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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"rural economies"”.
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Three Essays on Groundwater and Tenancy Contracts in Rural Economies
The dissertation in hand deals with the phenomenon of informal markets for water and land in the agricultural sector of developing countries with a special emphasis on India. In the first part, I present data from a field study on informal groundwater markets conducted by myself in Tamil Nadu, …
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Homestays as Livelihood Strategies in Rural Economies: The case of Johar Valley, Uttarakhand, India
Munsiyari and Sarmoli, gateway villages to the Johar Valley, are the last points with motor vehicle access. This affords the villages a level of connectedness that the other villages in the valley are not provided. Consequently, Munsiyari and Sarmoli are home to multiple shops, tourist …
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THE EFFECTS OF FEDERAL LAND ON RURAL POPULATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND INCOME IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WEST
… over the role that federal land plays in shaping rural counties in the Western United States. Some argue that the restrictive policies imposed on federal lands harm rural economies because the extractive industry is not allowed to operate at its potential. Others believe that those restrictions …
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THE EFFECTS OF FEDERAL LAND ON RURAL POPULATION, EMPLOYMENT, AND INCOME IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN WEST
… over the role that federal land plays in shaping rural counties in the Western United States. Some argue that the restrictive policies imposed on federal lands harm rural economies because the extractive industry is not allowed to operate at its potential. Others believe that those restrictions …
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The Agricultural Household in Bangladesh: A Disaggregated Empirical Analysis With Particular Emphasis on the Demand for Food Calories
… empirical support to justify increased rate of rural and urban migration. Here we estimate the pattern of consumption behavior of urban and rural households and look for existing differences. Using Todaro's model of expected wages for a migrant worker, we calculate the net benefit derived from …
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Challenges for the New West: Economic impacts of wilderness in Nevada's rural counties
… lands through designation will undermine the rural economies in the west that are dependent upon extractive industries such as mining and logging. Proponents argue that the "Old West" reliance on extractive industries is declining and, in the "New West", wilderness promotes economic …
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A Comparative Study of Rural Water Governance in the Limpopo Basin
… of women and men in informal (and formal) rural economies of Sekororo, South Africa and Ward 17 in Gwanda, Zimbabwe which are both in the Limpopo basin. South Africa and Zimbabwe, like other southern African countries, embarked on IWRM inspired water reforms, culminating in the promulgation …
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Delinking economic development and mass incarceration : imagining new futures for rural communities
… an economic development strategy particularly in rural communities struggling with the loss of manufacturing jobs. However, many studies have shown that prisons often have weak linkages to the host community, and sometimes have negligible or even negative impacts on rural economies. A combination …
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Spatial Patterns on Virginia's Second Highest Peak: Land Cover Dynamics and Tree Mortality in Two Rare Ecosystems
… value and recreational areas that support nearby rural economies. This thesis investigated spatial patterns in both ecosystems on Whitetop. We documented a 24.73% decrease of in the extent of the southern Appalachian grass bald across 68 years through analysis of historical aerial photography. In …
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Adoption of non-traditional enterprises by Virginia farmers
… the role of non-traditional enterprises in rural economies and attempts to understand farmers’ decision to adopt non-traditional enterprises. Three separate mail surveys were conducted to collect socio-economic data from biological and organic, Angora goat, and ginseng farm enterprises. …
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Bodies That Struggle: A Study of the Use of Illness in Spanish Women's Writing, 1880--1920
… consequences of women's illness in working-class rural economies. At the same time, her novel ponders the agency found through illness, in spite of its debilitating effects. Moreover, her novel provides evidence to the cultural meaning of the term 'inapetencia' and its relationship to contemporary …
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City Farm Garden : countering the impacts of urban expansion in a rural valley in the Western Cape through a gardening approach to place-making
Globally, the uniqueness of rural landscapes is at risk of disappearing (Makhzoumi & Pungetti 1999:16, 24). Global changes threaten traditional landscapes, biodiversity and the structure of rural society, and impact local, regional and global ecological processes that will ultimately determine the …
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Agricultural commercialisation through innovation platforms: a case for goat production
… are of significance in marginalised, poor, and rural economies and this information has been well documented in scholarly research. Despite its importance and potential contribution, goat farming remains underutilised and undeveloped in the rural economy - particularly in South Africa. …
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Forest Framing
… and tools to restore forest ecology and boost rural economies. The proposal is situated in the context of Sweet Home, Oregon, a former logging community. Like many small towns across the United States, Sweet Home is in a state of social and ecological crisis, combating high poverty rates and …
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Linking environmental variation across the Scottish Highlands with red deer (Cervus elaphus) trace element status, parasite burden, and skeletal morphometry
… managed game species is important to remote and rural economies. Wild red deer (Cervus elaphus) in the Scottish Highlands have long been recognised as occupying a sub-optimal (i.e., limiting) environment in terms of nutrition and shelter. Despite this wide recognition, no studies regarding the …
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Impacts of Crop Diversification and Household Resilience on Welfare and Child Nutrition in Senegal
… production and income instability in rain-fed rural economies, with consequences for food security and child nutrition. In Senegal’s Groundnut Basin, where households rely on rain-fed farming and have limited formal risk-management options, crop diversification and household resilience are …
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Tools for improving and understanding microbial performance in biorenewable applications
… to mitigation of climate change and improved rural economies. To compete with the petroleum industry, the biological processes involved in biorenewable fuel and chemical production need to be efficient. Here we engineer microorganisms and their environment for improved performance in …
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Crop residue management effects on crop production, greenhouse gases emissions, and soil quality in the Mid-Atlantic USA
… gas emissions while simultaneously improving rural economies. Corn (Zea mays L.) stover and wheat straw (Triticum aestivum L.) residues have particular promise given these crops are widely grown and their cellulosic fractions present a captured resource as a co-product of grain production. …
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Understanding the farmer: An analysis of the entrepreneurial competencies required for diversification to farm tourism
… study analyses the processes of agricultural and rural restructuring that have characterised rural economies since the end of the Second World War, leading to a reorientation from productivist to more entrepreneurial models of farming. In particular, the transition from the conventional role of …
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Starting from the River Again. Community Processes to Regenerate Spoiled Ecosystems
… do they provide resources, in particular for rural economies, they also generate symbolic meanings in different cultures around the world. The Dissertation focuses on how watershed planning and management can be enhanced with the purpose of improving the relationship of human communities and …
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