American Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics

Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2017

  • Gender-Based Differences in the Commercialisation of Rattan and Bamboo as Livelihood Support Option for Rural and Urban Poor in Ghana: Opportunities and Challenges

    Martin Amoah, Joseph Asomani, Raphael Kwasi Dzakpasu, Frank Asafuah

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2017
    Pages: 1-11
    Received: 16 December 2016
    Accepted: 03 January 2017
    Published: 19 January 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ajere.20170201.11
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    Abstract: This study investigated the gender-based differences in the commercialisation of rattan and bamboo in Ghana, the opportunities available to rural and urban poor communities engaged in the value chain of rattan and bamboo resource and the challenges they face in their quest to earn a living from the industry. Using snowball sampling, 106 actors in t... Show More
  • Leadership Styles and Employee Performance in Nigerian Higher Educational Institutions

    Marcus Garvey Orji, Olowu Daudu Malachy, Solomon Abba Boman, Akhimien Emmanuel

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2017
    Pages: 12-21
    Received: 31 October 2016
    Accepted: 28 December 2016
    Published: 20 January 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ajere.20170201.12
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    Abstract: Employee performance may be taken to be the end result of a motivated worker by the leader, since the leader create a situation that the individual will find both meaningful and challenging enough and decides to work consistently hard even in the absence of that leader. The main theme of this study is that leadership effectiveness on its different ... Show More
  • A Review of Wastewater Treatment Plant Modelling: Revolution on Modelling Technology

    Ting Sie Chun, M. A. Malek, Amelia Ritahani Ismail

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2017
    Pages: 22-26
    Received: 02 December 2016
    Accepted: 26 December 2016
    Published: 20 January 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ajere.20170201.13
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    Abstract: This review paper deals with the previous and current wastewater treatment plant modelling. The future of semantic modelling in a wastewater treatment plant through a new approach, Artificial Immune Systems (AIS), is introduced. AIS is still in the infant stage of soft computing. However, it has gained its popularity in the recent years, especially... Show More
  • Experimental Evaluation of Basin Type Solar Still for Saline and Fluoride Water Purification (A Case on Giby-Deep Well Water, Dupti, Afar-Ethiopia)

    Chala Diriba Gurmu, Belay Woldeyes, Belachew Melese

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2017
    Pages: 27-36
    Received: 02 December 2016
    Accepted: 20 December 2016
    Published: 21 January 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ajere.20170201.14
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    Abstract: In Ethiopia 61 percent of the rural population lacks an access to improved water sources and 62 Percent of rural households are travelling 30 minutes or more to fetch drinking water daily, mostly by child and women. This study presents the purification of water that contains saline and fluoride by using solar distillation. Three different alternati... Show More
  • Impact of Socioeconomic Variables on Income, Asset and Debt of Inland Fishers in Tamil Nadu, India

    Kalidoss Radhakrishnan, J Amali Infantina, Rengappan Marimuthu, Marimuthu Rajakumar, Neha W. Qureshi

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2017
    Pages: 37-45
    Received: 09 November 2016
    Accepted: 22 December 2016
    Published: 21 January 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ajere.20170201.15
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    Abstract: This study was conducted to examine the effect of socioeconomic variable on the asset, debt, and income of the inland fishers during August 2014 to May 2015. A total of 140 respondents were selected and data was collected by adapting adopting two-stage random sampling. The data was analyzed by using percent and ratio analysis. A significant variati... Show More
  • The Economic Efficiency and Effectiveness of Domestic Water Allocation in Moshi Rural District, Tanzania

    Peter Meta, Felister Mombo, Leopold Lusambo

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2017
    Pages: 46-55
    Received: 04 January 2017
    Accepted: 13 January 2017
    Published: 06 February 2017
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ajere.20170201.16
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    Abstract: Water is one of the scarce resources which is very important for the development for humankind hence efficient allocation is needed. The demand for domestic water as elsewhere is increasing as time goes according to records. This study was about the economic efficiency of domestic water allocation in Moshi Rural District, the case of Kirua-Kahe are... Show More