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Tsunami risk for Western Canada and numerical modelling of the Cascadia fault tsunami

Xie, Jinsong; Nistor, Ioan; Murty, Tad - In: Natural Hazards 60 (2012) 1, pp. 149-159

The paper deals with the analysis of tsunami risks for Western Canada and the numerical modelling of a potential tsunami which could affect the region and generate significant damage to the western Canadian coastline. Following a review of the seismic risk and historical tsunamis which occurred...

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Prologue

Lin, Justin Yifu - Princeton University Press

How can developing countries grow their economies? Most answers to this question center on what the rich world should or shouldn't do for the poor world. In The Quest for Prosperity, Justin Yifu Lin--the first non-Westerner to be chief economist of the World Bank--focuses on what developing...

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Transit to eternal youth: lifecycle and generational trends in Greater Montreal public transport mode share

Grimsrud, Michael; El-Geneidy, Ahmed - In: Transportation 41 (2014) 1, pp. 1-19

Young people appear to be using public transit more than their predecessors, reversing twentieth century trends, but the importance of such findings depends on whether high transit use persists as these riders age. This paper examines whether transit mode share for commuting trips is increasing;...

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Age and cohort effects: The American senior tourism market

Chen, Sandy C.; Shoemaker, Stowe - In: Annals of Tourism Research 48 (2014) C, pp. 58-75

compared—the Silent Generation, the Lucky Few, and the Baby Boomers—using empirical data collected in 1986, 1996, and 2006 …

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Economics of Migration and Remittances: A Review Article

Guha, Puja - eSocialSciences - 2014

The aim of this paper is to analyse the different generations of migration theory and remittances from the development economics perspective, examining in particular the dichotomy between economic and social theory in explaining the nexus between migration and development. [ProGlo Working Paper...

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The Mutual Transmission of Knowledge and Competencies between Generations: an enabler of Dynamic Capabilities

Shimada, Sakura - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011

the intergenerational transmission of knowledge and competencies. Then, we try to define the concept of generation so as … identified and rejected: the “societal generation” and the “life cycle generation”. A third and new concept of generation is … proposed: the “generation of knowledge and competences” which refers to a group of people representing a homogeneous area of …

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Segmenter le marché des 50-65 ans par les variables générationnelles subjectives

Malas, Ziad; Guiot, Denis - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2012

Combining age, life events and generational variables has been advocated in order to segment the 50-65 years old (“youngest olds”) market. Using these three categories of variables, we present a model highlighting the relevance of complementary subjective generational variables.

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Figuring Families: Generation, Situation and Narrative in Contemporary Mothering

Kehily, Mary Jane; Thomson, Rachel - In: Sociological Research Online 16 (2011) 4, pp. 16-16

contrasting experiences as 'young' and 'old' mothers demonstrates the salience of key conceptual terms including 'generation …

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Die Ungleichzeitigkeit in der Kultur : Wandel des Kulturbegriffs in vier Generationen

Göschel, Albrecht (contributor); Mittag, Klaus (contributor) - 1991

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Zwischen Enkelbetreuung und Altenpflege : die mittlere Generation im Spiegel der Netzwerkforschung

Borchers, Andreas (contributor); … - 1993

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