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Wayanad widows: A study of sustainable rural economic development using renewable energy technology for micro enterprise in Kerala, India

  • Year: 2010
  • Author: Voorhees, Maire Claire
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: Prescott College
  • Published Location: United States -- Arizona
  • ISBN: 9781124377636
  • Country: India
  • State/Region: Kerala

This thesis examines the situation of the farmer widows of Wayanad, Kerala through exploration of the underlying agricultural and economic issues leading to farmers' suicides, the current state of the environment in the Wayanad District of Kerala, India, and an economic model of micro-entrepreneurship to address economic and social issu ....

What do we mean by Regional Development?

  • Year: 2010
  • Author: Tony McCall
  • Country: Australia

Whilst the way we look at regions has changed the focus, purpose and objectives around regional development haven’t changed that much, but the context for that analysis has changed dramatically./p> Report Locationhttp://www.utas.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/61935/McCall,T.-2010,-What-is-Regional-Development.pdf ....

What Health Services within Rural Communities Tell Us about Aboriginal People and Aboriginal Health

  • Year: 2010
  • Author: Fredericks, Bronwyn
  • Journal Name: Rural Society
  • Journal Number: Vol. 20, No. 1
  • Country: Australia

There is a growing body of literature within social and cultural geography that explores notions of place, space, culture, race and identity. When health services in rural communities are explored using these notions, it can lead to multiple ways of understanding the cultural meanings inscribed within health services and how they c ....

Why Did They Leave and What Can They Tell Us?: Allied Health Professionals Leaving Rural Settings

  • Year: 2010
  • Author: O'Toole, Kevin; Schoo, Adrian; Hernan, Andrea
  • Journal Name: Australian Health Review
  • Journal Number: Vol. 34, No. 1
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

The aim of this paper is to explore the lack of retention of allied health professionals in rural areas in Victoria, Australia.A structured telephone interview was used to elicit responses from 32 allied health professionals from south-west, central-west and north-east Victoria about their working experiences and reasons for resign ....

Wind energy: Developing energy, wealth, and change

  • Year: 2010
  • Author: Hopkins, Matt
  • Publisher: University of Massachusetts Lowell
  • Published Location: United States -- Massachusetts
  • ISBN: 9781124472409
  • Country: United States
  • State/Region: Maine

Wind energy has emerged as one of the fastest growing energy sources in the United States over the course of the last decade. It is the renewable energy type most readily defining clean economy leadership. An uncertain policy context, public conflicts over the impacts of turbine installations, and unsorted connections to a national gree ....

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