A5013765990- Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies
- Archaeology and Historical Studies
- Islamic Studies and History
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
- Global Maritime and Colonial Histories
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Archaeological Research and Protection
- Middle East Politics and Society
- Geological and Geophysical Studies
- Religious Tourism and Spaces
- Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics
- African history and culture analysis
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
- Anthropological Studies and Insights
- Transboundary Water Resource Management
- Agricultural and Environmental Management
- Gender Politics and Representation
- Urban Planning and Governance
- Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Earthquake and Tsunami Effects
- Historical and Religious Studies of Rome
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
Brigham Young University
1999-2019
Does the security of women influence and behavior states? Existing evidence linking situation to state-level variables such as economic prosperity growth, health, corruption is fairly conclusive. Questions remain, however, concerning degree which state security-related linked women. The “women peace” thesis draws upon evolutionary biology/psychology for ultimate causes this linkage, sociological theories social diffusion psychological learning more proximate causal mechanisms. Together, a...
This article describes the WomanStats Project Database — a multidisciplinary creation of central repository for cross-national data and information on women available use by academics, policy-makers, journalists, all others. is freely accessible online, thus facilitating worldwide scholarship issues with gendered aspects. contains over 260 variables 174 countries their attendant subnational divisions (where such available) currently 68,000 individual points. provides nuanced situation status...
The state of relations between Christians and Muslims can be difficult to assess, particularly on a micro scale. Analysing where why places worship are located an important indicator the complexities inter-religious relations. This paper uses examples case studies from across time space demonstrate how changes religious landscape help ascertain degrees tolerance intolerance. These come about through such methods as allowing mosques or churches built sign tolerance, destroying converting...
Coastlines facing the Java Trench indicate trench is capable of generating mega-thrust earthquakes. The recurrence interval these events around 500 years. last event was years ago. Since this time 28 meters potential slip has accumulated along Trench. Also during time, coastal areas Java, Bali and Lombok have experienced a 20-fold increase in population. Mitigation efforts to reduce disaster next it happens include effective communication risk through simple presentations questionnaire...
Religious landscapes tell much more about a place than just religious adherence. The oftentimes strong correlation between ethnicity and religion means that landscape can also be an ethnic landscape. In urban centers like Chicago, neighborhoods have long been identified by their central places of worship. composition neighborhoods, however, is not static. As one group moves up out, another in. result, worship built to accommodate the original ethnic/religious become for new residents....
AbstractSharing sovereignty of political territory is not practiced often, yet it seems to be the only reasonable solution for complex issue Jerusalem. Using holy places Jerusalem as a model, author shows how sharing sacred space, albeit on very small scale, can done peacefully. For more than century Greeks, Latins, Armenians, and Copts have shared Church Holy Sepulchre in an interlocking system scattered sovereignty. Such also could work between Israelis Palestinians they share space
Over the past few years, reconstructed scatterometer imagery has been used for equatorial forest inventory. This paper presents results of a project to monitor large-area changes in natural Brazilian landscape which is apparent between 1978 and 1996. The image originates from Seasat-A (SASS), whereas 1996 recent NASA (NSCAT) imagery.