title: Living on a plot of land as a tenure choice: The case of Panama

authors: Koizumi, Naoru

subjects: housing tenure

abstract: In this paper, we use analyze data from a survey of over thirteen hundred household housing-tenures in Panama. Our objective is to identify the features which determine whether households in a developing country such as Panama choose to rent or to buy housing properties, or alternatively to seek somewhat alternative tenure arrangements. In particular, we investigate the common characteristic of Panamanian households undertaking plot purchases with a view to future building. In order to analyze these alternative tenure arrangements we develop a series of log-linear models, in which dichotomous rent-versus-buy models are extended to include the possibility of plot purchasing with a view to future building. The extended models including plot purchases are seen to be superior to the dichotomous rent-versus-buy model in identifying which household characteristics are associated with particular housing-tenure decisions.

text: Living on a plot of land as a tenure choice: The case of Panama In this paper, we use analyze data from a survey of over thirteen hundred household housing-tenures in Panama. Our objective is to identify the features which determine whether households in a developing country such as Panama choose to rent or to buy housing properties, or alternatively to seek somewhat alternative tenure arrangements. In particular, we investigate the common characteristic of Panamanian households undertaking plot purchases with a view to future building. In order to analyze these alternative tenure arrangements we develop a series of log-linear models, in which dichotomous rent-versus-buy models are extended to include the possibility of plot purchasing with a view to future building. The extended models including plot purchases are seen to be superior to the dichotomous rent-versus-buy model in identifying which household characteristics are associated with particular housing-tenure decisions.

year: 2006

title: Evolution of the Giant Foresets Formation, northern Taranaki Basin, New Zealand

authors: Hansen, Rochelle J.

subjects: Taranaki Basin

abstract: Plio-Pleistocene aggradation and progradation has resulted in the rapid outbuilding of the continental shelf margin, northern Taranaki Basin. Seismic reflection profiles reveal that this outbuilding is characterised by bold clinoforms which offlap in a basinward direction. This stacked succession of clinoforms, collectively termed the Giant Foresets Formation, obtains thicknesses of over 2 km in places, and has had a significant effect on the thermal regime of the region. This integrated study was initiated to document the Late Neogene evolution of this formation, and thereby gain insights on sedimentary distribution patterns, timing of sedimentation, and controls on progradation and aggradation. Latest Miocene extension in the northern Taranaki Basin, related to rotation of the Hikurangi subduction zone, greatly influenced sedimentation patterns in the Pliocene. Palinspastic reconstruction shows that initial extension of the Northern Graben occurred before Giant Foresets Formation sedimentation began. Sediment, sourced from erosion to the east, was preferentially funneled into the newly created Northern Graben during the late Miocene and early Pliocene, while areas to the north and west underwent a period of sediment starvation. During the late Pliocene, and into the Pleistocene, sediment accumulation outpaced graben extension, and by the end of the Mangapanian, the graben was overtopped. During this period, the progradational front associated with the outbuilding of the continental shelf-slope margin advanced northwards. Throughout the Nukumaruan, continuing to the present day, shelf migration was extremely rapid. While at least seven cyclical sea level changes, with an approximate periodicity of 400 ka (fourth-order) have been identified, overall, depths shallowed from dominantly bathyal, to dominantly shelfal.

text: Evolution of the Giant Foresets Formation, northern Taranaki Basin, New Zealand Plio-Pleistocene aggradation and progradation has resulted in the rapid outbuilding of the continental shelf margin, northern Taranaki Basin. Seismic reflection profiles reveal that this outbuilding is characterised by bold clinoforms which offlap in a basinward direction. This stacked succession of clinoforms, collectively termed the Giant Foresets Formation, obtains thicknesses of over 2 km in places, and has had a significant effect on the thermal regime of the region. This integrated study was initiated to document the Late Neogene evolution of this formation, and thereby gain insights on sedimentary distribution patterns, timing of sedimentation, and controls on progradation and aggradation. Latest Miocene extension in the northern Taranaki Basin, related to rotation of the Hikurangi subduction zone, greatly influenced sedimentation patterns in the Pliocene. Palinspastic reconstruction shows that initial extension of the Northern Graben occurred before Giant Foresets Formation sedimentation began. Sediment, sourced from erosion to the east, was preferentially funneled into the newly created Northern Graben during the late Miocene and early Pliocene, while areas to the north and west underwent a period of sediment starvation. During the late Pliocene, and into the Pleistocene, sediment accumulation outpaced graben extension, and by the end of the Mangapanian, the graben was overtopped. During this period, the progradational front associated with the outbuilding of the continental shelf-slope margin advanced northwards. Throughout the Nukumaruan, continuing to the present day, shelf migration was extremely rapid. While at least seven cyclical sea level changes, with an approximate periodicity of 400 ka (fourth-order) have been identified, overall, depths shallowed from dominantly bathyal, to dominantly shelfal.

year: 2002

title: Media coverage of 'decades of disparity' in ethnic mortality in Aotearoa.

authors: Hodgetts, Darrin

subjects: psychology

abstract: For some time we have known that factors such as economic prosperity, community cohesion, and social justice bear on health. These societal influences are particularly pertinent to the health of indigenous groups, such as Maori, who are still responding to processes of colonization. In July 2003 the New Zealand Ministry of Health published a report entitled  Decades of Disparity , which proposed (among other things) that neoliberal policies of the last two decades impacted negatively on mortality rates for Maori and Pacific peoples, when compared with Pakeha. In this article we explore media coverage of this report through analyses of media releases, radio, television and newspaper items. It is argued that as the story evolved media increasingly challenged the importance of societal determinants of health, preferring individual level explanations. As a result coverage failed to give due emphasis to structural health concerns for Maori, which necessitate social change.

text: Media coverage of 'decades of disparity' in ethnic mortality in Aotearoa. For some time we have known that factors such as economic prosperity, community cohesion, and social justice bear on health. These societal influences are particularly pertinent to the health of indigenous groups, such as Maori, who are still responding to processes of colonization. In July 2003 the New Zealand Ministry of Health published a report entitled  Decades of Disparity , which proposed (among other things) that neoliberal policies of the last two decades impacted negatively on mortality rates for Maori and Pacific peoples, when compared with Pakeha. In this article we explore media coverage of this report through analyses of media releases, radio, television and newspaper items. It is argued that as the story evolved media increasingly challenged the importance of societal determinants of health, preferring individual level explanations. As a result coverage failed to give due emphasis to structural health concerns for Maori, which necessitate social change.

year: 2004