Are wetland regulations cost effective for species protection? A case study of amphibian metapopulations

There appears to be a threshold around an average habitat patch occupancy level of 80%, after which opportunity costs rise dramatically....

DM Bauer，PWC Paton，SK Swallow - 《Ecological Applications》

COMMERCIAL FORESTS IN SCOTLAND: AN ECONOMIC APPRAISAL OF REPLANTING

biodiversity value of natural regeneration could not be included in the opportunity cost of land, these percentages are likely to be lower-bound estimates....

DC Macmillan - 《Journal of Agricultural Economics》

Equality of educational opportunity: Myth or reality in U.S Schooling

Despite being known as the land of opportunity, the United States is far from equitable when it comes to the mathematics that students have the opportunity...

WH Schmidt，LS Cogan，CC Mcknight - 《American Educator》

Livestock development planning in Uganda: Identification of areas of opportunity and challenge

Abstract Livestock are an important element of the livelihoods of many Ugandan households, and considerable efforts at economic development by the governme...

BS Mugarura - 《Land Use Policy》

Land Policy in the Eighteenth-Century British Empire: the Sale of Crown Lands in the Ceded Islands, 1763鈥3

Amid the continuing re-evaluations of how the eighteenth-century British empire functioned, the role of land policy remains neglected. Yet it would not be disputed that land was the primary colonial resource. For colonists, its acquisiti...

DH Murdoch - 《Historical Journal》

Daimler: Mexico a 'land of opportunity'

In a year when dealers in the U.S. and Canada faced a dramatic downturn in truck sales, Mexico is a world apart. As of November, the market for Class 4-8 v...

JG Smith - 《Heavy Duty Trucking》

Pro-poor change in the aftermath of disasters – Exploring possibilities at the intersection of disaster politics and land rights issues in Central Philipp...

Window of opportunity for changeTyphoon HaiyanPhilippinesThis article demonstrates how natural disasters can rearrange arenas of contestation over land use, ...

Marille van Es，Bert Bruins - Land Use Policy

To Seek America: A History of Ethnic Life in the United States

Economist Joseph Stiglitz concludes, in fact, that "it has increasingly been noted that America is becoming a plutocracy—not the land of opportunity...doi:10.1086/ahr/83.3.818Donald B. Cole...

DB Cole，L Dinnerstein，DM Reimers，... - 《American Historical Review》