Essays about: "Glocality"
Found 3 essays containing the word Glocality.
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1. Collaborative municipal governance and planning : A study about flood risk management in the Gothenburg region
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema teknik och social förändringAbstract : Due to climate change many regions across the world now have to work with flood risk. The purpose of this master thesis is to understand, from a collaborative governance perspective, how the municipalities City of Gothenburg, City of Mölndal, Kungsbacka municipality, Kungälv municipality and Lerum municipality are working with flood risk management and municipal collaborative planning. READ MORE
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2. Yakushima Glocal Art Project
University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi; Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : Aface the crashing wave of the global climate crisis, humans are struggling to stay afloat. Building a raft of sustainable environmental ethics whilst swimming in the dark waters of unsustainable “modernity” requires a herculean effort. And yet, here we are. READ MORE
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3. Diffusion of Social Innovations - Exploring the potential of online platforms that enable the diffusion of proven solutions
University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Within the paradigm of an emergent social economy where diffusion efforts don’t keep pace with a culture in which active citizens take stand to address their needs though social innovations, online platforms with the purpose of enabling the diffusion of social innovations have arisen, withholding great untapped potential. This paper aims to explore the diffusion potential of these platforms, by first identifying the defining features behind them and the role of these features in terms of enabling or limiting the diffusion, followed by looking into how the identified features inform the diffusion potential of platforms. READ MORE
