Essays about: "spatial determinant"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words spatial determinant.

1. 1. Indigenous Urbanization in Bolivia: A Logit Analysis of Between-Group Differences in Migration Drivers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Louisa Valentin; [2022]
   Keywords : Indigenous; Urbanization; Rural-Urban Migration; Spatial Inequality; Bolivia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Bolivia's urbanization rates have accelerated through the latter half of the 20th century, with over 70 percent of the country's population living in urban centers today. Despite having the highest share of indigenous people in Latin America, Bolivia's indigenous population is often wrongfully excluded from popular discourse on the rural-urban migration trend. READ MORE

3. 2. Financial Determinants of Carbon dioxide emissions

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Reinis Buneris; [2021]
   Keywords : carbon dioxide emissions; Environmental Kuznets Curve; panel data regression model; economic and financial development; environmental policy; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : In recent years, the raising concern about carbon dioxide emissions has been linked to not only environmental or industrial, but also financial aspects. Common financial determinants of carbon dioxide emissions analysed by previous studies include economic and financial development, financial structure, and trade openness of a country. READ MORE

4. 3. NDVI time series analysis for desert locust outbreak detection and quantification analysis of its impact on vegetation productivity of Sahel

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Evangelos Oikonomopoulos; [2020]
   Keywords : Physical Geography and Ecosystem Analysis; Primary Productivity; Desert Locust; NDVI; Time Series Analysis; Outbreak Detection; Food Security; Sahel; Insect Disturbances; GEM; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : It has been shown that the semi-arid environment of the Sahelian belt plays an important role in the global carbon uptake as the fluctuation of its primary productivity can be determinant for the global carbon uptake. The insect Schistocerca gregaria commonly known as the desert locust is a disturbance factor that can affect the vegetation productivity for consecutive seasons. READ MORE

5. 4. Does location also matter? : a spatial analysis of social achievements of young South Australians

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Oluwatomi Esther Adejoro; [2016]
   Keywords : South Australia; GIS; social achievement determinants; spatial patterns; spatial determinant; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : There are spatial elements and factors in every social activity. Physical environment in particular and its characteristics has a significant effect in the social decisions and outcomes of a location and of the residents of disadvantaged areas. READ MORE

6. 5. Exploring the spatial relationship between NDVI and rainfall in the semi-arid Sahel with geographically weighted regression

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Stefanos Georganos; [2016]
   Keywords : geomatics; rainfall; Sahel; scale dependency; non-stationarity; physical geography and ecosystem analysis; geographically weighted regression; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The Normalized Vegetation Difference Index (NDVI) is frequently used as a surrogate for vegetation properties and is often correlated with climatic variables such as rainfall. However, studies have shown that conventional regression models used to study the spatial relationship between NDVI and rainfall are often plagued by non-stationarity and are scale dependent. READ MORE