Effective management of the excreta or faecal sludge (FS) emptying, transport and disposal mechanisms from the on-plot latrines in urban areas of many low-income countries is critical for the sustainability of urban sanitation. However the literature mentions the lack of an effe…
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The late 19th and early 20th centuries in Kirman, Iran were marked by significant social, political and economic change associated with globalization. This dissertation is a study of the role of the elite households of Kirman in mediating these transformations at the provincial …
This dissertation examines the role of micro-credit on the liquidity constraints faced by poor landless and near-landless households in rural Bangladesh. The objective of the study is to examine whether collateral-free interest-bearing micro-loans from the Grameen Bank can help …
The issue of income distribution and inequality lies in the heart of development literature. This study has examined the structure of household expenditure and income in Egypt between the late 1950s and the early 1990s. The data employed are sourced from the five household budge…
How do poor rural households in Bangladesh deal with bad weather, floods, and other idiosyncratic income shocks? Do existing social institutions help poor households smooth their consumption by mitigating these shocks? Does the existing rural social structure call for special po…
In this dissertation I analyze economic and social conditions in households and neighborhoods in Upper Mesopotamia, ca. third millennium B.C.E. Most investigations of domestic residences in the ancient Near East have focused on elite residences. In contrast, I analyze wealthy an…
The study is an attempt to model the complex energy consumption behavior in South Asia, where households choose from modern energy resources such as electricity and natural gas, and traditional sources such as wood and biomass. The study uses the Living Standards Measurement Stu…
The water supply and sanitation situation in the developing world is still very inadequate. In Africa, for example, more than 47 percent of urban households are without access to safe water. The condition is even worse in rural areas. This study reports a meta-analysis of more t…
This research examines the weak condition of pareto efficiency maintained by the unitary and collective models of the household. Farm production data collected from Senegalese households over a two-year period are used to test whether resources are allocated efficiently across m…
This study examines South African house prices with a view to determining whether the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) had an effect on those prices. The first part of this study discusses alternative investments and real estate as an investment and the risks that come with it. The…
There are many pathways to juvenile delinquency; however, family structure, single parent gender, and parenting styles adolescents experience have been indicated to be significant predictors of delinquency in male adolescents. Family structure within the United States has experi…
This case study seeks to explore the role of souvenir making in empowering marginalised women in Alexandra, Johannesburg. Souvenir making contributes to social and economic empowerment of marginalised women, which enhances their standards of living. The women in Alexandra live u…
Evictions are endemic in the United States, affecting as many as 1 in 19 tenant households each year (Desmond et al., 2016). This number is expected to increase in 2020, affecting between 9 million and 15 million households and disproportionately hurting minority and low-income …
Recycling behavior is influenced by many factors, but not limited to, awareness and knowledge, attitudes, and convenience. This study examines some of the factors that influence female households in Saudi Arabia to recycle using a mixed-methods research approach. This was done b…
The American government and its policies have a long history of racism. In particular, the historic policy of redlining is one legislation explicitly responsible for America's modern-day urban disparities. This study attempts to estimate the effect of redlining on urban disparit…
This thesis aims to explore the extent, rationales and utilisation of informal support networks amongst Pakistani Muslims living in deprived areas of Sheffield. Historical data show that the early Pakistani migrants that came to Britain, engaged in informal support with fellow m…
In many different cultures throughout history, humans have chosen to live and work cooperatively, arranging themselves into domestic corporate groups. However, these domestic corporate groups are not identical in their nature or operation. For instance, the ways in which communi…
This dissertation investigates the use and development of open spaces in Neolithic settlements in the context of the social shifts and regional trends noted in West Asia. Investigations of open space in the scholarship are varied and articulate with broader theoretical and metho…
Urban sprawl has led to poorly planned cities that spread out over large distances of land, creating unequal distribution of resources and blocking access to opportunities for low-income residents who remain in the central city (Squires, 2002) . While sprawl does provide the opp…