extended abstract 1. introduction the quality of life can be considered as an operational tool to measure the overall health and welfare. in general, the concept quality of life is affected by various factors constituting the foundation of the life dynamics. since the concept quality of urban life is multidimensional and complex, it could be used in urban planning when an appropriate and reliab...

today, urbanization (living at apartments) phenomenon as the most common type of residence of cities has been changed so that mainly reflects the chaos in this area. too much attention paid to economic indicators compromised the balance in the housing sector and created a new type of buildings. the occurred changes indicate ignoring cultural characteristics, less attention paid to cultural conc...

among investments in different sections of economy, investment in agriculture is great importance. in addition to increasing production and job opportunities in agriculture, investment in this section will help to increase these in other sections as well, due to back and front relations with other economic activities. due to the fact that investment does not yield rapidly, and it takes some tim...

Two key measures of economic performance are calculated and analyzed for three important Italian trawl fisheries (Northern Thyrrenian Sea, South of Sicily, Northern Adriatic Sea): the Net Economic Returns (NER), which informs on the economic performance and is considered a proxy of resource rent in fisheries and the Return on Fixed Tangible Assets (ROFTA), which is used as an approximation of t...

This paper aims at explaining medium-term fertility variations in twentieth century Sweden by relating the total fertility rate to macro-level economic change and gender-specific changes in economic factors relevant to women’s childbearing behaviour. Economic theory is combined with a structural analytical approach in the multivariate time series analysis of the determinants of fertility. A mod...

Fundamental and technical analyses are two common methods for predicting the future behavior of the stock. Fundamental analysis focuses on the economic forces of supply and demand which cause stock prices change. On the other hand, technical analysis examines historical data relating to changes in the price and trading volume by using graphs and indicators as a primary tool to predict future pr...

This paper examines the economic prospects for biotechnology industry, focusing on the U.K. position. We discuss some economic issues relating to the structure of the biotech industry and examine whether these factors can account for the relative success of the biotechnology sector in the U.K. compared to other European countries. We emphasise the importance of the science base, pharmaceutical ...

The service sector is receiving much deserved attention resulting from its inevitable role in a country’s economic development. Despite all the efforts gaps such as the relationship between technological advances and service development are yet to be revealed from the perspective of new applications that organizations want to develop and implement. This paper explores opportunities using a comp...

This paper examines the economic prospects for biotechnology industry, focusing on the U.K. position. We discuss some economic issues relating to the structure of the biotech industry and examine whether these factors can account for the relative success of the biotechnology sector in the U.K. compared to other European countries. We emphasise the importance of the science base, pharmaceutical ...