Essays about: "Orissa"

Found 5 essays containing the word Orissa.

  1. 1. Förbättringsprocesser inom sanitet i slumområden i Indien : en kvalitativ studie

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Clara Lindell; [2014]
    Keywords : empowerment; fattigdom; hållbar utveckling; Indien; lokalsamhälle; sanitet; slum; stadsplanering; open defecation; urbanisering;

    Abstract : Den globala fattigdomen påverkar livet för miljarder människor världen över. Tillsammans med en ökande urbanisering ger fattigdomen en grogrund för ytterligare spridning av slumområden i städer. 2,5 miljarder människor uppskattas idag leva under osanitära förhållanden. READ MORE

  3. 2. Conflicts over place between indigenous communities and modern capitalism. The case of the Niyamgiri hills, Orissa.

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

    Author : Tove Stenius; [2012]
    Keywords : place; space; economic development; indigenous; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This literature case study focus on a contemporary conflict between the mining company Vedanta Resources and the indigenous tribe of the Dongria Kondh within the Niyamgiri Hills in Orissa, India. The analysis is grounded in phenomenology, as humanistic geographical concepts of space and place are used in order to interpret the different meanings of space and place as they are expressed within the literature by the two conflicting parties. READ MORE

  4. 3. From Different Perspectives : A case study of a slum area in Bhubaneswar, India

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för planering och mediedesign

    Author : Lena Johansson; Emma Josefson; [2011]
    Keywords : Slum; MFS; Orissa; Bhubaneswar; Indien; Urbanisering; Informalitet; Fattigdom; Slumuppgradering; Provider modellen; Supporter modellen; Postkolonialism; Värden;

    Abstract : In From Different Perspectives - A Case Study of a Slum Area in Bhubaneswar, India we set out to investigate the residential effects of a very special phenomenon. In 2007/08 we entered the Urban Millennium when for the first time in history as many people lived in cities as on the countryside. READ MORE

  5. 4. Mobile Phone Penetration in Northern India - The Effects On Small Scale Businesses

    University essay from Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : John Wedin; Karin Lindström; [2008]
    Keywords : India; mobile phones; network; STS;

    Abstract : In recent years mobile phones have become very popular in India, even among the poorer parts of the population. Our aim was to study how this has affected the small businesses. During the fall of 2007 we made 44 interviews with various businessmen in two states in northern India, Rajasthan and Orissa. READ MORE

  6. 5. Antibiotic use, environment and antibiotic resistance : A qualitative study among human and veterinary health care professionals in Orissa, India.

    University essay from Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET)

    Author : Krushna Chandra Sahoo; [2008]
    Keywords : Antibiotic use; antibiotic resistance; environment; qualitative; conventional; content analysis; veterinarians; medical doctors; drug sellers; Orissa; India;

    Abstract : Objective: To explore views of medical doctors, veterinarians and drug sellers on use of antibiotics on humans and nonhumans and on factors that influences the development of resistance to antibacterial agents. Further, to look at the bi-directional relationship between antibiotic use and environment. READ MORE