Essays about: "Human Activity Region"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 45 essays containing the words Human Activity Region.

  1. 21. Design for social innovation : a case study of Human Centered Design in Khayelitsha

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Amanda Larsson; Anna Sunnefeldt Nyberg; [2016]
    Keywords : Human Centered Design; community participation; Khayelitsha; Cape Town; social development; participant observation; landscape architecture; urban planning;

    Abstract : During the last decade the world’s urban population has grown extensively and today more than half of the global population lives in cities. Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) is currently the fastest urbanizing region in the world and the change is concentrated to a few metropolitan areas. READ MORE

  3. 22. Opportunities to improve farming systems to achieve adaptability to climate change : farmers’ perceptions on climate change and diversification of cropping systems as an adaptive strategy in southern Skåne

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Carolina Rodriguez Gonzalez; [2015]
    Keywords : farmers perceptions; climate change; diversification cropping systems; mitigation; adaptation; participatory process;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to gain knowledge about farmers’ perception of how the climate change might impact agriculture in southern Sweden and therefore how cropping systems diversification could enhance the adaptation to climate change. 16 farmers including owners and managers of conventional and organic production systems and a consultant at SLU participated in the study. READ MORE

  4. 23. Mobile Money in developing markets : What should Mobile Money providers consider when trying to drive activity from the already registered user base?

    University essay from KTH/Hållbarhet och industriell dynamik

    Author : Milad Fallah; Johanna Luo; [2014]
    Keywords : Mobile money; user activity; marketing strategies; agent strategies; product offering and development; resource evaluation; Mobilbetalningar; användaraktivitet; marknadsföringsstrategier; agentstrategier; produkterbjundande och produktutveckling; resursutvärdering;

    Abstract : For the past decade, there has been many innovations made to the mobile phone and new features such as payments have been added to the mobile phone’s capabilities. East Africa is the region with the fastest uptake and highest adoption rates of mobile money in the world. READ MORE

  5. 24. Making Youth Innovation Visible: An Actor-network Theory Study of the Relationship between Education Environments and Youth Innovation and Youth Innovativeness in Skåne

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Ivanche Dimitrievski; [2013]
    Keywords : youth innovation; youth innovativeness; education environment; innovation policy; applied cultural analysis; actor-network theory; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : In the European Union, innovation policies have called for boosting the innovative capacity of youth through education. Despite all efforts made towards this end, however, European economies still find youth innovation to be scarce. This scarcity exists in the region of Skåne too, and is evident in the increasing youth unemployment rates. READ MORE

  6. 25. Optogenetic Kindling

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Atomfysik; Lunds universitet/Matematisk fysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

    Author : Esbjörn Melin; [2013]
    Keywords : optogenetics; epilepsy; channelrhodopsin; isoflurane; ketamine; EEG; kindling; temporal lobe epilepsy; TLE; seizure; optrode; hippocampus; Thy1; Technology and Engineering; Medicine and Health Sciences;

    Abstract : Epilepsy is a common disease that affects about 1 % of the population. The neurological disease is characterised by episodes of neural hyperactivity (seizures) and neural synchronization that can have behavioural manifestations such as convulsions. READ MORE