Residential Environmental Preferences and Choice: Empirically Validating Preference Measures

1972 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 445-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Menchik
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Residential Choice ◽  
Lot Size ◽  
Environmental Preferences ◽  
Residential Preferences ◽  
Suburban Sprawl ◽  
Market Choice ◽  
Residential Characteristics ◽  
Spread Pattern

In order to evaluate demands for new forms of residential environments (such as cluster development rather than the spread pattern of suburban sprawl), it may be useful to deal with persons' residential preferences directly, rather than their market choice. The paper develops residential environmental preference variables from questionnaire survey data. The preferences may be considered as relative tradeoffs among the residence's accessibility, characteristics of the house and lot (for example, lot size), the quality of the natural environment, and characteristics of the non-natural environment (for example, population density). At the same time, comparable measures are devised of the characteristics of the persons' present residences—their residential choice. Principal results are that the preference and choice variables do seem useful; that preferences, thus defined, do express themselves to some extent through market choice; and that different persons do in fact prefer different residential characteristics. Preferences for different residential characteristics tend to be negatively associated, so that there are persons with strong preferences for the natural environment who are willing to sacrifice a large lot to live in a beautiful area.

Moving to paradise for the children’s sake

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mari Korpela
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Moral Panic ◽  
Careful Attention ◽  
Lifestyle Choice ◽  
Transnational Mobility ◽  
Children’S Views

Increasing numbers of “Western” families spend several months a year in Goa, India, and the rest of the time in the parents’ passport countries or elsewhere. These “lifestyle migrants” are motivated by a search for “a better quality of life”, and the parents often claim that an important reason for their lifestyle choice is that it is better for the children to be in Goa, where they have enriching experiences and enjoy playing freely outdoors, in a natural environment. This article discusses parents’ and children’s views of this lifestyle. It argues that although the lifestyle sometimes causes moral panic among outsider adults who see regular transnational mobility as a sign of instability, a closer look reveals that there are various aspects of stability in the children’s lives. Paying careful attention to the parents’ and children’s own accounts, and the empirical realities of their lives, enables us to reach beyond normative judgements.

How swachh (clean) is urban India today?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bhitush Lutra ◽  
◽  
Deepa Karthykeyan
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Public Utilities ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
Negative Externalities ◽  
Public Supply ◽  
Urban India ◽  
Sachet Water

Where public supply has failed and made unsatisfactory progress in supplying drinking water, the private sector has readily stepped in to supply citizens with drinking water – most often to make big money. Much of the water bottling industry (i) provides a highly inelastic good, (ii) is immensely profitable and (iii) has significant negative externalities on public utilities, the natural environment and the quality of life in urban settings. The wide-spread introduction of a tax on the commercial water extraction and/or bottled or sachet water is ripe. The new mantra must not be “3Rs”, but “4Rs” – reduce, reuse, remunerate, recycle.

scholarly journals Comment on “The origin of methane in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf unraveled with triple isotope analysis” by Sapart et al. (2017)

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (15) ◽  
pp. 4777-4779
Author(s):  
Katy J. Sparrow ◽  
John D. Kessler
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Isotope Analysis ◽  
Critical Evaluation ◽  
Arctic Shelf ◽  
Anthropogenic Contamination ◽  
Sample Collection ◽  
Quality Of Data ◽  
Siberian Arctic ◽  
Systematic Methodology

Abstract. In this comment, we outline two major concerns regarding some of the key data presented in this paper. Both of these concerns are associated with the natural abundance radiocarbon-methane (14C-CH4) data. First, no systematic methodology is presented, nor previous peer-reviewed publication referenced, for how these samples were collected, prepared, and ultimately analyzed for 14C-CH4. Not only are these procedural details missing, but the critical evaluation of them using gaseous and aqueous blanks and standards was omitted although these details are essential for any reader to evaluate the quality of data and subsequent interpretations. Second, due to the lack of methodological details, the source of the sporadic anthropogenic contamination cannot be determined and thus it is premature for the authors to suggest it was in the natural environment prior to sample collection. As the natural 14C-CH4 data are necessary for the authors' stated scientific objectives of understanding the origin of methane in the East Siberian Arctic Shelf, our comment serves to highlight that the study's objectives have not been met.

scholarly journals The Conceptual vs Reality of Ecotourism Approaches and Strategies in Pangkor Island, Malaysia

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Seyedehelham Sadatiseyedmahalleh ◽  
Suraiyati Rahman ◽  
Badaruddin Mohamed
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Tourism Development ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Environmental Practice ◽  
Protection Strategies ◽  
Planning Strategies ◽  
Ecosystem Planning ◽  
Management Approaches

<p>Small islands are seen as iconic destinations for ecotourism due to their rich natural biodiversity and spectacular surroundings. Malaysia has a substantial number of islands, numbering approximately 878 islands. Pangkor Island is a popular destination among domestic and international tourists alike. However, the tourism industry can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, tourism development can improve quality of life and economic prospects of local communities; and on the other hand, it may inflict to destruction on the island’s sensitive ecosystem. Natural environment is the core attraction for Pangkor Island. However, the extensive development undertaken to match the high intensity of tourist arrivals can lead to deleterious effect on the natural environment and diminish the overall quality of the tourists’ experience. This paper attempts to explore the dichotomy between ecotourism concept and tourism development in Pangkor by exploring protection strategies and ecotourism management approaches in relation to Pangkor Island. The findings described in this paper are based on an evaluation of the existing planning strategies concerning tourism development, environmental conservation, observation and interviews with visitors in Pangkor Island. Lack of environmental practice among tour operators has led to significant threat to the island’s ecosystem. Consequently, Pangkor Island require imperative attention in ensuring the sustainability of the ecosystem. Planning and development strategies for managing Pangkor and adjacent smaller islands need to be taken into consideration by acknowledging baseline conditions and present day realities.</p>

Influence of Spindle Speed on Exit Burr Height in Drilling Forging Brass

2015 ◽  
Vol 1105 ◽  
pp. 159-163
Author(s):  
Manit Timata ◽  
Charnnarong Saikaew
Keyword(s):  
Spindle Speed ◽  
Lot Size ◽  
Assembly Quality ◽  
Burr Height ◽  
Burr Size ◽  
Drilling Tools ◽  
Quality Of Products ◽  
Exit Burr ◽  
Operation Cost

In the drilling of forging materials, exit burrs are produced on the end of hole and had some undesirable characters leading to assembly quality problem. Deburring is one of the practical techniques used to solve this problem. However, this technique is a time consuming and causes high operation cost. Hence this work presented an experimental study in drilling forging brass using special tungsten carbide drilling tools. The exit burr size was evaluated at various spindle speeds and lot size. Effect of spindle speed on exit burr height was investigated using analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results of ANOVA indicated that the spindle speed of 415 rpm gave lowest exit burr height and produced higher quantity and quality of products.

Visitor Centres as a Contribution to Improving Urban-Rural Relations

2020 ◽  
pp. 193-214
Author(s):  
Aleksandar Videnovic ◽  
Milos Arandjelovic
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Public Buildings ◽  
The Third ◽  
Urban Rural

The architecture of public buildings in rural areas, through the advancement of skills, knowledge, technologies, and materials, has become increasingly representative in recent decades, especially considering tourism as a global theme. The work is related to the planning of visitor centers in rural areas and the main task is defined by the effort to improve the quality of life in such areas, that is, highlight the major advantages in space, such as the natural environment. The aim of the research is defined by establishing certain elements in the planning of the visitor centers within the idea of promoting local values and cultural heritage. The first part of the chapter has been defined as an analysis of the theoretical views. The second part of the study has been defined as an analysis of the visitor centers. Through a case study, in the third part of the chapter, the work presents a comparative overview of the process to achieve two individual similar investments in Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

KEARIFAN LINGKUNGAN DALAM BUDAYA MASYARAKAT SEBAGAI SUMBER PEMBELAJARAN PADA DIKLAT GURU IPS MADRASAH TSANAWIYAH

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (33) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoyo Supriono
Keyword(s):  
Social Studies ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Learning Resources ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Education Community

Inheritance of local cultural values through formal education is an effort to prevent the entry of negative effects of globalization. For this reason, it is necessary to study which local values are worthy of being used as learning resources and to examine the effect of these learning resources on improving the quality of learning outcomes. Environmental wisdom as one of the cultural values that thrives in society has been able to make the natural environment remain sustainable. Environmental sustainability is certainly not only the needs of the education community, but the needs of all humanity. For this reason, institutionalizing local values is a non-negotiable need. Thus, the value of local culture, especially environmental wisdom is very important to make social studies more meaningful. The important meaning of learning resources for environmental wisdom in social studies education is that it can increase students' interest and learning passion and teachers as educators no longer make books and themselves as the most important learning resources so that they can cover their weaknesses.  Keywords: Environmental Wisdom as Learning Resources

scholarly journals Reviewer Acknowledgements

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 175
Author(s):  
Richard Williams
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Research Laboratory ◽  
Research Council ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Clemson University ◽  
Agricultural Research Council ◽  
National University

Journal of Agricultural Studies (JAS) would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether JAS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issue.Reviewers for Volume 7, Number 1Abhishek A. Cukkemane, Bijasu Agri Research Laboratory LLP, IndiaAftab Alam, Edenworks Inc. New York, USAAnil Kumar Matta, Vaddeswaram, Guntur dst, IndiaBabak Mohammadi, University of Tehran, IranEben von Well, Agricultural Research Council, South AfricaEliana Mariela Werbin, National University of Cordoba, ArgentinianErnest Baafi, CSIR-Crops Research Institute, GhanaPramod Kumar Mishra, University of Hyderabad, IndiaReham Ibrahim Abo-Shnaf, Agricultural Research Center, EgyptServet Aras, Bozok University, TurkeyZakaria Fouad Abdallah, National Research Centre, EgyptZhao Chen, Clemson University, USAZoi M. Parissi, School of Forestry and Natural Environment Aristotle University, Greece  Richard WilliamsEditorial AssistantJournal of Agricultural Studies--------------------------Macrothink Institute5348 Vegas Dr.#825Las Vegas, Nevada 89108United StatesPhone: 1-702-953-1852 ext.521Fax: 1-702-420-2900Email: [email protected]: http://jas.macrothink.org

scholarly journals Reviewer Acknowledgements for Vol. 5, No. 4, December 2017

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 221
Author(s):  
Richard Williams
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Research Laboratory ◽  
Ohio State University ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
State University ◽  
Clemson University ◽  
University Of Wisconsin ◽  
The Ohio State University

Journal of Agricultural Studies would like to acknowledge the following reviewers for their assistance with peer review of manuscripts for this issue. Many authors, regardless of whether JAS publishes their work, appreciate the helpful feedback provided by the reviewers. Their comments and suggestions were of great help to the authors in improving the quality of their papers. Each of the reviewers listed below returned at least one review for this issueReviewers for Volume 5, Number 4Abhishek A. Cukkemane, Bijasu Agri Research Laboratory LLP, IndiaAftab Alam, Edenworks Inc. New York, USAChenlin Hu, The Ohio State University, USA,Ernest Baafi, CSIR-Crops Research Institute, GhanaEwa Moliszewska, Opole University, PolandGerardo Ojeda, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, ColombiaMoses Olotu, Mkwawa University College of Educati, TanzaniaSahar Bahmani, University of Wisconsin at Parkside, USAZakaria Fouad Abdallah, National Research Centre, EgyptZhao Chen, Clemson University, USAZoi M. Parissi, School of Forestry and Natural Environment Aristotle University, Greece Richard Williams,EditorJournal of Agricultural Studies-------------------------------------------Macrothink Institute5348 Vegas Dr.#825Las Vegas, Nevada 89108United StatesPhone: 1-702-953-1852 ext.521Fax: 1-702-420-2900Email: [email protected]: http://jas.macrothink.org

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