Essays about: "doing development right"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 50 essays containing the words doing development right.

  1. 1. Spatializing Hospitality : A design exploration on how to provide spatial agency to immigrant households in Sweden

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Kajsa Grundström; [2023]
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    Abstract : The thesis investigates how a host country can apply ethics of hospitality to housing that allow refugees and asylum seekers spatial agency. The necessity of doing this is to reduce the passive state of being “guests” for refugees when they are waiting for answers of asylum application approval. READ MORE

  3. 2. Rights of The Child in The Right to The City : Exploring participatory practices of child engagement and the construction of their Sense of Place in Kibera, Kenya

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Lovisa Stenhammar; Disa Nilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Sense of Place; Right to The City; Children s Participation; Critical Development and Children s Rights in Kenya; Platskänsla; rätt till staden; barns deltagande; kritisk utveckling och barns rättigheter i Kenya;

    Abstract : In this minor field study, we have employed a qualitative methodology to examine the role of  the non-governmental organisation Wale Wale in the operationalisation of supranational mandates to improve the rights and experiences of children in Kenya through participatory activities. In doing so, this study is able to combine the literature on Sense of Place and The Right to The City with Critical Development in novel ways. READ MORE

  4. 3. Citizens resisting Smart Cities’ initiatives : The case of Concepción (Chile) and the R+D PACYT project.

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Natalia Belén Sandoval Quezada; [2021]
    Keywords : Smart cities; urban social conflict; right to the city; flagship projects; corporate storytelling; placebo interventions.;

    Abstract : Parque Científico y Tecnológico (PACYT, Science and Technology Park) is a large-scale R+D project that seems to be framed in a Smart City plan for Concepción, Chile, which the media has presented as “the Chilean Silicon Valley” (Araus, 2015; Tele13, 2019) and promises to bring not only research and development opportunities for the city but also thousands of direct and indirect jobs (Estudio Interdiseño, 2018; la Tercera, 2015) carried out by PACYT Corporation. Nonetheless, voices have raised to question the construction of the 91 hectares initiative, and some of them have even organized in citizen groups targeting the creation of the urban complex, which actively share information contesting the PACYT through social media, and coordinate activities to protest and spread the word. READ MORE

  5. 4. Skeleton Tracking for Sports Using LiDAR Depth Camera

    University essay from KTH/Medicinteknik och hälsosystem

    Author : Panagiotis Efstratiou; [2021]
    Keywords : Depth camera; Human pose estimation; Kinematics; Motion Capture; Skeletal tracking; Djupkamera; Uppskattning av mänsklig pose; Kinematik; Rörelseregistreringssystem; Skelettspårning;

    Abstract : Skeletal tracking can be accomplished deploying human pose estimation strategies. Deep learning is shown to be the paramount approach in the realm where in collaboration with a ”light detection and ranging” depth camera the development of a markerless motion analysis software system seems to be feasible. READ MORE

  6. 5. Alkaline wet oxidation of biorefinery lignin from wheat straw

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kemiteknik (CI)

    Author : Maja Lindblad; [2021]
    Keywords : alkaline wet oxidation; lignin oxidation; wheat straw; chemical pretreatment; biorefinery lignin; anaerobic digestion; response surface-modelling; chemical engineering; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Climate change and depletion of fossil resources have generated a need for energy production based on renewable resources such as lignocellulosic biomass. Agricultural residues, like wheat straw, is lignocellulosic biomass that could contribute to the energy supply if it was used for biogas production. READ MORE