Thesis Outline and planning

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# Thesis Outline and planning
### Lucas Alencar
### 18-02-2021 (updated: 19-02-2021)

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#Outline

###Cap1 - Forest and development
- What is the effect of forest cover on the development of Caatinga municipalities?
- Team: Lucas Alencar, Luke Parry and Felipe Melo

###Cap2 - Forest and food security
- What is the relationship between forest and food security in Caatinga?
- Team: Lucas Alencar, Adriana Manhães, Cristina Baldauf and Felipe Melo

###Cap3 - Forest cover in Caatinga and future scenarios
- What are the drivers of forest cover in Caatinga?
- How climate change or policies could change Caatinga forest cover?
- Team: Lucas Alencar, Gilney Bezerra, Luke Parry and Felipe Melo

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#Outline

###Cap4 - Forest dependent people in Caatinga
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- Team: Lucas Alencar, Carlos Eduardo Marinelli, Luke Parry and Felipe Melo

###Cap 5 - Wood removal and usage
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- Team: Lucas Alencar, Luke Parry and Felipe Melo

###Extra chapter - Forest and well-being
- How dryland forests contributes to the well-being of rural communities in Caatinga?
- Team: Lucas Alencar, Michaela Lo, Zoe Davies, Luke Parry and Felipe Melo

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#Quarterly planning - 2021
- JAN-FEV-MAR
  - Study observational design and analysis
  - Re-analyse chapter one data
  - Moving to Rio Grande do Sul

- APR-MAY-JUN
  - Submit cap1
  - Cap3 analysis
  - Design Cap4's methodology and data collection

- JUL-AUG-SEP
  - Cap4's field work
  - Cap3's writing
  - "Seminários II"
  
- OCT-NOV-DEC
  - Cap4's field work 
  - Cap3's writing
  - Processing of the interviews
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#Quarterly planning - 2022
- JAN-FEV-MAR
  - Cap3's submission
  - Travel to Lancaster (?)

- APR-MAY-JUN
  - Cap4's analysis
  - Cap4's writing
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- JUL-AUG-SEP
  - Cap4's writing
  - Cap4's submission
  - Cap5's analysis
  
- OCT-NOV-DEC
  - Cap5's analysis
  - Cap5's writing
  - Thesis writing
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#Quarterly planning - 2023
- JAN-FEV-MAR
  - Thesis writing
  - Thesis presentation
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#Propensity scores
###Covariates
- Economic
  - Agricultural financing
  - Bolsa Família (?)
  - Repasse municipal
  - GDP per capita from public services
  
- Population
  - Population density
  - Under five mortality
  - Migration
  - Unemployment rates
  
- Environment and geography
  - Distance to urban centre
  - Distance to High education
  - Municipality area 
  - Drought intensity