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Johannes, Tay W. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
In emergency management, scientific models are widely used for running hazard simulations and estimating losses often in support of planning and mitigation efforts. This work expands utility of the scientific model into the response phase of emergency management. The focus is on the common operating picture as it gives context to emergency…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Services, Information Needs, Emergency Programs
van de Vall, Mark; Bolas, Cheryl – 1977
This paper compares and contrasts two types of social research--policy-oriented research (practical and/or applied social discipline research) and academic social science research (theory-oriented experimental research). Data are based on 120 projects of social policy research conducted in The Netherlands in the areas of industrial and labor…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Models
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Ajayi, A. O. – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2006
This study assessed farmers' willingness to pay (WTP) for extension services. The Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) was used to assess the amount which farmers are willing to pay. Primary data on the demographic, socio-economic variables of farmers and their WTP were collected from 228 farmers selected randomly in a stage-wise sampling procedure…
Descriptors: Rural Extension, Statistical Distributions, Foreign Countries, Consumer Economics
Krogh, Lola – 2001
Research in Australia on evaluating the application of action research as an action learning tool and its impact on the learning of students, educators, industry, and training providers, explored how that learning, in turn, has impacts on research, learners, educators, and the community. In the field of social and community services, in…
Descriptors: Action Research, Active Learning, Classroom Techniques, Developed Nations