Browsing by Subject "Economics"
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Desmos: Design, Inventiveness and Collaboration in a Time of Crisis
(2013-08-06)The modernist polykatikia typology (translating to multi-dwelling) arose in Athens after the population boom of the 1960s. Now sixty years later, the demands of the city have changed. No longer is there a need to build ... -
Economic Determinants of Obesity in Canadian Adults
(2012-08-30)This paper examines how socioeconomic status and economic insecurity relate to obesity in working-age Canadians between 2000 and 2010. First, I attempt to explain the gender specific gradients in body mass. Second, I test ... -
Pirate Economics: The Economic Causes and Consequences of Contemporary Maritime Piracy in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2012-08-30)The past 20 years have witnessed a resurgence of maritime piracy, especially along the East and West coasts of Africa. Much scholarly research has been undertaken on this issue; however a consensus on the primary economic ... -
ROLE OF WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ON CROP DIVERSIFICATION: EVIDENCE FROM RURAL BANGLADESH
(2020-12-17)As arable land is declining and global climate is changing, crop diversification has become a desirable tool for safeguarding livelihood of farming household from extreme climate events, ensuring food security, and dietary ... -
Scientific parameterization and its validation: comparing the universal models of fisheries economics with the invalid modeling of stock assessment
(2008-09-22)Here I compare the valid parameterization of fisheries economics with the data-fitted parameters of a stock assessment’s modeling, invalid models whose predictions cannot be falsified (which is another way of saying ... -
Seven case studies in sustainable agriculture
(Science Council of Canada, Ottawa, 1991-05-24)Seven case studies of SA (sustainable agriculture) in Canada were conducted in the late fall/early winter of 1990/91. The primary objective was to provide examples of innovative SA practices that have been implemented by ... -
Women and Children First: Intimate Partner Violence, Children's Well-Being & Child Labour in Ecuador
(2021-07-12)This dissertation examines the relationship between women’s ownership of economic resources, beliefs, values and childhood experiences of violence and intimate partner violence, the relationship between household chores ...