Search Results - subject:"Desert"

"Searching for an oriental paradise? : Imaginaries, tourist experiences and socio-cultural impacts of mega-cruise tourism in the sultanate of Oman"

Gutberlet, Manuela - 2017

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How to protect entitlements : an experiment

Bar-Gill, Oren; Engel, Christoph - 2017

In a full-information, zero transactions costs world, the degree of protection afforded to an entitlement does not affect the likelihood of efficient trade. In reality, imperfect information is often inevitable. Specifically, a party will usually have incomplete information about fairness norms...

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How to protect entitlements : an experiment

Bar-Gill, Oren; Engel, Christoph - 2017

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011673948

Rebranding a South Los Angeles corner store : the unique logic of retail brands

Garth, Hanna; Powell, Michael G. - In: Journal of business anthropology 6 (2017) 2, pp. 175-198

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Vulnerable populations in food deserts: a case study

Wood, Van; Thomas, Manoj - In: International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare … 11 (2017) 2, pp. 211-220

vulnerable population living in a food desert in the inner city of Richmond, Virginia. Findings While vulnerable populations and …

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Desertion as theft

Piano, Ennio; Rouanet, Louis - In: Journal of institutional economics 16 (2020) 2, pp. 169-183

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What's in a wage? : a new approach to the justification of pay

Moriarty, Jeffrey - In: Business ethics quarterly : the journal of the Society … 30 (2020) 1, pp. 119-137

In this address, I distinguish and explore three conceptions of wages. A wage is a reward, given in recognition of the performance of a valued task. It is also an incentive: a way to entice workers to take and keep jobs, and to motivate them to work hard. Finally, a wage is a price of labor, and...

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Combating Desertification in Central Asia : Finding New Ways to Regional Stability Through Environmental Sustainability?

Cardesa-Salzmann, Antonio - 2016

This article appraises the Central Asian Countries' Initiative on Land Management (CACILM) as an innovative experience of regional cooperation to implement the Convention on Desertification. Despite high initial expectations, the actual implementation process has suffered drawbacks. The Central...

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Shelter-belts : the solution for protecting crops and increasing productions in the lands affcted by the desertification phenomenon in Oltenia

Marin, Ancuţa - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 307-314). 2015

Because of the climate changes and the massive clearings, some of the most critical problems that Romania and especially the S-W part of Oltenia are confrunted with are: the desertification and the earth flows. The purpose of the shelter - belts in preventing the effects of the wind and in...

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Participatory Planning Approach for Sustainability of the Desert Regions Forest Planting in the North East of Iran, Sarayan

Taleshi, Mostafa - 2015

One of the most vulnerable and fragile areas in terms of ecological and socio-economic is desert. The uncontrolled … exploitation of natural resources in the desert areas in most of developing countries is caused progress of desert areas and … successful experience of the desert regions sustainability in the East of Iran. This successful experience can be executed in …

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