Urban Multifunctional Land Use: Theoretical and Empirical Insights on Economies of Scale, Scope and Diversity

A recent planning device aimed at dealing with land scarcity is the propagation of multifunctional land use. This paper describes the evolution of urban planning concepts and their links to economic theory. We argue that the most distinctive feature of multifunctional land use is its emphasis on return to diversity. This concept is rooted in the modern economic theory of agglomeration. Empirical evidence is shown to provide some support for the quantitative relevance of return to diversity, but is still to a large extent in its infancy. More evidence is required for policy purposes aimed at identifying the optimal extent to which multifunctional land use projects have to be pursued

The Hungarian Radical Right and Holocaust Memory

This thesis studies the role of the Hungarian government\u27s museums, monuments, and speeches in supporting its nationalistic narrative of twentieth century history and its contemporary policies. It brings together history of the interwar period, the Second World War, the Holocaust, and Hungarian communism

Perestroika in Central Europe

Syllabus for Political Science 380, Perestroika in Central Europe

Determinants of Success In Reform Strategies: A Case Study of Hungary and Poland

The capacity of a post-communist country to minimize social pain is essential to the very existence of the new government. In studying the transitional economies of Eastern Europe, it is important to attempt to determine what factors have lead to a level of success in not only moving towards a market economy, but also in minimizing the social pain of that transition. Hungary and Poland have been cited as two of the most successful nations in moving towards economic success (Slay, 1994). Interestingly, these two countries selected different reform strategies, the gradualist approach and the shock therapy approach respectively. With these different strategies, they have met with similar results, results that are some of the most optimistic in all of Eastern Europe. This study will analyze how two very different reform strategies can produce similar outcomes. The paper will attempt to determine the other factors that have been important to the success of these two case studies

Diversity and Participatory Research for Organic Agriculture

The purpose of the tool is to present the issue of seeds and organic agriculture and how together they can connect peasant seeds and participatory plant breeding approaches. Starting from a parallel analysis of Organic Agriculture and Agroecology concept, the presentation provides an overview of the issues useful for policy makers, researchers, advisors and farmers. The tool is specifically focusing on organic farming, but it can also be of interest for other low input systems that want to work with peasant seeds and the multi-actor approach

Effect of nitrogen and phosphorous on Farm Plantations in various agroecological zones of Punjab, Pakistan

Against a world average of 25% area under forests, Pakistan has around 5% and Punjab has only 2% area under manageable and productive forests. The present deteriorating condition of the forests in Punjab has bleak prospects of improvement and expansion in near future due to ever increasing demand for agriculture produce. In view of the present situation the best possible solution seems to be offered by Farm forestry/agroforestry that models planting trees and agricultural crops together, which unfortunately, has not been utilized to its full potential. Based on physiographic, climate and ecology, Pakistan is divided into nine major ecological or vegetative zones, which are further sub-divided into 18 habitat types – an arrangement for the development of protected areas system in terms of representative ecotypes. During the survey of farm plantations about 400 soil samples were collected and their physical and chemical analysis was conducted for the comparison of the four Agro ecological zones of the Punjab Province of Pakistan with regards to agroforestry. A comparison of the characteristics of soils taken from various farm plantations necessitated a prior evaluation of nitrogen and phosphorous as well as their composition in order to ascertain whether the soils were texturally similar or not. In case of Agroforestry, the type of soil is one of the major factors for the classification of different suitable species of plants. The results of the soil analysis of various Agro ecological zones and the consequent recommendation of the associated suitable species, aids the agrofarmers to pick out the best possible option.Keywords: Soil analysis, agro-ecological zones, agroforestry, nitrogen and phosphorous