scholarly journals Analyzing Wildfires and their Socio-economic Factors in Sardinia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Serra ◽  
Claudio Detotto ◽  
Marco Vannini
Keyword(s):  
Public Lands ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Time Span ◽  
Burned Area ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Size Distributions ◽  
Fire Size ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

Abstract In the last decades, wildfire hazards have increased to dangerous levels, becoming the focus of debate among policymakers both at the local and national levels. This paper proposes a Spatio-temporal approach to study the determinants of fire size distributions taking Sardinia as a case study in the time span 1998-2009. Special attention is devoted to socioeconomic factors of local communities where wildfires occurred. The main finding of this study is that the proportion of public lands in a given municipality tends to mitigate the extent of the burned area. In addition, communities with a higher percentage of people employed in the primary sector are less likely to experience large burned extents.

Social, Political and Ethical Responsibility in Broadband Adoption and Diffusion

2011 ◽  
pp. 227-239
Author(s):  
Axel Schulz ◽  
Bernd Carsten Stahl ◽  
Simon Rogerson
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Responsibility ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Adoption And Diffusion ◽  
And Diffusion ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

There is considerable interest worldwide in broadband diffusion, with research focusing on aspects such as the provision of broadband in remote areas and the socio-economic factors that determine the likelihood of adoption. This chapter identifies the policies and initiatives used to encourage broadband awareness, availability, and adoption. Using the case study of a local broadband initiative in remote and rural Germany, the chapter asks the question of who can and should be responsible for broadband provision, and how such responsibility ascriptions are realized.

Entrepreneurial Supply among the Underprivileged in an Underdeveloped Region- A Case Study of Odisha

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiba C. Panda ◽  
Janmejoy Khuntia
Keyword(s):  
Entrepreneurial Orientation ◽  
Census Data ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Economic Background ◽  
Economic Census ◽  
Back Ground ◽  
Underdeveloped Region ◽  
Social Marginality ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

The socio-economic factors such as the economic background of members, their affiliations to social sub-groups, cultural back ground, business ethics, inter alia influence the supply of entrepreneurship in a particular region. Moreover, absence of social marginality in an underdeveloped region acts as a hindrance to entrepreneurial behavior. Odisha is such a backward region in India which has exhibited some sign of entrepreneurial orientation among social groups as revealed from MSME and Economic Census data. The present study aims at examining the nature of entrepreneurship of this region.

UNDERSTANDING THE DESERTION OF SOUTH CAROLINIAN SOLDIERS DURING THE FINAL YEARS OF THE CONFEDERACY

2013 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 657-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
PATRICK J. DOYLE
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Thought Process ◽  
Simple Representation ◽  
The World ◽  
Return Home ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

ABSTRACTAlthough the American Civil War is perhaps the most written about event in American history, the issue of desertion has often retained a neglected position in the conflict's dense historiography. Those historians who have studied military absenteeism during the war have tended to emphasize socio-economic factors as motivating men to leave the army and return home. The Register of Confederate Deserters, a list of southern soldiers who crossed into Union lines and took an oath of loyalty in order to try and return home, can provide a different look at these men. By studying the South Carolinian men on the Register, as a case-study, we can see that ideological, as well as socio-economic, motivations occupied the thought process of Civil War deserters. Moreover, the act of desertion was rarely a simple representation of the thoughts of the individual but of the opinions and feelings of his family and community as well. As such, studying Confederate desertion not only helps us understand the issues of loyalty and nationalism during the Civil War, but also the way in which nineteenth-century southerners conceptualized the world around them.

scholarly journals Predicting Attitudes towards Protected Area Management in a Developing Country Context

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
David Mwesigye Tumusiime ◽  
Patrick Byakagaba ◽  
Mnason Tweheyo ◽  
Nelson Turyahabwe
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
Protected Area ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Protected Area Management ◽  
Local People ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Material Benefits ◽  
Socio Economic Factors ◽  
Area Management

Biodiversity conservation through use of protected areas relies significantly on the attitudes of local adjacent communities. Some studies suggest that attitudes are often shaped by the associated positive and negative externalities and socio-demographic and economic characteristics of local communities living adjacent to protected areas. The current study sought to identify useful predictors of local attitudes towards protected area management. It was conducted at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda where several interventions in form of benefits to improve local people’s attitudes towards the park have been implemented for the last 30 years. The study examined the extent to which these benefits can influence local people’s attitude towards management of the Protected Area (PA). A household survey was conducted among 190 randomly selected respondents and Generalised Linear Mixed Models (GLMMs) fitted where the dependent variable was a binary “Good” or “otherwise” response to how the respondent considered own relationship with park management. Socio-economic attributes of the respondents were used as control variables. The importance of cost variables (e.g. crop raiding) was also examined. The study found that only direct and material benefits were consistent predictors of a positive attitude towards management. Non-material and indirect benefits as well as the socio-economic factors and costs did not influence the attitude of local communities towards management. It can be concluded that positive attitude towards protected area management is determined by access to direct and material benefits by local communities and not socio-economic factors or costs incurred. Interventions intended to influence local communities to have a positive attitude towards management ought to emphasize direct and material benefits.

scholarly journals Information Management and Socio-economic Factors of Type 2 Diabetes Patients: A Case Study of Kigali City; Republic of Rwanda

2022 ◽  
pp. 19-25
Author(s):  
Nasiru Sani ◽  
Adamu Abdullahi Muhammed ◽  
Lawal Shuaibu ◽  
Ahmed Ankuwa Abubakar ◽  
Habibu Sada El-Rufa'I
Keyword(s):  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Socio Economic Factors ◽  
Diabetes Patients

scholarly journals The gap between desired and expected fertility among women in Iran: A case study of Tehran city

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0257128
Author(s):  
Maryam Hosseini ◽  
Udoy Saikia ◽  
Gouranga Dasvarma
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Period ◽  
Married Women ◽  
Reproductive Age ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Number Of Children ◽  
Fertility Desires ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Socio Economic Factors

The 2016 Iranian Census reveals that 14 of the country’s 31 provinces have sub-replacement fertility. The province of Tehran, where a woman on average gives birth to 1.5 children during her reproductive period, has the lowest fertility in Iran. However, the ‘two-child’ norm prevails in the country and even a woman of young reproductive age still values having at least two children on average. In other words, there exists a gap between a woman’s actual and desired fertility. This paper examines the demographic and socio-economic factors influencing the gap between actual and desired fertility in Tehran city based on a sample survey of 400 married women aged 15–49 years, conducted in 2015. The findings of the study reveal that the women of Tehran would be able to meet their fertility desires of two or more children if they were able to achieve their intended number of children they stated in the survey. However, should these women face any socio-economic constraint, they would be very likely to restrain their fertility desires and have fewer additional children than they initially intended, and thus continue with the sub-replacement fertility as being observed in Iran today.

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