Essays about: "soil natural capital"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words soil natural capital.

  1. 1. Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems for Flood Risk Mapping and Near Real-time Flooding Extent Assessment in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area

    University essay from KTH/Geoinformatik

    Author : Priscilla Adjei-Darko; [2017]
    Keywords : Natural disasters; Floods; Remote sensing; Geographic information system;

    Abstract : Disasters, whether natural or man-made have become an issue of mounting concern all over the world. Natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, landslides, cyclones, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions are yearly phenomena that have devastating effect on infrastructure and property and in most cases, results in the loss of human life. READ MORE

  3. 2. Cashew for Food

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Lisa Hartmann; [2016]
    Keywords : Livelihoods; Benin; Cashew; Food Security; Availability; Stability; Financial Capital; Natural Capital; Physical Capital; Human Capital; Rural Development; Farmers Organization; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Cashew is a trending cash crop among many West African smallholders. The aim of my research was to investigate how the livelihoods of cashew farmers in central Benin are impacted by cashew production. I have selected a case study research strategy, using a mixed methods approach. READ MORE

  4. 3. Conservation assessments of Văcărești urban wetland in Bucharest (Romania) : land cover and climate changes from 2000 to 2015

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Luana Andreea Simion; [2016]
    Keywords : land cover types; climate change; Physical Geography and Ecosystem Analysis; urban wetland; biodiversity; protection and preservation; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Văcărești Urban Wetland, a recently instituted nature park, is situated in Bucharest (Romania). It has been established over the last 27 years within an abandoned retention polder, built during the communist era. READ MORE

  5. 4. It’s a free-for-all : who owns soil ecosystem services on agricultural land?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Dennis Roitsch; [2016]
    Keywords : soil natural capital; saxony; common agricultural policy; property rights; sustainability science; payments for ecosystem services; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Soils provide the foundation for human well-being but are increasingly degrading from land use change or types of intensive land use like agriculture. In Europe, soil natural capital is degrading over time and space because of compaction, erosion, and the loss of organic matter. READ MORE

  6. 5. The role of institutions in natural resource management in the context of agroecosystems sustainability : cases from peri-urban Masaka, Uganda

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Pernilla Denker; [2012]
    Keywords : institutions; management; Uganda; peri-urban; agroecosystems; systems perspective; focus group; PRA;

    Abstract : In this thesis the roles which institutions play in the management of natural resources are explored. These management strategies and the natural resources were put in the context of sustainable agroecosystems and the components were looked at from a systems perspective. READ MORE