Quantitative Methods and Socio-Economic Applications in GIS.

Using GIS-based methods of multicriteria analysis to construct socio-economic deprivation indices

BACKGROUND Over the past several decades researchers have produced substantial evidence of a social gradient in a variety of health outcomes, rising from systematic differences in income, education, employment conditions, and family dynamics within the population. Social gradients in health are measured using deprivation indices, which are typically constructed from aggregated socio-economic da...

economic optimization and energy consumption in tray dryers

دراین پروژه به بررسی مدل سازی خشک کردن مواد غذایی با استفاده از هوای خشک در خشک کن آزمایشگاهی نوع سینی دار پرداخته شده است. برای آنالیز انتقال رطوبت در طی خشک شدن به طریق جابجایی، یک مدل لایه نازک برای انتقال رطوبت، مبتنی بر معادله نفوذ فیک در نظر گفته شده است که شامل انتقال همزمان جرم و انرژی بین فاز جامد و گاز می باشد. پروفایل دما و رطوبت برای سه نوع ماده غذایی شامل سیب زمینی، سیب و موز در طی...

Socio-economic Research Methods in Forestry: a Training Manual

A GIS-Based Decision Support Tool for Targeting Biophysical and Socio- Economic Niches in Tropical Agriculture

The aim of this paper is to describe a methodology for recommending crop species for smallholder farmers in the tropics, targeted to biophysical and socio-economic niches, incorporating both available data and expert knowledge. Although it is important that species are matched to biophysical environments, it is equally important that they are matched to the unique socio-economic situation and m...

Landslide Hazard Zonation Using Quantitative Methods in GIS

Landslides are major natural hazards which not only result in the loss of human life but also cause economic burden on the society. Therefore, it is essential to develop suitable models to evaluate the susceptibility of slope failures and their zonations. This paper scientifically assesses various methods of landslide susceptibility zonation in GIS environment. A comparative study of Weights of...