water resources sustainability is one of the major issues in the agricultural sustainability. in this study sustainability of water resources has been investigated by use of linear and non-linear models in six models based on optimal utilization of water resources in the north parts farms of iran because of incorrect use of agricultural water resources, from 2011 to 2012. also “gross margin per...

in spain, camping accommodation accounted for 6.32% of total tourism accommodation and 8.2% of overnight stays in 2007. there were 1,152 registered campsites which provided lodging for almost 6.4 million users. although these figures are higher than those of rural accommodation, few studies have analyzed the main attributes of this sector and their contribution to the development of spanish tou...

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is a rapidly expanding model of cloud computing. It includes control of computing resources, such as memory, computing power and storage capacity, satisfying the most fundamental IT needs for businesses on a usage-based payment model. Currently, there is an increased demand for IaaS services, which in turn feeds competition among cloud providers. As the price ...

In order to effectively incorporate the concern for open space in metropolitan planning, a quantitative valuation of this asset is needed. An environmental-economic framework is described here that assesses various societal values that can be attached to open space. Two complementary methods will be applied in this study: a hedonic pricing method to assess the impact of open space on residentia...

environmental characteristics, including the quality of green spaces, constitute one of the determinants of buildings (house & apartment) transaction prices. in this research, impact of urban green space on building's transaction prices (rials/m2) in karaj region, district 1 (jahanshahr), was analyzed. therefore, a questionnaire concerning building characteristics and transaction prices wa...

Environmental justice (EJ) is prominent in environmental policy, yet EJ research is plagued by debates over methodological procedures. A well-established economic approach, the hedonic price method, can offer guidance on one contentious aspect of EJ research: the choice of the spatial unit of analysis. Environmental managers charged with preventing or remedying inequities grapple with these fra...

This paper analyses hedonic pricing factors in the urban residential land market of Vienna. Considerable impacts of the underground network are to be found on residential land values. The accessibility of open space and shopping opportunities are among the major pricing factors of residential land markets. The socio-economic characteristics of the neighbourhood are also important. The connectio...