The impact of industrial effluent on the Oruku River in southwestern region of Nigeria was investigated. Surface water, sediment, ground water and industrial effluent samples were obtained bimonthly for 18 months (March 2005 to September 2006). Effluent characteristics varied widely with averages of DO (4.25±1.3 mg/L), BOD (27.5±43 mg/L), Pb (0.41±0.26 mg/L), Cr (0.26±0.48 mg/L) and Ni (0.19±0....

On the basis of documents analysis, this article constructed the sustainable development evaluation model of real estate market from four aspects, including the harmonious development with local economy, reasonable prices, structural balance and financial coordination. Then we empirical studied the healthy development of Nanchang real estate market based on fuzzy pattern recognition model. The ...

There is continuing interest in the inter-relationships among real estate markets. This includes research suggesting that international linkages in real estate market returns are partly driven by the inter-relatedness between changes in local GDP and ‘world’ GDP. The current study continues this line of inquiry by examining securitised real estate market integration among six economies. By inve...

Exposure to excessive noise level is capable of producing destruction of the hair cells due to vasoconstriction of the cochlea blood vessels and over stimulation of the hair cells as a response to the noise exposure, which in turn may reduce the nutrient and oxygen to the cells as well as, placing a great impingement on the occupational performances of the Industrial workers. The study examined...

Currently, many scholars have theoretically studied the early warning index of real estate market, but few have focused on the implementation of the system. Our study provides a system for early warning and monitoring the economic situation in real estate market. We construct a boom index for China’s real estate market based on the state space model. In particular, we provide users with intuiti...

How much does factual information affect political attitudes? I address that question through a case study of attitudes toward the estate tax. Drawing on two original survey experiments, I demonstrate that correct information about who actually pays the estate tax does increase support for the estate tax. Preferences shifts caused by this information were approximately as large as those caused ...

The Chinese real estate industry has experienced rapid growth since China’s economic reform. Along with a booming industry, a third of purchased lands were left undeveloped in the last decade. Knowledge of real estate development time lags between land being purchased and property being occupied can enable policymakers to produce more effective policies and regulations to guide the real estate ...

In analyzing the effect of geographic diversification on the risk and volatility of real estate returns, past studies have suffered from several flaws. They have been performed on ex post portfolios constructed from a larger sample of properties, they have used appraisal-based return series, and the geographic regions analyzed did not bear any relation to the economic characteristics which unde...

The principles of sustainability have become particularly important in the real estate and construction sector over the past decade. Despite extended efforts to evaluate the sustainability aspects of the real estate development, very few attempts have been exposed in the scientific literature pursuing integrating the investors and real estate developers’ responsibility for the local community, ...

Rural America’s real estate market has remained strong during the recession. While there is no comprehensive statistic to summarize the overall market for rural real estate, a variety of indicators indicate healthy demand. Farmland values rose throughout the year. Rural housing activity remained robust in the face of an economic downturn. Suburban growth and the increasing use of rural areas as...