Browsing by Author "Bailey, Conner"

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Selected Topics in Alabama’s Environmental Horticulture Industry: The Economic Impact of Alabama's Green Industry and Migrant Labor in Alabama's Horticulture Industry

Bellenger, Moraih (2005-08-15)

The environmental horticulture industry, known as the green industry, constitutes the states highest selling and fastest growing agricultural crop sector. The author, in collaboration with Deacue Fields and Kenneth tilt, ...

Social Capital, School Desegregation and Education in West Alabama's Black Belt

Adams, Joshua (2005-12-15)

The 12 counties constituting Alabama's Black Belt region are characterized, generally, by persistent poverty, poorly funded education systems, and racial stratification. Fifty-one years after Brown v. Board of Education, ...

The Socio-Economic Impact of Concentration of Timberland Ownership in Alabama

Gopaul, Abhimanyu (2017-04-26)

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the relationship between concentration of timberland ownership at the county level which has more than 50% of its population living in rural areas and quality of life in Alabama. ...

Three Essays on Market and Non-Market Factors Affecting International Seafood Trade

Tran, Nhuong (2011-03-25)

This dissertation is comprised of three separate essays investigating market and non-market factors affecting international seafood trade. The first essay analyzes the impact of food safety standards and management systems ...

Timber Industry Consolidation and the Need for Scale Appropriate Harvesting Mechanisms in Alabama's Black Belt

Brodbeck, Arnold (2005-08-15)

The consolidation and technological development of the forest industry in west Alabama’s Black Belt has lead to a growing disjunction between the needs of small forestland owners and the capabilities of logging operations ...

Volunteer Tourism: A Catalyst for Promoting Community Development and Conservation

Lupoli, Christopher (2013-04-19)

Volunteer tourism is a rapidly growing form of alternative travel. One of its central pillars consists of benefiting host communities and facilitating development in resource poor and developing country contexts. However, ...

The Willingness of Non-Industrial Private Forest Landowners to Supply Wood Biomass for a Prospective Wood-Based Bioenergy Industry: A Case Study from Lee County, Alabama

Paula, Ana Luiza de C. (2009-07-21)

A key factor determining the potential for development of bioenergy industries is the availability of feedstock. Despite the abundant presence of wood biomass in highly forested regions such as the U. S. South, the ...

Xi-Chi as Root Metaphor in Taiwanese Weddings

Hong, Shihyi (2006-05-15)

Anthropologists have always been interested in implications of each societal unit in different cultures. However, they are also aware of drastic changes in these units in many cultures due to migration, technologies, gay ...