Essays about: "Durban"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word Durban.

1. 1. Differentiating Vulnerability to Climate Change

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Pauline Clara Wedepohl; [2021]
   Keywords : vulnerability; informal settlements; residential areas; climate change; climate-proofing cities; South Africa; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Climate change affects every ecosystem, country, and individual on this planet. However, its impacts are felt differently across time and space, differentiating between the diverse communities, depending on their vulnerability. READ MORE

3. 2. From Kyoto to Paris: A process tracing case study of environmental regimes

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Simon Löw; [2021]
   Keywords : case study; process tracing; regime shift; UNFCCC; COP; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This is a case study examines a possible regime shift between the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. The study is using a theory consuming approach, with process tracing as the main instrument of analyzation. Using Keohane & Victor’s theory on regime complex, the two different regimes are highlighted: Kyoto and Paris. READ MORE

4. 3. You First Then Me : Exploring Complexity with Art Workshops

   University essay from Konstfack/IBIS - Institutionen för bild- och slöjdpedagogik

   Author : Mostyn de Beer; [2020]
   Keywords : sustainability; art education; generative methods; posthumanism; visual ethnography; hållbarhet; bildpedagogik; generativa metoder; posthumanism; visuell etnografi;

   Abstract : This work takes as its starting point the idea that awareness and understanding of the complex nature of relationships, among people and the natural and built environment, is of crucial importance against the background of the ongoing environmental crisis. The author explores how holding art workshops can contribute with specific knowledge about this complexity. READ MORE

5. 4. The right to the city in post-apartheid South Africa: Abahlali baseMjondolo’s struggle for land, housing and dignity

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Simon Johansson; [2019-10-01]
   Keywords : Abahlali baseMjondolo; the right to the city; citizenship; collective memory; dignity;

   Abstract : Fifty percent of the world’s population live in cities today, but predictions of the sustained urbanization trend estimates that this number will increase to seventy percent by 2050. Meanwhile, the consequences of the urban divide and the demarcations between people in the increasingly fragmented societies could be demonstrated in the case of South Africa. READ MORE

6. 5. Detection and molecular typing of Cryptosporidium in South African wastewater plants

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för medicinsk biokemi och mikrobiologi

   Author : Anton de Jong; [2017]
   Keywords : Cryptosporidium; single-cell; antibody-free; FACS; Crypto; Wastewater; Durban; KwaZulu-Natal; miSeq; IMS; mink genotype; deer mouse genotype III;

   Abstract : Cryptosporidium is a protozoan parasite infecting the intestines of its hosts, leading to acute diarrheal disease. Out of 26 recognized species, 14 are known to infect humans. Of most importance, from a human perspective are Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis, of which the former is known to have zoonotic potential. READ MORE