hyperinflation's effects on the well-being of households, its empirical chapters assessing changes in asset poverty, asset inequality and child malnutrition before and after the hyperinflation. The first empirical chapter assesses the shifts in asset poverty. Household holdings of physical …
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The Determinants of Urban Land and Property Values: The Case of Rwanda
… The paper seeks to determine the factor of urban housing values and their effects on the well-being of urban residents in terms of access to potable water, quality sanitation and other housing amenities. The study uses a total of 36 variables on structural, environmental and neighborhood …
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Economic Significance of Selective Export Promotion on Poverty Reduction and Inter-Industry Growth of Ethiopia
… export promotion, for instance, only rural households were able to achieve statistically significant income changes. More particularly, about 10 percent of rural households were drawn out of poverty while only 1.7 and 0.5 percent of small and large urban households overcame poverty. When …
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Urban housing affordability and housing policy dilemmas in Nigeria
… and employs it to examine the nature of urban housing affordability in Nigeria. The data used in this study are based on the Nigerian Living Standards Survey 2003-2004. The aggregate housing affordability model developed here measures housing affordability problems more accurately and …
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Water by truck in Mexico City
Supply of water to urban households by tanker truck in developing and advanced developing countries is often associated with early stages of urbanization or with the private markets on which water vendors serve households not connected to the piped network. Despite Mexico City's high household …
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Cost-Effective retrofit packages for low-middle income residential buildings in Nigeria
… generators in Nigeria represents 84% of total urban households that depends on gasoline or diesel-powered generator for electricity supply with the rest living without electricity. Fuel combustion of such generators produces poor indoor air quality and emits greenhouse gas emissions. More so, …
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Three Essays on Sustainable Economic Development: Experimental and Empirical Evidence from Financial Markets, the Gambling Industry, and Entrepreneurship
… This effect is particularly strong among urban households and in economically developed regions. Taken together, these essays contribute to the literature on sustainable economic development by demonstrating how behavioral design, corporate diversification, and policy-induced liquidity can …
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Analysing the effect of financial inclusion on income inequality in Namibia
… the effects was found to vary between rural and urban households with effects generally higher among urban than rural households. Third, financial inclusion was found to have a positive and significant effect across all quantiles of the income distribution, with greater effects in the higher …
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Integrated water resources management under uncertainty: exploring interconnected technological, infrastructural and institutional solutions
… scarce freshwater resources. Growing urban demands, land-use change, and a changing climate will further exacerbate regional vulnerability to water scarcity. The intensification of these trends creates several challenges for the future planning and management of water resources. In …
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Improving urban water quality for livelihoods enhancement in the Odaw-Korle river catchment of Accra, Ghana
… resources which provide opportunities for households are threatened by human activities that leads to pollution. The research objectives were to understand the contribution water makes to the livelihoods of urban and peri-urban households; the factors influencing perceptions, attitudes and …
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Operationalizing integrated household energy planning : the case of Malawi
… livelihood of farmers and the poorer segments of urban households, and on the environment, has led to extensive investments in energy research and household energy projects. Poor performance and failures of woodfuel projects and other policy interventions have led to a radical reconsideration and …
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Effectiveness of Waste Management Endeavors Managed by the Association for the Collection and Distribution of Recyclable Waste in Vingunguti Ward in Ilala Municipality Dar Es salaam
… process is occurring as a result of rapid urbanization at the time when the economic performance of these countries is generally poor. Besieged by a plethora of problems, urban authorities are generally seen as incapable of dealing with the problems of rapid urbanization. One major area in …
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