CI dizel motorların yüzyıllık geçmişi olmasına rağmen, araştırmacılar motor geliştirmeyi bugüne kadar halen sürdürmektedir. Araştırmacılar, azalan fosil yakıt kaynakları ve katı emisyon kuralları sebebiyle geliştirmelerini hızlandırmaktadırlar. Bu sebeple, üç ana stratejik görev…
Bu tez çalışmasında, Azerbaycan Cumhuriyeti’nin başkenti olan Bakü, şehir coğrafyası açısından incelenmiştir. Şehir ve yakın çevresinin doğal ortam özellikleri, şehrin konumu, kuruluşu ve gelişimi, gelişiminde etkili olan coğrafi faktörler ile şehrin geçmişten günümüze nüfus, ye…
Doğal kaynak zengini ülkelerde; kaynak ihracatından elde edilen gelirlerin, reel döviz kurunda ve imalat sektöründe yarattığı olumsuz etkiler Hollanda Hastalığı teorisi ile açıklanmaktadır. Doğal kaynak keşfi veya küresel kaynak fiyatlarındaki beklenmedik artışlar sonucunda dövi…
Zamanla enerjiye olan ihtiyacın artmasıyla bu ihtiyaçların karşılanması için fosil yakıtlar gibi çevreye zarar veren yakıtların kullanılması; insanları, çevre ile dost olan ve ihtiyaçları istenilen seviyede karşılayabilen enerji kaynakları arayışlarına yönlendirmiştir. Fosil yak…
Freshwater aquaculture production has increased by 167% in Bangladesh between 2001 and 2017, surpassing fish production from natural open water bodies during this period. However, studies have shown that such dramatic growth in agricultural production can alter the earth’s poten…
Pre-natal and early childhood lead exposure to irreversibly lowers IQ. In low- and middle- income countries, the associated losses in lifetime productivity from lead exposure are estimated at nearly 1 trillion dollars. In non-industrial rural populations in Bangladesh, several s…
Electricity is a crucial aspect of modern society and plays a crucial role in economic development. It has contributed to the global economy for decades as it influences all areas of a country's development including industrial, societal, economic, and individual livelihood. The…
Soybean meals (SBM) and its by-products are the most common plant feedstuffs that are used in feeds for a variety of fish species of fish over the last three decades due to high protein levels and good amino acid profile, in comparison with other plant protein sources. In the la…
In Mexico, approximately 80% of the forest is commonly owned by local communities and its management is decentralized. Evidence suggests that in many cases, decentralization is ineffective in reaching positive social and environmental outcomes due to a lack of power for local ac…
There is a big debate among economists, why are the resource-rich economies growing slower than resource-poor economies? Which is making this puzzle more difficult, there are two groups of resources-rich abundance countries one group grow more than other ones. For instance, the …
The dissertation consists of three essays on Dutch Disease and exchange rate pass-through. Dutch Disease refers to the adverse effects of the natural resource booms on the tradable sectors (manufacturing industries) which may occur mainly through the subsequent appreciation of t…
Soil erosion is a complex, natural process that often is accelerated by such human activities as land clearance, agriculture, construction, and surface mining. Accurate soil erosion type/intensity maps can be effective tools in aid of soil erosion control efforts. The principal …
Small-scale agriculture-dependent communities face increased pressures and challenges linked to anthropogenic climate change. While social-environmental systems gradually evolve to accommodate such variability, there is growing evidence to suggest that increased incidence of dro…
Since 2002, NASA's GRACE Satellite mission has allowed scientists of various disciplines to analyze and map the changes in Earth's total water storage on a global scale. Although the raw data is available to the public, the process of viewing, manipulating, and analyzing the GRA…
Phosphorus (P) is vital to all living things. As the global population increases, so does the P demand. However, as a limited resource that can only be extracted by mining phosphate rock (PR), P has no substitute. This prompted the need to examine the recovery of P from water re…
Through a study of irrigation and water usage, this dissertation examines the function and eventual demise of a system of Ottoman imperial natural resource management and balance over the course of the long eighteenth century (1650 to 1820). Using both Arabic and Ottoman Turkish…
This thesis investigates the relationship between oil prices and environmental quality. While Chapters 1 and 2 empirically study the prices of a petroleum product, gasoline, Chapter 3 theoretically analyzes crude oil prices. Overall, the environmental effects of these prices are…
This paper analyzes the policy impacts generated by three interconnected regulations that were authorized in the 2014-2015 period pertinent to Indonesian marine fisheries governance. In addition, it also develops policy alternatives and investigates the stakeholders’ attitudes t…
Water scarcity and severe environmental degradation are causing water managers in Central Asia to reevaluate irrigation water use. The objective of this research was to investigate cropping systems that could improve food security in rural areas of the Fergana Valley of Uzbekist…