A meta-evaluation of sustainable land management Initiatives in Senegal 

    Lomeña-Gelis, Mònica (Date of defense: 2015-07-28)

    Evaluation is the systematic determination of the merit, worth and significance of a programme, initiative or intervention. As a young discipline, its empirical study is still limited, especially in Francophone Africa. ...

    An institutional approach to urban fragmentation : power and sustainability in un-recognized settlements of Mumbai 

    Michelutti, Enrico (Date of defense: 2014-01-10)

    Urban fragmentation is a phenomenon which characterizes the so-called "global city", both in the North and in the South of the world. Since the 1990s, several disciplines have approached fragmentation dynamics from different ...

    Propuesta de una metodología de planificación para el desarrollo urbano sostenible y diseño de un sistema de evaluación de la sostenibilidad de ciudades medianas de América Latina 

    Velásquez Barrero, Luz Stella (Date of defense: 2004-01-23)

    Los aportes conceptuales y metodológicos de este trabajo se desarrollan a partir de reconocer la importancia que tienen las ciudades para el Desarrollo Sostenible global. Para avanzar en el conocimiento de esta problemática ...

    Using statistical copulas to measure dependence in the agrofood sector 

    Ahmed Nasreldin, Osama (Date of defense: 2015-01-26)

    This thesis has been pursued in three papers whose nexus is the use of statistical copulas for the purpose of assessing dependence in the field of agrofood economics. The first paper aims at determining how the introduction ...