Abstract Trusting behaviour is a cornerstone of cooperation and, hence, economic performance, not least in poorer communities where transactions often rely on informal agreements. But trusting potentially costly since the counterpart may decide to defect. In this study, we investigate whether food scarcity influences level rural Tanzania by leveraging quasi-experimental variation supply induced...

BACKGROUND Nurses are the main users of supplies and equipment applied in the Intensive Care Units (ICUs) which are high-priced and costly. Therefore, understanding ICU nurses' experiences about resource management contributes to the better control of the costs. OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate the culture of nurses' working environment regarding the resource management in the ICUs ...

Emission reduction targets as well as the scarcity of fossil resources make a transition of the energy system towards a carbon free electricity supply necessary. Promising energy resources are solar and wind energy. The challenging characteristics of the high temporal and geographic variability of these resources make a systematic analysis of the integration necessary. Subject of this study is ...

This paper details a system dynamics model developed to simulate proposed changes to water governance through the integration of supply, demand and asset management processes. To effectively accomplish this, interconnected feedback loops in tariff structures, demand levels and financing capacity are included in the model design, representing the first comprehensive life-cycle modelling of potab...

[1] Most cities rely on firm water supply capacity to meet demand, but increasing scarcity and supply costs are encouraging greater use of temporary transfers (e.g., spot leases, options). This raises questions regarding how best to coordinate the use of these transfers in meeting cost and reliability objectives. This paper combines a hydrologic–water market simulation with an optimization appr...

Numerous empirical studies have examined the effect of growth controls on housing prices.’ These studies have used many different techniques ranging from hedonic price model estimation to paired comparisons but have all come to the same conclusion: growth controls raise the price of housing. In theory, there are both demand and supply side explanations (which need not be mutually exclusive) for...

Water scarcity is a serious problem in the mega city Karachi. The problem is more pronounced in the slum areas of the city having poor infrastructure and limited facilities. This study presents a quality assessment of piped water supply in the biggest slum area of Asia; the Orangi town. Forty six samples of piped water were collected from different places and examined for bacteriological and ph...