Essays about: "The State, People and Conflict"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 76 essays containing the words The State, People and Conflict.

  1. 16. The Role of Emotions in Ontological Conflicts : A Case Study of the Territorial Conflict Between the State of British Columbia, Coastal GasLink, and the Wet’suwe’ten

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Byron Alejandro Gálvez Campos; [2021]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Wet’suwet’en; Emotional Political Ecologies; Territorial Conflicts; Relational Ontologies; Modernity Coloniality; First Nations.;

    Abstract : For almost two decades, Coastal GasLink, with the support of the State of British Columbia (B.C.), Canada, has sought to build a hydrofracking gas pipeline, which would cross a large part of Wet’suwet’en Nation’s territories. READ MORE

  2. 17. A global analysis on impact of conflicts on long-term greening trends

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Mathias Welp; [2020]
    Keywords : NDVI; Conflicts; UCDP; GIMMS; Google Earth Engine; Physical Geography; Ecosystem Science; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Armed conflicts were and are still shaping the global terrestrial land surface and can have severe direct and indirect impacts on societies, economies and the environment. This study attempts to assess the impact of armed conflicts on vegetation on global and regional scale. READ MORE

  3. 18. More than a pipeline: understanding and responding to the environmental injustices surrounding the Coastal GasLink pipeline conflict

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Avital Meira van Meijeren Karp; [2020]
    Keywords : Environmental justice; First Nations; Indigenous research methods; Pipeline conflicts; Canada; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The winter of 2020 was dominated by Canadian and international news coverage about a group of indigenous land defenders in Northern British Columbia, Canada. At the centre of the media frenzy was a pipeline conflict involving an indigenous community, namely, the Wet’suwet’en Nation, and Canada’s largest private sector investment ever which is set to cross directly through Wet’suwet’en territory. READ MORE

  4. 19. Climate adaptation for coastal zones : benefits and tradeoffs in a southern Swedish case

    University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management

    Author : Johan Singharat Borner; [2020]
    Keywords : adaptation; climate change; coastal squeeze; sea level rise; flood; resilience; storm surge;

    Abstract : Climate change in coastal areas implies sea level rise and more frequent extreme weather events causing floods. Floods cause property damage and risk to people as the coastal zones many times are built and developed environments. Besides from this, the coastal zones have high ecological values connected to the coastal dynamics. READ MORE

  5. 20. How Peaceful is Peaceful? : A Case Study of Intertribal Relations Among South Sudanese Refugees in Maaji II Settlement, Uganda

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Natalie Gammelgaard; [2020]
    Keywords : Refugee; tribe; tribalism; peace; violence; Galtung;

    Abstract : When people flee armed conflict, they often end up in refugee settlements in neighboring countries. In the case of South Sudanese refugees, they will often find themselves living next to people from the opposite side of the conflict. READ MORE