Essays about: "social-ecological justice"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words social-ecological justice.

1. 1. The Recognition of Social Sustainability : A Case Study within Swedish Railway Infrastructure

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Elin Rambäck; [2021]
   Keywords : sustainability; social sustainability; infrastructure; railway; project; planning; management; development; social-ecological; power; distributive justice; citizen perspective;

   Abstract : As social sustainability has lacked recognition and consideration within physical planning since the establishment of the sustainability definition, this thesis seeks to investigate its role within a railway infrastructure’s physical planning process and project management. The study evaluates the specific case of the East Link, section Södertälje-Trosa, because it is a current project that has been ongoing for a long period of time. READ MORE

3. 2. An Urgent Crisis of Chronic Neglect: Lessons on Water Justice and Wellbeing in the Time of COVID-19

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Kristina Humphreys; [2020]
   Keywords : sustainable development; water justice; urban resilience; wellbeing; COVID-19; planetary health;

   Abstract : The COVID-19 crisis represents a major disruption to societies across the planet, magnifying existing threats to social-ecological resilience. Illustrating these threats are links between inadequate water and sanitation services, climate stressors, and the challenge of coping with a global pandemic. READ MORE

4. 3. Farming for food security : a critical study on the transition to post-fossil agriculture in Sweden

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

   Author : Ebba Ulfbecker; [2018]
   Keywords : agricultural politics; food security; resilience; transition; climate mitigation; agroecology; sustainable intensification; the Rural Development program; contingency; rural development; discourse analysis; policy analysis;

   Abstract : This thesis addresses the preconditions to achieve a transition to fossil free agriculture in Sweden, to increase farm-level resilience and food security. Swedish agriculture is today highly dependent on imported fossil-based inputs, such as diesel, agrochemicals and protein feed. READ MORE

5. 4. Can urban agriculture become a planning strategy to address social-ecological justice?

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Javier Fernández Andrés; [2017]
   Keywords : urban agriculture; urban farming; social-ecological justice; equity; food security; food sovereignty; globalisation; industrialisation; inequality; global food system; climate change; food deserts;

   Abstract : Last century witnessed an unprecedented growth of cities which has led to the consolidation of an eminently urbanised world population. Meanwhile, agriculture has adopted industrial methods of production in the shape of large-scale, chemical-laden crops in the countryside, which, together with the liberalisation of global trade, have undermined the livelihood of small-scale peasants throughout the world, forcing many of them out of business. READ MORE

6. 5. Assessing Social-Ecological Justice in Projects, Plans and Processes : A Workbook for Sustainable development

   University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

   Author : Anton Bertilson; [2016]
   Keywords : Sustainable development; Social-Ecological Justice;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to develop a workbook to assess social-ecological justice (SEJ) in projects, plans and processes. Social-ecological justice bridges many sustainability discourses in order to create a more inclusive and wider sustainability concept than previous ones (Gunnarsson Östling & Svenfelt, (Submitted Book Chapter)). READ MORE