November 2009

Land use changes and forest reserve management in a changing environment: South-western Nigeria experience

  This paper investigates how human activities have influenced and altered land cover. It also indicates that the nature of cultural substitution of the indigenous forest species have significance for the functioning of the earth system. It therefore attempts to quantify the ecological implication of land cover change consequent upon land use. The paper integrated a topographical map of 1969 and satellite...

Author(s): O. O. I. Orimoogunje, O. Ekanade and F. A. Adesina

November 2009

Studying the effective factors which affect on economical growth

Investigating the effective factors which affect economic growth is important for most economists. Although lots of studies have been done on economic growth in the world, it gets little attentions in Iran. In this article, by estimating growth regression, we try to investigate the supply side economic growth of Iran. This study identifies the rate of enjoyment of each province concerning possibilities, facilities, and...

Author(s): Mirnaser Mirbagheri and Namiq Tagiev