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- 12Parkins, John (Resource Economics and Environmental Sociology)
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Inferred Valuation as a Tool to Alleviate Social Desirability Bias: Testing the Systematic Influence of Individual-Specific Factors
DownloadSpring 2019
Zambrano Orellana, Roxana Patricia
Social desirability bias (SDB) is a problem often found in the elicitation of preferences for goods of moral concern, where individuals tend to behave in a way that makes them 'look good' complying with social norms. Inferred valuation has been proposed to overcome this problem in stated...
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Fall 2016
Conservation auctions have become a popular mechanism for gathering information about farmers' willingness to accept (WTA) compensation for the adoption of beneficial management practices (BMPs), allowing governments and environmental authorities to foster the adoption of these practices. In real...
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Fall 2018
It is often assumed that agricultural producers are price takers; that is, prices are beyond their control or influence. While farmers have been able to manage fluctuations in prices received for output, there is also considerable value in managing input risk. Nevertheless, there are few studies...
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Institutional Innovation in Farmer-Trader Exchange Practices in the Indonesian Shallot Market
DownloadFall 2016
When agricultural markets do not function well, the results can impose disproportionate negative effects on smallholder farmers (FAO, 2010). These effects are exacerbated when markets for key inputs, such as skilled labour, are missing or incomplete (de Janvry et al., 1991). To reduce risk and...
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Intergenerational resilience in Aklavik, NT – exploring conceptualizations, variables, and change across generations
DownloadFall 2012
I explore resilience qualitatively and quantitatively with youth, adults, and elders in Aklavik, Northwest Territories, Canada. Using focus groups, semi-structured and follow-up interviews, the research questions were: How is resilience defined in Gwich’in and Inuvialuit cultures? What themes...
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Investigating Cultures of Food Security: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Gender in Rural Kongwa, Tanzania
DownloadSpring 2015
This thesis examines two cultural components of food security in rural Tanzania, specifically gendered mobilities and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in the District of Kongwa. Drawing on critical and focused ethnographic principles, intra-household data was collected from 27 households in...
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Investigating smallholders' preferences for the design of REDD contracts: A case study in Akok village, Cameroon
DownloadSpring 2013
This thesis examines smallholders’ preferences for the design of hypothetical contracts to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) in Akok village, Cameroon. An attribute-based stated choice experiment survey was conducted to elicit smallholders’ preferences for various...
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Fall 2018
Prairie potholes are drained for the purposes of agricultural production and land development. However, restoring these drained basins is a hard sell. Three reverse auctions involving restoration identified low uptake of wetland restoration contracts by private landowners. This study explores the...
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Just for whom? Including immigrant and migrant workers of Asian descent in the energy transition dialogue in Alberta, Canada
DownloadFall 2023
There is agreement amongst activists, politicians, the majority of the public and even industry stakeholders that shifting away from carbon-intensive industries is necessary to get on a path towards mitigating climate change. There is also widespread support for a transition that prioritizes the...
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Fall 2013
Polar bears (Ursus maritimus, Nanuut) are a culturally and economically important species to the Inuvialuit. As a result of climate change, the Arctic is experiencing rapid ecological changes with the potential for profound impacts on polar bear populations. The objectives of the thesis were to...