Essays about: "needs for ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION"

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1. 31. Intercultural obstacles and resistance in decision-making processes about water and sanitation solutions : experiences of NGOs dealing with sanitation solutions

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

   Author : Sophie Müller; [2016]
   Keywords : water and sanitation; environmental communication; deliberative democracy; intercultural communication; solutions; change;

   Abstract : Since clean water and sanitation is one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and the water and sanitation crisis still needs improvement and more attention, this thesis will deal with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) providing different solutions for improvement of the crisis, especially in the developing countries. The aim with this research is to investigate what obstacles and resistance the organizations face when they interact with the citizens, how the decisions of agreeing on a solution are made and what participatory methods are used in those countries where the NGOs are providing their alternatives. READ MORE

3. 32. Retirement pension : a comparison between Swedish farmer and non-farmer business owners

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Therese Rödin; Josefin Samuelson; [2016]
   Keywords : asset specificity; behavior; business owners; decision-making; farmers; retirement;

   Abstract : The Swedish retirement system is hard to understand. The decisions about retirement must be applied on an individual basis. Business owners are not protected in the same way as employees. Employees usually get national retirement and occupational pension automatically from their employer. READ MORE

4. 33. What are trees for : an ethnographic study of local firewood practices in Uganda in the context of deforestation and climate change discourses

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

   Author : Filippa Giertta; [2016]
   Keywords : firewood; deforestation; climate change; carbon forestry; CDM; Kachung;

   Abstract : Interventions and schemes are being introduced all over the world to stop deforestation and reduce climate change. These interventions, on all levels of scale, follow a dominant global discourse based on a human-environment dichotomy and neo-Malthusian logic, and are driven by narratives of degradation by the local population and linear environmental change. READ MORE

5. 34. Drivers of Municipal Citizen Satisfaction in Sweden : Perceptions of One’s Municipality as a Place to Live in

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Kulturgeografi

   Author : Ruben Noren Selberg; [2016]
   Keywords : UN-HABITAT; regression analysis; drivers of municipal citizen satisfaction; mixed use structures; public space; social and environmental sustainability; diversity;

   Abstract : This study is a deductive quantitative analysis of perceptions of sustainable functions within a cross section of Swedish municipalities. It builds upon the United Nations Human Settlement Program (UN-HABITAT 2013) and their argument that the narrow focus upon economic growth have been given too much attention compared to the social and environmental pillars in the planning and creation and development of sustainable settlements. READ MORE

6. 35. What do we need to know to preserve species?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

   Author : Matilda Hildingsson; [2016]
   Keywords : pro-environmental behaviour; biodiversity; ecosystem services; environmental psychology; valuation; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Our planet is facing the largest loss of biodiversity since the extinction of dinosaurs (Chiante, 2016). This great loss will affect our ecosystems which in turn means that humankind and our needs are affected. It is therefore important to know what factors affect the allocation of resources between species. READ MORE