September 2011
Regional trend analysis of pan evaporation in Nigeria (1970 to 2000)
The trends pan evaporation (PE) in 4 different climatic regions (Sahel, Midland, Guinea Savannah and Coastal/Tropical Rainforest) covering about 21 tropical stations in Nigeria (during the period 1970 to 2000) were investigated. The influence of meteorological variables, which have significant impact on the spatial and temporal trends of pan evaporation for three consecutive decades across the different...
September 2011
Analysis of the situation of social capital resources in rural development: A case study of the central city of Nor Abad Mamsani, Iran
Social capital, while not all things to all people, is many things to a lot of people. Human and social capital play critical roles in rural development, in both the US and Europe, which is a key sociological approach used to study about rural development, in that the former focuses on the relational capital available to a group of actors and which can be mobilized in a development initiative. The goal of...
September 2011
Analysis of the status of traditional knowledge and technology in energy improvement: The case of Sistan Region, Iran
Environments have fascinated humans throughout the ages. Covering approximately one-third of the Earth's land surface, these arid (dry) landscapes receive less than 10 inches (25 centimeters) of rain per year and they support only limited plant and animal life. Sistan, in the southern east of Iran, is a big plain with high, hot and low rainfall per year. Apparently, humans controlled most of the natural...
September 2011
Urban management in Kurdish border cities of Iran: Case study of Saqqez
Saqqez is the second largest city in the Kurdistan province of Iran. In recent years, Saqqez has been faced with many problems due to emigration from rural centers and small cities. Since immigration has an inadmissible proportion to larger cities, it is blamed on many urban problems. This article wants to review these negative prejudgments in order to delineate specific problems and adopt real urban...
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