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Irrationality of Continued Fire Suppression : An Avoided Cost Analysis of Fire Hazard Reduction Treatments Versus No Treatment
Snider, Gary; Daugherty, P J; Wood, D - 2006
Without large-scale implementation of fire hazard reduction treatments, the costs of uncharacteristic crown fires in … prefire hazard reduction. We examined the economic rationality of continuing this policy of emphasizing fire suppression … activities over restoration-based fire hazard reduction treatments. We compared treatment plus fire suppression costs to the cost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468701
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The relationship between farm size and productivity: empirical evidence from the Nepalese mid-hills
Thapa, Sridhar - 2007
This paper examines the farm size and productivity relationship using data from Nepalese mid hills. The household data used has been drawn from a survey conducted by the author and financed by the Norwegian University of Life Science. The analysis uses models both allowing for and not allowing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445117
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Handmade Paper Value-Chain of Nepal: Prospects and Challenges in Growth, Distributional Equity and Conservation
Subedi, Bhishma P.; Binayee, Surya; Gyawali, Sushil - 2006
"This study examines the access of the actors along the value-chain of handmade paper markets in Nepal. The access has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468424
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A comprehensive study of costs associated with establishing satellite production of the clean home delivery kit in Nepal
Murray, Jonathan - 2000
In Nepal, to help alleviate the problem of infant and maternal mortality and morbidity caused by tetanus and sepsis due … children in Nepal. To address problems of market accessibility, the producing company decided to embark on a strategy to open …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009449584
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Is fair trade “fair”? : a study of handmade paper producers in Nepal
Kharel, Arjun - 2011
the years. Likewise, different training programs sponsored by fair-trade organizations, such as Fair Trade Group Nepal and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009464023
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Rural Poverty Analysis: A case study of a district of Nepal
Bhandary, Uddhab - 2008
socioeconomic and natural aspects to categorize villages in a district of Nepal. 24 variables are used to design five indexes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429645
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The importance of trade in services and environmental amenities to the location of producer service activities in the western United States
Allison, T. - 2008
The use of business services has had an increasingly important effect on economic performance in many industries, with the ability of firms in a given location to respond to changes in external markets, production techniques and material supplies often determined by the local provision of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435432
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A geostatistical methodology to assess the accuracy of unsaturated flow models
Smoot, J.L.; Williams, R.E. - 2009
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory spatiotemporal movement of water injected into (PNNL) has developed a Hydrologic unsaturated sediments at the Hanford Site in Evaluation Methodology (HEM) to assist the Washington State was used to develop a new U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435931
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The role of amenities and other factors in influencing the location of nonmanufacturing industry in the United States
Allison, T.; Calzonetti, F.J. - 2008
Consumer and producer services, the latter in particular, are expected to become an important means of diversification and employment growth to the economy of Nevada. It has been suggested that the siting of the nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, will lead to a significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436070
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The importance of trade in services and environmental amenities to the location of producer service activities in the western United States
Allison, T. - 2008
The use of business services has had an increasingly important effect on economic performance in many industries, with the ability of firms in a given location to respond to changes in external markets, production techniques and material supplies often determined by the local provision of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436237