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Western Washington University

2007

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Projecting Washington - British Columbia Truck Freight Border Crossings And Arterial Usage, Hamilton Galloway, Eric L. Jessup, Ken Casavant Jan 2007

Projecting Washington - British Columbia Truck Freight Border Crossings And Arterial Usage, Hamilton Galloway, Eric L. Jessup, Ken Casavant

Border Policy Research Institute Publications

Continuing adaptation to changing transportation needs is critical in maintaining efficiency and reducing costs of raw and manufactured goods to ensure economic stability and growth. With bilateral trade in excess of $1.4 billion per day between the U.S. and Canada and over 200 million annual crossings (passenger vehicles and freight trucks) (U.S. Embassy, Ottawa, 2006), knowledge of the composition of commodities crossing the border and the growth in the flow of those commodities is vital to future policy making. This report focuses on cross-border flows by truck between Washington and British Columbia, through decomposition of the northbound and southbound flows …


The Effects Of Watching Television On Students Who Do Not Primarily Speak English At Home, Jordan Storey Jan 2007

The Effects Of Watching Television On Students Who Do Not Primarily Speak English At Home, Jordan Storey

WWU Honors College Senior Projects

Human capital can be defined as the benefit gained from education, training, or just living life that actually enhances workers' productivity (Becker). It is important to consider the most efficient ways of producing human capital if society is to allocate resources in a manner that maximizes economic value. Investments in human capital are likely to be more efficient when the target of the investment is youngest because young people are able to reap the benefits fora longer period of time. Furthermore, early childhood investments tend to be more effective at preventing undesirable outcomes, such as crime, when compared to investments …


Rural Development And Sustainable Agriculture In The European Union Mediterranean: A Case Study On Olive Oil Production In Kefalonia, Greece, Amaris Lunde Jan 2007

Rural Development And Sustainable Agriculture In The European Union Mediterranean: A Case Study On Olive Oil Production In Kefalonia, Greece, Amaris Lunde

WWU Graduate School Collection

Rural depopulation is a post-war phenomenon in Western Europe, strongly associated with agricultural abandonment to which isolated and poorer areas are most vulnerable. Such agricultural communities have remained marginalized due to a lack of resources to restore them, but also due to market and governmental forces which have encouraged industrial agriculture, thereby rewarding large-scale agricultural operations and rendering the small traditional agricultural practices nonviable because of their inability to compete. The Greek Ioanian island of Kefalonia was once home to a hillside subsistence community known as Farsa, which was emblematic of traditional agricultural practices. The effects of World War II …