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Land Reform and Structural Transformation: Evidence from East Asia
(2013-04-26)
Land reform is closely related to agricultural development and the whole development process. This thesis examines the impacts of land reform on asset distribution, agricultural productivity, and the process of structural ...
Reforming Refuse: Designing a Community Recycling Centre for Halifax's North End
(2014-08-19)
Set in Halifax, Nova Scotia, this thesis proposes a design for a new kind of urban recycling facility—one that integrates the processes of recycling with a program of public education and recreation. Using a centrally ...
Rethinking Economics: Accounting for Environmental Impact at a Local Level
(2013-04-30)
The quality of the human experience depends on a dramatic change in how we think about economics and, more specifically, about the relationship between human economic activity and the natural world. The continued pursuit ...
Desiccation Tolerance in Listeria monocytogenes: Mechanisms and Importance for Food Safety
(2013-08-21)
This study examined some of the environmental, physiological, and genetic factors or mechanisms which contribute to L. monocytogenes’ desiccation survival under food processing conditions. Desiccation experiments were ...
Does development work for women, or do women work for development? Making sense of the language and logic of women's empowerment and gender equality programs at UNDP Zimbabwe
(2014-12-11)
This thesis examines the internal factors that influence the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)’s approach to women’s empowerment and gender equality. Applying methods of content analysis and participant observation, ...
Fitness consequences of hybridization between ecotypes of Avena barbata.
(Dalhousie University, 2004)
A FUZZY LOGIC CLUSTER FORMATION PROTOCOL FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS
(2011-12-20)
Wireless sensor nodes are resource constrained and have limited amount of energy. Therefore, designing protocols that conserve energy is an important area of research. Researchers have investigated architectures and ...
Beyond power and privilege: Discourses of rights and liberties in western Nigeria, 1900--1966.
(Dalhousie University, 2003)
From field to fact: William E. Logan and the geological survey of Canada.
(Dalhousie University, 2007)