1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910808308403321

Titolo

Handbook of sea-level research / / edited by Professor Ian Shennan, Antony J. Long, Benjamin P. Horton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley-Blackwell, , 2015

ISBN

1-118-45254-2

1-118-45256-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (634 p.)

Collana

Wiley Works

Classificazione

SCI052000

Disciplina

551.45/8072

Soggetti

Sea level - Research

Climatic changes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; Preface; About the companion website; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 AIMS OF THE HANDBOOK; 1.2 SEA-LEVEL RESEARCHERS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2 Handbook of sea-level research: framing research questions; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 SOME NECESSARY METHODOLOGY: IDEAS AND TESTABLE HYPOTHESES; 2.3 OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS; 2.4 FRAMING A RESEARCH QUESTION; 2.5 CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Part 1 Field techniques for sea-level reconstruction; Chapter 3 Pre-fieldwork surveys; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 DATA COMPILATION

3.3 ASSESSING GEOMORPHOLOGY3.4 EXAMPLES OF APPLYING HISTORICAL DATA TO ENHANCE SEA-LEVEL RESEARCH; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 Coastal sediments; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 EXPOSING COASTAL SEDIMENT; 4.3 DESCRIBING COASTAL SEDIMENT; 4.4 CORRELATING AND SYNTHESIZING SEDIMENT SEQUENCES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 5 Geomorphological indicators of past sea levels; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 MODEL FOR FORMATION OF LATE PLEISTOCENE EMERGENT SHORE PLATFORMS; 5.3 GEOMORPHIC INDICATORS OF PAST SEA LEVEL AND GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT IN THE NEAR AND FAR FIELD

5.4 GEOMORPHIC INDICATORS OF PAST SEA LEVEL AND THE ISSUE OF INHERITANCE AND REOCCUPATION5.5 CORAL AS A GEOMORPHIC



INDICATOR OF PAST SEA LEVEL; 5.6 EROSIONAL LANDFORMS THAT INDICATE FORMER SEA LEVELS; 5.7 EMERGENT HOLOCENE SHORELINE DEPOSITS: BEACH RIDGES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6 Coastal caves and sinkholes; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 COASTAL KARST BASINS: ENVIRONMENTS AND SUCCESSION; 6.3 FLANK MARGIN CAVES AS SEA-LEVEL INDICATORS; 6.4 SPELEOTHEMS AS SEA-LEVEL INDICATORS; 6.5 CAVE SEDIMENTARY DEPOSITS AS SEA-LEVEL INDICATORS; 6.6 SUMMARY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES

Chapter 7 Coral reefs7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 NATURE OF CORAL REEF SYSTEMS; 7.3 DATING; 7.4 OPEN-SYSTEM PROBLEM; 7.5 234U/238U IN OCEANS; 7.6 SEA LEVELS RECONSTRUCTED FROM UPLIFTED REEFS; 7.7 SEA LEVELS RECONSTRUCTIONED FROM SUBMERGED REEFS; 7.8 CONCLUSIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8 Coral microatolls; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 RELATIVE SEA LEVEL: UNDERSTANDING WHAT MICROATOLLS DO AND DO NOT RECORD; 8.3 SELECTING A SITE: WHAT MAKES A GOOD SITE?; 8.4 SURVEYING AND DOCUMENTATION STRATEGIES; 8.5 SAMPLING STRATEGIES: METHODS AND SELECTION OF MICROATOLLS TO SAMPLE

8.6 SLABBING TECHNIQUES AND SUBSEQUENT SLAB PROCESSING8.7 DATING STRATEGIES; 8.8 VERTICAL ACCURACY AND SOURCES OF ERROR; 8.9 INDICATIVE MEANING; 8.10 RECONSTRUCTING RELATIVE SEA-LEVEL TIME SERIES; 8.11 DIFFERENTIATING TECTONIC FROM NON-TECTONIC DIEDOWNS; 8.12 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 9 Archeological and biological relative sea-level indicators; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 HISTORICAL RESEARCH CONTEXT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN; 9.3 ARCHEOLOGICAL ZONATION AND FUNCTIONAL HEIGHTS; 9.4 METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS

9.5 PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGICAL ZONATION OF BENTHOS ON ARCHEOLOGICAL REMAINS

Sommario/riassunto

"This book will cover all aspects of modern sea-level studies, with a focus on the most robust scientific approaches and techniques"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910955023403321

Autore

Chivakul Mali

Titolo

Implications of Quasi-Fiscal Activities in Ghana / / Mali Chivakul, Robert York

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

9786613824875

9781462317530

1462317537

9781452793542

1452793549

9781283512428

1283512424

9781451908206

1451908202

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (47 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Altri autori (Persone)

YorkRobert

Soggetti

Fiscal policy - Ghana

Finance, Public - Ghana

Government business enterprises - Ghana

Banking

Banks and Banking

Banks and banking

Banks

Central Banks and Their Policies

Civil service & public sector

Contingent liabilities

Depository Institutions

Finance, Public

Fiscal policy

Government business enterprises

Macroeconomics

Micro Finance Institutions

Mortgages

Nationalization

Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise: General

Public Administration

Public Enterprises

Public enterprises



Public finance & taxation

Public Finance

Public ownership

Public Sector Accounting and Audits

Public sector

Public-Private Enterprises

Quasi-fiscal operations

Ghana

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"January 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. FISCAL DEVELOPMENTS IN PERSPECTIVE""; ""III. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR QUANTIFYING QUASI-FISCAL ACTIVITIES""; ""IV. THE SCOPE AND COVERAGE OF QUASI-FISCAL ACTIVITIES""; ""V. QUASI- FISCAL ACTIVITIES AND THE FISCAL POSITION""; ""VI. POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Appendix I Alternative Approaches to Estimating Quasi-Fiscal Activities""; ""Appendix II Assumptions Underlying the Public Sector Debt Sustainability Analysis""; ""APPENDIX TABLES""

Sommario/riassunto

This paper assesses the scope and coverage of quasi-fiscal activities (QFAs) in Ghana. We find that while QFAs have been reduced recently, they remain significant. The extensive nature of these activities has several macroeconomic and structural policy implications. An extended measure of public sector operations, including QFAs, presents a clearer picture of Ghana's fiscal stance and fiscal adjustment from one for the central government alone; QFAs have led to serious distortions in energy and water consumption; and they have distorted the investment decisions of both public enterprises and the private sector.