scholarly journals Opportunity Costs Related to Feral Horses: A Wyoming Case Study

1999 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris T. Bastian ◽  
Larry W. Van Tassell ◽  
Ann C. Cotton ◽  
Michael A. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Opportunity Costs ◽  
Feral Horses

Opportunity costs associated with the provision of student services: a case study of web-based lecture technology

2013 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ross H. Taplin ◽  
Rosemary Kerr ◽  
Alistair M. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Student Services ◽  
Opportunity Costs ◽  
Web Based

Parking at Sporting Event Stadiums in Denver, Colorado

2013 ◽  
Vol 2359 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Henao ◽  
Wesley E. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Travel Behavior ◽  
Professional Sports ◽  
The United States ◽  
Opportunity Costs ◽  
Sporting Events ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
Sporting Event ◽  
Sports Venues ◽  
Parking Demand

Millions of people in the United States travel by personal automobile to attend professional sports matches played at various stadiums. Engineering and planning publications lack information on parking provisions for major sporting events. The results from this paper on parking outcomes suggest that the current parking provisions are not efficient. This case study examines parking supply, parking utilization, event auto occupancy, and event auto modal share at four major professional sports venues in the Denver, Colorado, region. The percentage of parking supply per parking demand was calculated for several surveyed games in terms of the average attendance, and parking utilization was evaluated during nonevent periods. In general, the surveys of the games indicated that more parking was provided than was necessary, even when attendance was higher than typical. For an event with average attendance, parking utilization was as low as 65%, with 2.2 persons per vehicle. In contrast, when parking occupancy was high, auto occupancy increased to 3.0 persons per vehicle. With such different carpool rates, as well as evidence suggesting that spectators who travel to some facilities are willing to park and walk farther than a half-mile, the results suggest that parking supply and travel behavior are endogenous and should not be treated independently. This study also considered parking occupancy at nonevent times and found whole-scale underutilization, even in downtown locations with great opportunity costs.

scholarly journals Spatial positioning of individuals in a group of feral horses: a case study using drone technology

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sota Inoue ◽  
Shinya Yamamoto ◽  
Monamie Ringhofer ◽  
Renata S. Mendonça ◽  
Carlos Pereira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feral Horses ◽  
Spatial Positioning

scholarly journals Correction to: spatial positioning of individuals in a group of feral horses: a case study using drone technology

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 461-461
Author(s):  
Sota Inoue ◽  
Shinya Yamamoto ◽  
Monamie Ringhofer ◽  
Renata S. Mendonça ◽  
Carlos Pereira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feral Horses ◽  
Spatial Positioning

scholarly journals Modulation of Habitat-Based Conservation Plans by Fishery Opportunity Costs: A New Caledonia Case Study Using Fine-Scale Catch Data

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. e97409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilyn Deas ◽  
Serge Andréfouët ◽  
Marc Léopold ◽  
Nicolas Guillemot
Keyword(s):  
New Caledonia ◽  
Opportunity Costs ◽  
Fine Scale ◽  
Catch Data ◽  
Conservation Plans

An animal welfare assessment framework for helicopter darting: a case study with a newly developed method for feral horses

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (5) ◽  
pp. 429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jordan O. Hampton ◽  
Hamish Robertson ◽  
Peter J. Adams ◽  
Timothy H. Hyndman ◽  
Teresa Collins
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Events ◽  
Animal Welfare ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Accuracy Rate ◽  
Target Zone ◽  
Feral Horses ◽  
Welfare Assessment ◽  
Animal Welfare Assessment

Context Helicopter darting (chemical immobilisation) is a very useful technique for large wild herbivores, such as feral horses (Equus caballus). There is currently no reliable framework to report on the animal welfare impacts of helicopter darting methods. Aim The aim of this study was to develop an animal welfare assessment framework for helicopter darting methods, using quantifiable parameters, and to test it with a case study using a newly developed feral horse capture technique. Methods Quantifiable animal welfare parameters were recorded for 11 feral horses captured using a traditional helicopter darting method in north-western Australia in October 2014. Welfare parameters chosen focused on quantifying the duration of procedures and the frequency of adverse events. They included chase time (CT; min) before darting, induction time (IT; min) between darting and recumbency, recumbency time (RT; min), total time (TT; CT+IT+RT; min), repeat-darting rate (animals requiring >1 dart; %), target zone accuracy rate (darts striking the intended anatomical area; %) and mortality rate (at time of capture and 14 days post-capture; %). Results Median CT was 2 min, median IT was 19 min, median RT was 16 min and median TT was 38 min. Repeat-darting rate was 45%, target zone accuracy rate was 53% and mortality rates (time of capture and 14 days post-capture) were zero. Conclusions Animal welfare parameters can be quantified for helicopter darting through estimation of the duration of procedures and the frequency of adverse events. Use of this framework will allow the identification of parameters requiring refinement for newly developed helicopter darting techniques. Implications Animal welfare parameters are particularly important for helicopter-based darting methods. Pilot studies, using quantified parameters, should be performed for newly developed capture techniques before they are approved for large-scale programs.

scholarly journals The Political Economy of Ivory as a “Conflict Resource”

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha White
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Central Africa ◽  
Policy Discourse ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Political ◽  
Opportunity Costs ◽  
Armed Groups ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Media

The past year has seen attention directed, both in policy discourse and the media, towards the implication of Central African non-state armed groups in poaching and ivory trafficking. Engaging with both mainstream political economy analyses and work on the “geographies of resource wars,” this paper turns to the case of ivory as a “conflict resource,” through the case study of the Lord’s Resistance Army. It begins by outlining the contextual specificities and conditions of access, before assessing the compatibility of the resource’s biophysical, spatial and material characteristics with the needs of regional armed groups and the LRA in particular. Though the direction of causality is difficult to untangle, the paper finds that poaching and the trade in ivory by armed groups in Central Africa appears to incur low opportunity costs for relatively high potential gains. Moreover, that ivory qualifies as a “conflict resource” under Le Billon’s (2008) definition in the extent to which it is likely to be implicated in the duration of conflict in the region, both financing and benefitting from a context of insecurity. Future research would benefit from more accessible and robust data; interesting avenues would include an evaluation of the effects of the increasing militarization of poaching strategies - including shoot-to-kill policies - and the potential of igniting grievance-based conflict.

scholarly journals Logistics opportunity costs: A mining case study

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leani Van Jaarsveld ◽  
Gert J. Heyns ◽  
Peter J. Kilbourn
Keyword(s):  
Customer Service ◽  
Road Transport ◽  
Complex Problem ◽  
Opportunity Costs ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Mode Of Transport ◽  
Inventory Holding ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mining Firm

This study highlighted the importance of determining the impact that an ineffective mode of transport has on a firm’s transportation model and costs. The main focus of this study was to determine the logistics opportunity costs of using road transport within a mining firm. A case study approach was followed, as the investigation aimed to analyse a complex problem experienced by one company and present it in an easily understandable format. From the results of this study, it was apparent that the logistics opportunity costs associated with the mode of transport was substantial. This highlighted the need for firms to revise their choice of transport mode on a regular basis, as it has a major impact not only on their transportation costs, but also on their inventory holding and carbon emissions. The results also have implications for South Africa’s only freight railway, Transnet Freight Rail, which should not only focus on expanding its existing capacity, but also on improving its customer service delivery whilst containing tariff increases.

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