Essays about: "Regional Development Index"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 22 essays containing the words Regional Development Index.

  1. 6. Disaggregating economic inequality from space

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Neija Maegaard Elvekjær; [2019]
    Keywords : Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite VIIRS ; night-time lights; Gross Domestic Product GDP ; economic inequality; regional inequality; spatial inequality; Gini coefficient; spatial scale; Social Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Reducing inequality is number 10 of the United Nations sustainable development goals. Inequality in society affect economic growth, development and poverty reduction, and through these indirectly affect environmental degradation, food security and other major problems facing society today. READ MORE

  3. 7. Effekten av viktreduktion på insulinresistensen hos hästar med Ekvint metabolt syndrom

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

    Author : Mikaela Mårtensson; [2017]
    Keywords : hästar; Ekvint metabolt syndrom; ; EMS; insulinresistens; fång; fetma; viktreduktion;

    Abstract : Ekvint metabolt syndrom (EMS) är ett sjukdomskomplex som karaktäriseras av en ökad fettansättning, generell eller regional, insulinresistens och predisposition att utveckla fång. Individer som drabbas är ofta medelålders till äldre och ofta av ponnyras. READ MORE

  4. 8. Income Inequality and Economic Growth : What relation does regional income inequality have with local economic growth in US Metropolitan Areas?

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Barbara Kandek; Veronika Kajling; [2017]
    Keywords : income inequality; economic growth; regional economics; gini index; united states;

    Abstract : Income inequality has been widely debated since the beginning of economic development. This topic is especially present in today’s economic world as the gap between the poor and rich only seem to widen, even in developed nations. READ MORE

  5. 9. Spatial assessment of NDVI as an indicator of desertification in Ethiopia using remote sensing and GIS

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Gezahagn Negash Seboka; [2016]
    Keywords : NDVI and Rainfall; land degradation; climate change; desertification; NOAA AVHRR; land cover; GIS; Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Desertification is a serious environmental and socio-economic problem occurring at global, regional and local scale. According to Article 1(a) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), define the term “desertification” means “land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid (dry lands) areas resulting from various factors, including climatic variations and human activities”. READ MORE

  6. 10. Regional development in post 1997 Indonesia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Alexander Buitenhuis; [2016]
    Keywords : Regional development; Asia Crisis; Indonesia; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis uses three indicators of development (Human Development Index, human capital and infrastructure) to analyze regional development in post 1997 Indonesia. The main conclusion is that the Asia crisis had on the short-term an equalizing effect on the different growth paths of the Indonesian regions. READ MORE