Essays about: "A village life"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 104 essays containing the words A village life.

  1. 36. Extending the water life cycle in rural South African households: the role and potential of water reuse solutions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kemiteknik (CI)

    Author : Tshepiso Kwena Lehutjo; [2019]
    Keywords : greywater rural household technology; vattenförsörjningsteknik; avloppsteknik; water engineering; environmental engineering; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Despite the issue of greywater management gaining more importance around the world, espe-cially in developing countries, it still remains a challenge in non-sewered areas of South Afri-ca. For a semi-arid country, reusing greywater on a household level has great potential as an alternative water source if done properly. READ MORE

  3. 37. Women's Voices

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Anna Larsson; Sofia Enqvist; [2019]
    Keywords : Architecture Informal Settlement Kenya Equality  Public Space Streetscape;

    Abstract : In the rural village Umoja one can witness a reaction to the unequal society; the women opposed the deep-rooted cultural habits and created their own dream space, a place designed through the eyes of a woman. A village ruled by women, built up by their needs. READ MORE

  4. 38. How is development affecting sustainable livelihoods and disaster risk: A case study of a coastal community in Fiji

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI); Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Jennifer Gustavsson; Malin Wiskman; [2019]
    Keywords : Sustainable livelihood; Disaster risk; Fiji; Risk management; Development; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to investigate how development have affected access to sustainable livelihood capitals and how the perceived access to these capitals have changed in the past decades in Dravuwalu, a coastal society in Fiji. A case-study was conducted in the village of Drawuvalu. READ MORE

  5. 39. Human-Lion Territory : Negotiating Territorial Borders

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Sara Gibrand; [2018]
    Keywords : wildlife; coexistence; lions; territory;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the interaction between natural and urban life through mutual recognition, viewing the clash of territorial borders as dynamic conditions rather than exclusion zones. Gir area in India has been investigated as a unique case where humans and lions for centuries have lived together and established a mutual respect. READ MORE

  6. 40. Damages and dreams from a 20-year-old conflict. The case of Rosia Montana and the struggle for sustainability

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Denisa Elena Leonte; [2018]
    Keywords : Ecological distribution conflict; alternative development; environmental justice movements; sustainability transitions.;

    Abstract : How do transitions to sustainability emerge? Save Rosia Montana Campaign is a representative socio-environmental movement, that cancelled an open-cast gold mining project in the urban-village of Rosia Montana, Romania. After almost 20 years of conflict with the mining project initiators, the people that oppose mining are now struggling for implementing tourism as an alternative development of the place, that could allow the possibility of sustainable development. READ MORE