In the past decades several attempts have been made to integrate socio-economic models with land use change (LUC) models. In most cases, however, there is a uni-directional relation from the socio-economic model(s) to the LUC model by providing land use demands based on demographic and economic developments. In this paper we present a model that allows for a more dynamic integration between bot...

the most effective competitions in social life take place in the area of economic activities. to strike a balance among competitions and being competitively potential, equal ability plays a significant role. in modern world,factor is in close connection with comparable state of information and knowledge. taking this fact into account along with the duty of islamic government in maintaining a fa...

in this study, production, reproduction, managerial, and economic parameters obtained from data recorded for lori-bakhtiari flock of sheep (500 heads of breeding ewe) stationed at the sheep's breeding station, were employed to determine the relative economic values of and breeding objectives for an annual cycle of production, in village system in this breed of sheep. economic value for a t...

Three recent state economic development proposals are reviewed and compared with one another. A similar policy effort currently underway in Massachusetts is also reviewed in terms of its process and likely outcome. The reports, from Ohio, Washington, and Rhode Island, are reviewed along three dimensions: institutional setting and process, substance and framework of the economic analysis, and pr...

Economic globalization impacts the environment and sustainable development in a wide variety of ways and through a multitude of channels. The aim of the paper is to interrogate a variety of arguments about human rights and environmental sustainability in order to assess their coherence and consistency, and to evaluate competing perspectives. The purpose of this paper is (a) to identify the key ...

This paper investigates the statistical properties of stock returns in the West African regional stock market and the link between the West African regional stock market and economic growth. To examine the nature of the distribution of West African regional stock returns, the daily closing prices of the two stock index of West African regional stock market, and eighteen of it sub-indices were u...

Low energy efficiency and severe environmental pollution are two growing issues haunting China’s fast economic development. Under China’s current development model, economic growth still heavily depends on massive energy input, which makes energy efficiency one crucial topic in order to secure future sustainable development of China. This paper focuses on the unique energy ownership structure o...