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Population-Environment Dynamics. Ideas and Observations. (4th edition) by Gay lD. Ness, William D. Drake, Steven R. Brechin, Editors.
Full text linkPopulation and the environment are intertwined in a complex web that demands the analysis of numerous theoretical and practical issues. These issues have been neglected in the past, and the topics of population and the environment artificially separated in both thought and action. This book attempts to fill these voids using an inductive and interdisciplinary approach. A series of authors contribute fifteen chapters organized into five sections. Section I explores global per - spectives relating to population and the environment, Section II analyzes the im - portance of the state as an actor, Section III focuses on population-environment dynamics in small communities, Section IV introduces a new theoretical frame - work and methodological innovation, and Section V offers a summary, conclusions, and ideas for \u27next steps\u27
Marketing Distance-Decay and Highland Vegetable Production in Northern Thailand
Full text linkThis paper delineates the potential geographical range of vegetable production in Thailand\u27s northern highlands and demonstrates the utility of marketing distance-decay analysis in rural studies. Hill tribes grow vegetables in northern Thailand as replacement cash crops for illegal opium. They produce more vegetables than local markets consume and the surplus is transported to a developing market in Bangkok. The distance-decay rate ofthis new market is treated as a function of transport costs. Isoline maps are used to analyze resulting marketing gradients of important vegetable cash crops. It appears that distance-decay does not inevitably prohibit marketing surplus vegetables in Bangkok. The findings provide a basis for follow-up spatial studies of highland vegetable production in the region. They also demonstrate the importance and utility of marketing distance-decay analysis in less developed rural areas
Faculty Recital | Laurence Sherr: 30-Year Celebration
Full text linkLaurence Sherr: 30-Year Celebrationhttps://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/2847/thumbnail.jp
From Dixie to Rocky Top: Music and Meaning in Southeastern Conference Football
Full text linkCarrie Tipton Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2023 ISBN: 9780826506399 320 p. $34.95 (Pbk
Romancing the Gullah in the Age of Porgy and Bess
Full text linkKendra Y. Hamilton Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2024 ISBN: 9780820362892 266 p. $144.95 (Hbk
The Effect of Meteorological Conditions on Fly Ball Distances in North American Major League Baseball Games
Full text linkThis study examines the effect of meteorological conditions on the flight of baseballs hit in North American major league baseball games. Statistical analyses are used to relate game-time temperature, humidity, wind speed and wind direction data to the flight distance of every fair fly ball hit in non-domed stadiums during the 1991 and 1992 seasons. Results indicate that temperature is the most important meteorological variable affecting fly ball distances at most stadiums. The effect of wind speed and direction varies in different stadiums, with surprising influences at certain stadiums. The results of this study may be strategically valuable to managers and coaches searching for any possible edge to win a game
Evaluation of a Timetabling Software Implemented in Tanzanian Higher Education Context
Full text linkIt is not known whether the combination of two IS system implementation approaches, Design Science Research and eXtreme Programming, can help improve information systems success in the Tanzanian HEI context. To investigate this, this study evaluated a system that was implemented using both approaches. The evaluation used DeLone and McLean’s Information Systems Success Model(D&M) and a mixed research method. The results showed that while neither the system quality nor the information quality influenced the use of the system, service quality and user satisfaction both had an influence on system use (p\u3c0.001). System quality, information quality and service quality, however, were found to have a significant effect on user satisfaction, all three with p\u3c0.001. Furthermore, using the system influenced the perceived net benefits (p\u3c0.001) obtained from using the system. The findings may be helpful to other Tanzanian HEI wishing to implement information systems for their organizations as it shed light on factors that should be considered for a successful implementation. Although the D&M model has been useful on this study, it is limited by its lack of explicit recognition of contextual variables, such as organizational culture, user characteristics, and environmental factors, which can significantly impact system success
Migration Models· Application in an African Context (An Analytical Review)
No full textThe history of Africa is full of the accounts of movements of people on large scales. Some of the movements had occurred in the form of conquests in war and some had taken place by a slow and largely peaceful shift to new lands. Such movements we are told, have been a feature of Africa in the past and are one of its most important demographic features at present. There is no phase of African history which can be understood without reference to the movements of people both before and during it. However, there are differences in types, magnitudes and the casual factors of the past and present migration in Africa. Prothero divides migration in Africa on the basis of continuity and change into three categories as follows:\u27 (a) movements that took place in the past which no longer exist but which may help explain the present distribution of population (b) movements that have continued from the past into the present such as seasonal pastoral migrations, long term migratory drift, and religious pilgrimages and (c) movements that have developed in the recent times, such as downhill or rural -urban migrations. The bulk of migration studies now focus on the third category and justifiably so