one of the most important aspects of sustainable development is sustainable agriculture. therefore, nowadays, achieving a sustainable agricultural system is an important policy in agriculture department of countries. the main objective of this study is identifying factors affecting stability of rice cultivation in the city of shirvan and chardavol in ilam province. this study was a survey and i...

The paper explores the factors influencing the extent of regional sourcing by multinational manufacturing firms using data collected by interview from 50 foreignand UK-owned plants in Yorkshire and the Humber. Higher levels of regional sourcing are observed where certain demand characteristics coincide with strengths in the regional supply base. A ‘corporate filter’ reduces regional sourcing bu...

Does Local Business Ownership Insulate Cities from Economic Shocks? * We assess a prominent argument for local economic policies that favor locally-owned businesses – namely, that locally-owned firms are more likely to internalize the costs to the community of decisions to reduce employment and hence help to insulate cities from adverse economic shocks. We test this argument by examining how es...

The Theory of Restitution presumes that it is possible in principle to account for and measure deviations from racial fairness principles, that would serve as a benchmark for making restitution to black Americans, a group aggrieved and harmed by racial discrimination in the market place.To the extent that the number of black-owned rms in the market re ects, and is conditioned by consumer discri...

Rangelands are uncultivated lands that include grasslands, savannahs, steppes, shrub lands, deserts and tundra. The native vegetation on rangelands is predominantly grasses, forbs and shrubs (Kothmann, 1974). Rangelands cover 31 percent of the land surface area of the United States (Havstad et al., 2009), and up to half of the land surface area worldwide (Lund, 2007). Most land areas that are n...

Three-dimensional (3D) object completion was investigated by habituating 4- and 6-month-old infants (n= 24 total) with a computer-generated wedge stimulus that pivoted 15 degrees , providing only a limited view. Two displays, rotating 360 degrees , were then shown: a complete, solid volume and an incomplete, hollow form composed only of the sides seen during habituation. There were no reliable ...

desertification relates to the both the process and end state of drylands degradation. salinization and alkalinization are two indicators of soil degradation in arid and semi-arid regions. the main objectives of this research is monitoring of soil salinity using high spectral and spatial resolution of remote sensing to assess desertification in the marvast plain, yazd province. two images of te...

The study is caused by the spread of land conflicts in society between territorial communities (local self-government bodies) as landowners and citizens users such lands on right permanent use, well ambiguous perception, interpretation application legislation settlement conflicts. purpose article to formulate a legal model for resolving dispute over user appeal court against decision local body...