Regional Economic Impact Analysis And Project Evaluation

Author : H. Craig Davis
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9780774803502

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Regional Economic Impact Analysis and Project Evaluation by H. Craig Davis Pdf

This book provides a non-technical introduction to the fundamental principles and techniques of regional impact and evaluation analysis. The book is written for readers who have a minimal background in mathematics and economics and so the materials listed in the bibliographies have been chosen for their accessibility to such readers. References to relevant papers of a more technical nature are indicated in notes in each reference.Unlike existing texts, which usually concentrate on regional impact or evaluation analysis, Regional Economic Impact Analysis and Project Evaluation offers an extensive introduction to both these subjects, since both are critical to the study and practice of regional economic analysis.Two case studies, intended as illustrations of practical applications, are included in each of the six chapters that deal with specific principles or techniques. While many of the case studies and much of the literature cited in the bibliographies is Canadian, a substantial portion is from the United States and Great Britain, demonstrating that the principles and techniques discussed in this book are universally applicable.

Author : Robert J. Stimson,Roger R. Stough,Brian H. Roberts
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783662049112

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Regional Economic Development by Robert J. Stimson,Roger R. Stough,Brian H. Roberts Pdf

Regional economic development has attracted the interest of economists, geographers, planners and regional scientists for a long time. And, of course, it is a field that has developed a large practitioner cohort in government and business agencies from the national down to the state and local levels. In planning for cities and regions, both large and small, economic development issues now tend to be integrated into strategic planning processes. For at least the last 50 years, scholars from various disciplines have theorised about the nature of regional economic development, developing a range of models seeking to explain the process of regional economic development, and why it is that regions vary so much in their economic structure and performance and how these aspects of a region can change dramatically over time. Regional scientists in particular have developed a comprehensive tool-kit of methodologies to measure and monitor regional economic characteristics such as industry sectors, employment, income, value of production, investment, and the like, using both quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis, and focusing on both static and dynamic analysis. The 'father of regional science', Walter lsard, was the first to put together a comprehensive volume on techniques of regional analysis (Isard 1960), and since then a huge literature has emerged, including the many titles in the series published by Springer in which this book is published.

Author : Neal K. Van Alfen
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 2745 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-29
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780080931395

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Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems by Neal K. Van Alfen Pdf

Encyclopedia of Agriculture and Food Systems, Second Edition, Five Volume Set addresses important issues by examining topics of global agriculture and food systems that are key to understanding the challenges we face. Questions it addresses include: Will we be able to produce enough food to meet the increasing dietary needs and wants of the additional two billion people expected to inhabit our planet by 2050? Will we be able to meet the need for so much more food while simultaneously reducing adverse environmental effects of today’s agriculture practices? Will we be able to produce the additional food using less land and water than we use now? These are among the most important challenges that face our planet in the coming decades. The broad themes of food systems and people, agriculture and the environment, the science of agriculture, agricultural products, and agricultural production systems are covered in more than 200 separate chapters of this work. The book provides information that serves as the foundation for discussion of the food and environment challenges of the world. An international group of highly respected authors addresses these issues from a global perspective and provides the background, references, and linkages for further exploration of each of topics of this comprehensive work. Addresses important challenges of sustainability and efficiency from a global perspective. Takes a detailed look at the important issues affecting the agricultural and food industries today. Full colour throughout.

Author : Gerrit C. Van Kooten,Gerrit Cornelis Van Kooten
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0774804459

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Land Resource Economics and Sustainable Development by Gerrit C. Van Kooten,Gerrit Cornelis Van Kooten Pdf

'This text seeks to provide an introduction to issues of land use and the economic tools that are used to resolve land-use conflicts. In particular, tools of economic analysis are used to address allocation of land among alternative uses in such a way that the welfare of society is enhanced. Thus, the focus is on what is best for society and not what is best for an individual, a particular group of individuals, or a particular constituency. What this text seeks to provide is a balanced and just approach to decision-making concerning allocation of land.' -- from the Introduction Land Resource Economics and Sustainable Development has already been tested, in a slightly different format, on over 400 students in a number of upper-level undergraduate and lower-level graduate courses. It presents a pragmatic approach to the issues of land use and sustainable development, and breaks away from the narrow focus of most economics texts on resources as it takes into account current political and ecological concerns while at the same time providing readers with the essential economic tools for a rational discussion of land use conflicts. Land Resource Economics and Sustainable Development addresses a wide range of issues not covered in other economics texts. These include: soil erosion; wetlands preservation; global climatic change; urban/rural conflict; urban land use; range management; forest management; and public land management. The broad scope and practical perspective make Land Resource Economics and Sustainable Development useful to students, interdisciplinary researchers, and professional economists and managers working in the fields of economic development, the environment, agriculture, and forestry. Both U.S. and Canadian data are used throughout the text to illustrate the issues discussed in the book.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556036095248

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Carlsbad Project Water Operations and Water Supply Conservation by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Wildlife conservation
ISBN : IND:30000044884454

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Wildlife Economics and Productivity Analysis Guide by Anonim Pdf

This guide describes biological and economic procedures developed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to evaluate the biological effects and economic benefits of BLM's resource improvements and treatments, especially habitat improvements, affecting wildlife populations. Although developed as part of an instructional package for teaching BLM resource managers to use BLM procedures for benefit-cost analysis and project ranking, this expanded publication is also intended to provide a basic level of knowledge and understanding of wildlife economics and productivity analysis. This guide is written for biologists and other resource specialists, economists, other social scientists, planners, and managers.

Author : Mulatu Wubneh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031184161

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Planning for Cities in Crisis by Mulatu Wubneh Pdf

This book analyzes ancient cities that are facing crisis, and their coping mechanism to maintain resiliency and sustainability to remain economically viable and historically relevant. The book takes a fresh look at the underlying causes of the crises and recommends good governance and strategic planning options that the city could use to develop a robust economy using surveys and other materials, including geez (old Ethiopian language) church sources. This book illustrates the usage of the concepts of resilience and sustainability to critically assess the historical and cultural transformation of cities and the role of local government in maintaining a sustainable community. A historic city that served as the national capital for close to 250 years, where Christians, Moslems, and Jews lived side by side for centuries, and once dubbed “Paris de l’Abyssinie” by European travelers because of its rich cultural resources, modern artifacts, and setting of new fashions, today Gondar is experiencing stagnation and decline because of changes that moved the center of political power from the city to Addis Ababa in the central part of the country. Since the last century, Gondar has been struggling to maintain its identity as the historical and cultural center of Ethiopia. This book also gives insights on some of Gondar’s extraordinary historic issues/subjects including who were the main construction workers that built the Fasil castle, how did the Ethiopian Orthodox churches of Gondar sustain themselves for centuries, where is kurate Reesu (the 16th century painting of Christ with crown of thorns) treasured by Gondarian emperors, how did the tabot of Abune Teklehaymanot of Debre Libanos (the most influential church in Ethiopia) end up in Azezo (Gondar) and stayed there for over 260 years, and who were the main royal women that opposed the Jesuits plan of converting Ethiopia to Catholicism?

Author : Wei-Bin Zhang
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-10
Category : Economics
ISBN : 9781848262294

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Mathematical Models in Economics - Volume II by Wei-Bin Zhang Pdf

Mathematical Models in Economics is a component of Encyclopedia of Mathematical Sciences in which is part of the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. This theme is organized into several different topics and introduces the applications of mathematics to economics. Mathematical economics has experienced rapid growth, generating many new academic fields associated with the development of mathematical theory and computer. Mathematics is the backbone of modern economics. It plays a basic role in creating ideas, constructing new theories, and empirically testing ideas and theories. Mathematics is now an integral part of economics. The main advances in modern economics are characterized by applying mathematics to various economic problems. Many of today's profound insights into economic problems could hardly be obtained without the help of mathematics. The concepts of equilibrium versus non-equilibrium, stability versus instability, and steady states versus chaos in the contemporary literature are difficult to explain without mathematics. The theme discusses on modern versions of some classical economic theories, taking account of balancing between significance of economic issues and mathematical techniques. These two volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College students Educators, Professional practitioners, Research personnel and Policy analysts, managers, and decision makers and NGOs.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1440 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556036858744

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Plumas National Forest (N.F.), Lake Davis Pike Eradication Project by Anonim Pdf

Author : British Library of Political and Economic Science
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415074576

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International Bibliography of the Social Sciences by British Library of Political and Economic Science Pdf

The IBSS is the essential tool for librarians, university departments, research institutions and any public or private institution whose work requires access to up-to-date and comprehenisve knowledge of the social sciences.

Author : Elvira Haezendonck
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781847208682

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Transport Project Evaluation by Elvira Haezendonck Pdf

This timely book puts transport cost benefit analysis in a wider, institutional perspective, relating it in particular to decision making. The book will be of interest to practitioners, consultants and academics who are active in the evaluation of transport projects. Erik T. Verhoef, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands This is an important piece of work on project evaluation. An attractive feature is the balanced treatment of theory and application. The book provides very useful information on efforts of national governments in various countries to increase the quality of project evaluation studies by formulating guidelines for project evaluation. One of the strong points of the book is that it does not only address technical aspects of project evaluation tools, but also the institutional structures within which decisions are taken. Piet Rietveld, Vrije Universiteit and Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands This book revisits traditional evaluation methods, such as cost benefit analysis, to try and find a balance between the ever-increasing demand for transport, the search for sustainable mobility and green transport solutions, and the limited financial resources that governments are able to invest in transport infrastructure projects. In this respect, the effects of transport policy need to be measured and evaluated based on multiple criteria and the need to take into consideration a larger group of stakeholders and investors in transport projects. The book illustrates, methodologically and empirically, why and how the institutional and multi-actor environment impacts upon the analysis, evaluation and decision-making of transport projects in Europe. Including contributions from scholars with considerable expertise in the field, this book will be of great interest to consultants, policymakers and researchers.

Author : J. C. Edison
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-12
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000192537

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Infrastructure Development and Construction Management by J. C. Edison Pdf

This is a comprehensive book on infrastructure development and construction management. It is written keeping in mind the curricula of construction management programmes in India and abroad. It covers infrastructure development, the construction industry in India, financial analysis of the real estate industry in India, economic analysis of projects, tendering and bidding, contracts and contract management, FIDIC conditions of contract, construction disputes and claims, arbitration, conciliation and dispute resolution, international construction project exports and identifying, analysing and managing construction project risk. Thus, this book covers most of the construction management activities that are carried out at different stages of a construction project. This is an essential book for students of construction management, construction professionals, academicians and researchers.

Author : Kumares C. Sinha,Samuel Labi
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118169667

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Transportation Decision Making by Kumares C. Sinha,Samuel Labi Pdf

This pioneering text provides a holistic approach to decisionmaking in transportation project development and programming, whichcan help transportation professionals to optimize their investmentchoices. The authors present a proven set of methodologies forevaluating transportation projects that ensures that all costs andimpacts are taken into consideration. The text's logical organization gets readers started with asolid foundation in basic principles and then progressively buildson that foundation. Topics covered include: Developing performance measures for evaluation, estimatingtravel demand, and costing transportation projects Performing an economic efficiency evaluation that accounts forsuch factors as travel time, safety, and vehicle operatingcosts Evaluating a project's impact on economic development and landuse as well as its impact on society and culture Assessing a project's environmental impact, including airquality, noise, ecology, water resources, and aesthetics Evaluating alternative projects on the basis of multipleperformance criteria Programming transportation investments so that resources can beoptimally allocated to meet facility-specific and system-widegoals Each chapter begins with basic definitions and concepts followedby a methodology for impact assessment. Relevant legislation isdiscussed and available software for performing evaluations ispresented. At the end of each chapter, readers are providedresources for detailed investigation of particular topics. Theseinclude Internet sites and publications of international anddomestic agencies and research institutions. The authors alsoprovide a companion Web site that offers updates, data foranalysis, and case histories of project evaluation and decisionmaking. Given that billions of dollars are spent each year ontransportation systems in the United States alone, and that thereis a need for thorough and rational evaluation and decision makingfor cost-effective system preservation and improvement, this textshould be on the desks of all transportation planners, engineers,and educators. With exercises in every chapter, this text is anideal coursebook for the subject of transportation systems analysisand evaluation.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Rare animals
ISBN : MINN:31951D010920156

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Technical Note by Anonim Pdf

Author : S. Pleeter
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789401174053

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Economic Impact Analysis: Methodology and Applications by S. Pleeter Pdf

As a result of a contract awarded by the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Environmental Pro tection Agency, a workshop on the methodology of economic impact analy sis was held at Hueston Woods State Park Lodge in Oxford, Ohio, April 13-15, 1977. Leading researchers in regional modeling were gathered to take stock of current developments in the field and to put forth new ideas and directions for research. Also attending the workshops were individuals from various governmental agencies that use regional models and economic impact statements. Preliminary versions of the papers appearing in this vol ume served as focal points for discussions that have hopefully continued, stimulating further thinking of the problems addressed. The objectives of the conference were not only to explore recent develop ments in methodology but also to expose users of economic impact analyses to a wide variety of models and applications and to acquaint academicians with the needs of users. The papers appearing in this volume represent only a portion of the output of this workshop.