The Philippine government has promoted and institutionalized the delivery of basic services in resettlement sites through various flagship housing programs and the issuance of policies, guidelines, and/or standards. Existing literature suggests, however, that most resettlement sites lack the...

Disparity in the quality of life of people living in rural and urban areas is among the major problems, often leading to greater depression among the rural population compared to those in urban areas who have access to a high standard of living. The goal of this study was to identify the issues...

Studies of the economic impact of railroad construction on American farming assume a linear indirect relationship between distance from railroads and land values. We extend these studies using data from a semi-arid region of Australia, where conditions mirrored those of the High Plains. Both...

An innovative historical analysis of the intersection of religion and technology in making the modern state, focusing on bodily production and reproduction across the human-animal divide. In Milk and Honey, Tamar Novick writes a revolutionary environmental history of the state that centers on...