Working Papers (Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology)

1996

Luckert, Martin K., Dosman, Donna, Adamowicz, Wiktor, Laplante, B.

Solid waste management is becoming less a matter of personal household initiative and more an institutionalized system of legislation and programs. In order to decrease the amount of waste that is produced, discarded, and disposed of (landfilled or incinerated), governments, non-profit...

1996

Luckert, Martin K.

In 1972, Schweitzer et al. defined the allowable cut effect (ACE) as an \"...immediate increase in today's allowable cut which is attributable to expected future increases in (timber) yields.\" Having made this observation, the authors requested feedback on how the ACE should be considered in...

1993

Bradshaw, Garry, Bauer, Leonard

\"Farm management is a task performed only by managers of farms. It is not undertaken by those who write about it, teach it, or give advice on it.\" This rather humbling quotation from two British writers, Giles and Stansfield, conveys a powerful message to people who are involved in the...

1996

Just, Lesley, Murray, Eloise C.

This study examined rural Ugandan women's lives to discover reasons why they may or may not practice agroforestry. These women are responsible for the triple roles of reproduction, production and community maintenance work, all carried out within the context of a gendered social environment. From...

1992

Apedaile, L. Peter

Canadian agriculture and the rural economy are caught up in the process of global economic integration. This paper argues that new coalitions and contractual agreements are required to keep up with this globalization. The Uruguay Round of the GATT is an example of the effort of the international...