November 2012
The process of creation of the new cities in Tunisia: Case of the city of the Lake of Tunis
From 1987 up till now, the Northern Shoreline of the Lake has been almost urbanized. The importance of this space comes from the fact that it offers the urban areas aspects to look for by the different urban activities. Can we then say it is a space which has been able to escape the law of the land market matching activities of strong investment value on the most attractive places. However, by visiting the...
November 2012
Agrarian distress and indebtedness in rural India: Emerging perspectives and challenges ahead
This paper explores agrarian distress and indebtedness among farmers in India. The study is based on the state level data obtained from the 59th round survey of National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) conducted in agricultural year 2002 to 2003. The study aims to analyze the pattern of indebtedness and causal factors behind it. The research concludes that the major factors that lead to indebtedness are the...
November 2012
Spatial distribution of rainfall seasonality over East Africa
In this study, we have investigated the geographical variations of rainfall seasonality components over East Africa on the basis of pentad rainfall data at 36 stations during the period 1962-2006. Harmonic analysis was used to model the annual and semi-annual modes of rainfall seasonality at each station. The ratio of the modeled semi-annual range...
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