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Community-based rangeland management and social-ecological resilience of rural Mongolian communities

  • Year: 2012
  • Author: Baival, Batkhishig
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: Colorado State University
  • Published Location: United States -- Colorado
  • ISBN: 9781267361059
  • Country: Mongolia

This research is an attempt to apply a resilience framework to understand how pastoral social-ecological systems respond to change, and the potential role of formal CBRM institutions in this process. The resilience principles of Folke, Colding & Berkes (2003): (1) learning to live with change and uncertainty, (2) nurturing diversity ....

Comparing resident attitudes toward tourism: Community-based cases from Arctic Canada

  • Year: 2009
  • Author: Stewart, Emma J.
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: University of Calgary (Canada)
  • Published Location: Canada
  • ISBN: 9780494512142
  • Country: Canada
  • State/Region: Arctic Canada

This research examines attitudes toward local tourism development held by a sample of stakeholders and residents in three Arctic Canadian communities: Churchill, Northern Manitoba, Cambridge Bay and Pond Inlet, both in Nunavut. This research is premised on the idea that complex phenomena such as tourism are best understood through the l ....

Consequences of tourism-based growth on rural communities' quality of life: A comparative study of Liberia and La Fortuna, Costa Rica

  • Year: 2008
  • Author: Matarrita Cascante, David
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: The Pennsylvania State University
  • Published Location: United States -- Pennsylvania
  • ISBN: 9780549906001
  • Country: Costa Rica

Tourism has become a source of income generation for many rural communities seeking ways to improve their livelihoods. This is particularly the case of amenity-rich areas which attract tourists because of their natural endowments. Often tourism-based growth is reflected in economic and infrastructural improvements. Nevertheless, such gr ....

Correlates of e-government use in county governments

  • Year: 2007
  • Author: Yagmurcu, Abdulhamit
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: The Florida State University
  • Published Location: United States -- Florida
  • ISBN: 9780549023623
  • Country: United States

One hundred and one American counties were selected randomly within predetermined strata and used to study the extent of use of e-government technologies. The study design was cross-sectional and the time period of the study was a single year, 2006. Each website was analyzed to obtain an e-government utilization score. The research obje ....

Creating a sustainable Europe: The role of the European Union structural funds

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Christopoulou, Ioli
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University)
  • Published Location: United States -- Massachusetts
  • ISBN: 9781267027306
  • Country: Europe

The aim of this research project is to examine the effectiveness of the structural funds in assisting the transition of the European Union (EU) toward sustainable development. Specifically, the study examines how cohesion policy has responded to the sustainable development imperative and to the requirement of environmental integration. ....

Creative destruction and rural tourism planning: The case of Creemore, Ontario

  • Year: 2008
  • Author: Vanderwerf, Julie L.
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: University of Waterloo (Canada)
  • Published Location: Canada
  • ISBN: 9780494438497
  • Country: Canada
  • State/Region: Ontario

This study assesses the relationship between planning and creative destruction in the village of Creemore, Ontario. The study has four objectives. The first is to describe the evolution of tourism in Creemore by tracking change in three variables: investment, visitor numbers and resident attitudes. Second, is to describe past and presen ....

Defining and measuring entrepreneurship for regional research: A new approach

  • Year: 2009
  • Author: Low, Sarah A.
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Published Location: United States -- Illinois
  • ISBN: 9781109572582
  • Country: United States

In this dissertation, I develop a definition and regional measure of entrepreneurship that will aid entrepreneurship research and economic development policy. My new indicators represent an improvement over current measures of entrepreneurship. The chief contribution of these new indicators is that they incorporate innovation, which oth ....

Developing an interpretive planning model for a national park system: A stakeholder-based needs assessment study for Korea

  • Year: 2005
  • Author: Cho, Kye Joong
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: The Ohio State University
  • Published Location: United States -- Ohio
  • ISBN: 9780542068072
  • Country: South Korea

The focus of interpretive planning in Korean Naitonal Parks presented herein addresses, but extends beyond, stakeholders' wants and needs (SWAN). Parks, whether natural, cultural, or historical, have resource-dependent criteria or Resource Protection Criteria (RPC), such as maintenance of biological diversity, that must be recognized an ....

Development as social transformation: Assessing the value of social capital in microfinance and its role in the success of the Grameen Bank

  • Year: 2009
  • Author: Choudhary, Asma Sana
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: Villanova University
  • Published Location: United States -- Pennsylvania
  • ISBN: 9781109095500

Given the growing urgency of combating poverty in the 21st century, this paper discusses the value of promoting microfinance as a development tool, namely the Grameen Bank model, to engender a more inclusive, participatory and most importantly, sustainable approach to international development. This paper contextualizes the role and val ....

Economic and environmental equity in the U.S. nonmetropolitan tourism and recreationdependent communities

  • Year: 2005
  • Author: Lee, Sang Kwon
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: Texas A&M University
  • Published Location: United States -- Texas
  • Country: United States

This study focused on economic and environmental equity in tourism and recreation dependent communities in the U.S. In the economic equity section, research was conducted to do an empirical analysis of the income distribution in nonmetropolitan tourism and recreation dependent communities. In the environmental equity section, this study ....

Economic growth, policy reforms, household livelihoods and environmental degradation in rural Ethiopia: Towards an integrated model of economic transformation

  • Year: 2010
  • Author: Agaje, Tadele Ferede
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: Universiteit Antwerpen (Belgium)
  • Published Location: Belgium
  • ISBN: 9781124342887
  • Country: Ethiopia

This PhD thesis investigates the growth, welfare and environmental effects of different policy reforms by taking a closer look at one of the rural villages in the north-western part of Ethiopia. It reflects how the interactions of household livelihoods and the environment evolve over time in one of the subsistence-oriented economic sett ....

Ecotourism as a form of sustainable development in South Africa

  • Year: 2009
  • Author: Ayotte, Alexandra Leigh
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: Queen's University (Canada)
  • Published Location: Canada
  • ISBN: 9780494651391
  • Country: South Africa

This study examines ecotourism as a form of sustainable development in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Tourism is one of the world's largest industries, with ecotourism being one of the fastest growing sectors. Ecotourism can provide a superior and sustainable alternative to traditional, resource dependent industries that are prevalent in devel ....

Ending rural development vulnerability: Employing a subsistence perspective to address the energy needs of remote communities in western China

  • Year: 2010
  • Author: Zhang, Xilin
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: University of Delaware
  • Published Location: United States -- Delaware
  • ISBN: 9781124241555
  • Country: China

For the majority of people in rural communities of developing countries, reliable and sustainable energy services are not only desirable but also essential for development and livelihood improvement. In China, despite many efforts implemented in remote areas by the government and international agencies to improve livelihood conditions, ....

Envisioning a regional role: Comprehensive universities and conceptions of their regional contributions

  • Year: 2011
  • Author: Soo, David
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: University of Pennsylvania
  • Published Location: United States -- Pennsylvania
  • ISBN: 9781267133144
  • Country: United States

This study examines the ways in which comprehensive universities seek to contribute to and engage with their cities and regions. By studying three regional comprehensive universities, it uncovers the ways in which leaders and others on campus envision the role of the university in contributing to the community and the strategies put in ....

Establishment of silvopastoral systems in degraded, grazed pastures: Tree seedling survival and forage production under trees in Panama

  • Year: 2007
  • Author: Dagang, Alyson B. K.
  • Journal Name: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
  • Publisher: University of Florida
  • Published Location: United States -- Florida
  • ISBN: 9780549100539
  • Country: Panama

Silvopastoral systems that integrate trees on animal production units are reported to be a promising land-use activity. Research on methods of integrating trees into smallholder pasture systems for development of such systems in the tropics has, however, received little attention. In Panama, smallholder pastures are abundant across the ....

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