Essays about: "Channelling"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 18 essays containing the word Channelling.
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11. Social media framework for the destination Usedom : How to create awareness and dialogue by using social media for the destination Usedom taking into account the new Usedom WelcomeVisitor Centre
University essay from Avdelningen för ekonomiAbstract : Purpose – Target of this study is to develop a social media framework, the essential “ingredient” for a social media concept for the destination Usedom. The following question is in the centre of this investigations attention: How to create awareness and dialogue by using Social Media for the destination Usedom taking into account the new Usedom Welcome Visitor Centre that will be open 2011? Methodology/approach – Mainly, an observational approach as research method is used to answer the research question, collecting empirical data not by questioning respondents, but by observing different forms of activity. READ MORE
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12. Involving forest-dependent communities in climate change mitigation : Obstacles and opportunities for successful implementation of a REDD mechanism in Babati District, Tanzania
University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaperAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to identify how forest management in Tanzania can contribute to global climate change mitigation while improving livelihoods of forest-dependent communities. A mechanism for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) is meant to slow increases of atmospheric CO2 while channelling funds to developing countries. READ MORE
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13. Crisis! What Crisis? A Descriptive and Normative Study on Crisis Management for Tour Operators
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : This study attempts to identify crisis management practices deployed by tour operators to face crises. Tour operators exercise a pivotal role in channelling tourism flows. Nevertheless, this role is often destabilized by crises in an increasingly volatile environment. READ MORE
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14. An Analysis of the Local Weather Around Longyearbyen and an Instrumental Comparison
University essay from Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : Three different studies have been made; an analysis of the general weather situation at three weather stations in Svalbard, close to the main settlement Longyearbyen; an instrumental comparison between three weather stations operating at nearly the same place during a few days in October 2006; and a case study of a weather station at the mountain Breinosa compared to the station in the valley beneath. The analysis of the general weather at the three stations, Adventdalen (data used from 2004-2006), Svalbard Airport (data used from 1994-2004) and Gruvefjellet (data used from 2002-2005) showed that it is clear that the local surroundings do contribute to a more locally produced weather. READ MORE
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15. On the Role of Remittances in Microfinance - Creating Transnational Financial Services in El Salvador
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : More and more poor people regularly receive money transfers, remittances, from family members abroad as international migration increases. But since many poor and low-income people in developing countries lack access to financial services their opportunities to achieve investment goals, and thereby improve their living conditions, are limited. READ MORE
