... 1.3 Sustainable livelihoods in coastal area in the context ofclimatechange 1.3.1 Impacts ofclimatechange on coastal area Climatechange will impact coastal area in two aspects: coastal ecosystems ... climatechangeClimatechange creates damages to natural resources sensitive to theclimate such as land and water source In addition, climatechange does affect physical assets such as infrastructure ... ClimateChange to analyze vulnerability of household livelihoods to the impact ofclimatechange in coastal areas and indicates that climatechange does impact livelihood assets and that the impacted...
... B A Figure Isochromatic patterns for axial loadings of 15, 30 and 45kg C To determine the value ofthe isochromatic fringe at the border, on the hole surface, the image ofthe isochromatic pattern ... and loading apparatus The system was prepared for analysis in dark field using circular polarized light with incident white light Several levels of loading were uniaxially applied The material ... detail The model was loaded elastically in order to verify the magnitude ofthe theoretical stress concentration factor Kt and compare it with the values determined experimentally and also values...
... comprehension as a process of acquiring the meaning ofthe message based on the incoming language data from sounds, to words, to grammatical relationships, and ultimately to the meaning Schemata are hierarchically ... partner, and exploring cultural and social norms) help the learner work with others and understand the target culture as well as the language As a language is used as a means of communication, the ... absence of complete knowledge of vocabulary, grammar, or other target language elements Language based clues may come from aspect ofthe target language that the learner already knows, from the learners’...
... be measured via these same factors, even if the individual case is a strategy for which new tools are used The analysis revealed that one ofthe essential organizational factors, because of its ... Innovation 167 CASESTUDY Knowledge and Process Management SUCCESS FACTORS IN THE STRATEGY’S IMPLEMENTATION The analysis ofthecase in question allows pointing out a group of organizational factors ... knowledge and information: that is, an interaction between actions and behaviors The action ofCASESTUDY creation does not consist ofthe processing of information or data, since the obtaining of tacit...
... aquacultural activities in the lagoon Among them, about 900 households live on the lagoon’s water surface [9] Figure Location map ofthestudy area; arrow indicates Phu An Commune The total area ... participation of crowded resource users meanwhile lack of clearly institutions management such as the master plan for management and exploitation ofthe lagoon’s resources was a main reason of ... reasonable and sustainable policies to manage the lagoon’s resourcesThe proof is that the granting of fishing license has not been implemented at the time ofthe author’s survey although the...
... preservation ofthe Mt Pulag as a National Park by conducting an ex-post economic valuation ofthe recreational value of Mt Pulag What is really the true value of this program? The overall goal ofthe ... considered as one ofthe most beautiful National Parks in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) A major area ofthe mountain has been designated as National Park by virtue of Proclamation No 75 dated ... (1995) at Lake Danao, Ormoc City entitled “Economic valuation ofa protected area: Lanao Danao National Park” Based from the findings ofthe study, variables affecting preservation demands and total...
... affecting the student’s satisfaction: acasestudy at the Da Nang University of economics” is carried out and formed basing on argument above RESEARCH BACKGROUND Ø Nowadays, tertiary educators are ... to the appearance of physical factors such as equipment, facilities used by a service based company as well as to the appearance of service employees • Empathy refers to caring and individualized ... & Zeithaml, V .A (1991) Refinement and reassessment ofthe SERVQUAL scale Journal of Retailing Parasuraman, A. , Zeithaml, V A. , & Berry, L L (1985) A conceptual model of service quality and its...
... percentage of variance explained (57.20% of total variance) Table 4: Total Variance Explained Extraction Sums of Squared Component Total % of Cumulative Variance % Rotation Sums of Squared Loadings ... measure the magnitude ofthe impact of factors affecting customer satisfaction The parameter data collected from the survey will be used as a database scale, providing readers and researchers an ... restaurant to achieve comfort, luxury and modern The aesthetics ofthe restaurant and the safety ofthe installation, the equipment used must be commensurate with rank of restaurant Therefore, assessment...
... (2) The obtained regression equations were applied to calculate the basal area growth of mean trees for each 2-cm-DBH class The growth of stand basal area for each day of measurements was estimated ... in aspen and alder, each represented over 5% ofthe stand total seasonal increment, while the total basal area of aspen was 10 times higher compared to alder Thus, the stand basal area dynamics ... multiplication ofthe mean basal area changes for each class by corresponding numbers of trees for each period and summarising afterwards The equation for the basal area growth can be written as:...
... Annals of General Psychiatry 2006, 5:20 Background We present acasestudy using the Evidence Based Medicine approach and have attempted to work through a common problem The aim ofthe process ... up the patient to see if the benefits of clozapine treatment were sustained The patient had an admission for another depressive episode almost two years later, and was then discharged on clozapine ... limitations again were that the trials reviewed had a heterogeneous population with outcome measures that varied according to the trial studied There was no double blind comparison trial of clozapine...
... inadequate housing At the time of this casestudy analysis, another survey of 105 clients ofthe needle exchange, found that more than half the sample were homeless, had lived in the area for a ... associated with the use ofcasestudy research methodology [6] In particular, the benefits ofcasestudy research are enhanced through the use of multiple sources of evidence, creation ofacasestudy ... well as study observations Considerable data was available because the closure ofthe needle exchange was a high profile public issue of significant public interest Case studies are generally...
... In the societal perspective (table 1), the patient's travel costs as well as their co-payment for drug costs are added The value of production was estimated as the difference between the annual ... the Cause of Death Register and data of income registered at Statistics Sweden [8,9] The hospital treatment costs are a result of MI or stroke and are stratified according to the first year and ... the incremental effects and costs of each The health gains of any particular intervention depend, among other things, on the risk ofthe target group Therefore, the population is stratified according...
... realities ofclimatechangeClimatechange is more than a threat; it’s a reality for millions of people in Vietnam The impacts ofclimatechange are already destroying livelihoods and increasing financial, ... reservoirs Planned infrastructural measures for adapting to climatechange must address the whole ofthe Mekong River Delta, not Can Tho alone Awareness and understanding ofclimatechange for local people ... scenarios for sub areas ofthe Mekong Delta to 2100 Analyzing and assessing impacts on Mekong Delta in climatechange scenarios Researching in detail impacts ofclimatechange on inundation, salt...
... in Sai Gon – Dong Nai river basin The software is integrated from the hydraulic mathematical models, material conservation and database management models in GIS formats The data used in the model ... (DANIDA) for the project "Impacts ofclimatechange on water resources and adaptation measures" The inundation maps obtained from simulation results for three climatechange scenarios together with ... 100cm Ratio of inundated area with different inundation depth also varies with the increase of sea level The higher the sea level is, the more the highly inundated areas (1-2m and more) and the...
... lead to gains in forecasting In particular, models that incorporate a gradual change in parameters and also include a large set of explanatory variables particularly well as far as the inflation ... covariance) and the rolling VAR model have the lowest RMSE after the UC model At the four-quarter horizon, the TVP-FAVAR, the TVP-VAR and the BMA procedure also deliver forecasts almost as accurate as the ... is the matrix of eigenvectors and Λ is the diagonal matrix with eigenvalues in descending order The eigenvalues are the variances ofthe principal components and the trace of Ω equals the sum of...
... municipality: City of Manila, Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Pasay, Pasig, Parañaque, Quezon, San Juan, Taguig, Valenzuela and the Municipality of ... planning Climate- related hazards and perceived impacts Awareness and understanding ofclimatechangeClimatechange adaptation plans and legislation Adaptive responses for the urban poor Community and ... Sub-Urban Masagana HOA Masagana Table List ofthe three settlement development organisations and six urban poor communities in thecasestudyThe second aspect ofthecasestudy research includes the...
... and Atmospheric-Ocean Global Circulation Models, are used to assess climatechange impacts in Lao Cai Province, namely: Baseline scenario using the historical data and simulating theclimate ... replacing thermal power production; Climatechange adaptation related to changes ofthe hydrological pattern with increased floods, such as increased occurrences of flash-floods, that may be alleviated ... by storage capacities of reservoirs; (3) Climatechange adaptation related to changes ofthe hydrological pattern with more pronounced dry periods that may be alleviated by release of water stored...
... second and third most important holiday regions are the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean (in particular Majorca) and the Canary Islands, off the Atlantic coast of Africa Next come Andalusia and ... international tourism was to the Catalonia region Compared with the city of Barcelona, the Costa Brava and the Costa Dorada attract mainly seaside holidaymakers from northern and central Europe The ... remain a growth sector Thailand Malaysia China East Asia World Vietnam Japan SE Asia Sri Lanka Islands threatened by water shortages Singapore Philippines Indonesia S Korea S Asia India Taiwan...
... Services: Soaplab Soaplab (Senger et al., 2003)2 allows a WSP to deploy a command line tool as a WS just by writing a metadata file that describes the parameters ofthe tool Soaplab takes care ofthe ... Taverna installed to run the workflow presented in Section Casestudy We introduce acasestudy in order to demonstrate the capabilities ofthe platform It regards the acquisition ofa Translation ... format These are provided by WSs available in the registry First, we use a domain-focused bilingual crawler13 in order to acquire the data Given a pair of languages, a set of web domains and a...