Essays about: "village sustainability"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 49 essays containing the words village sustainability.

  1. 16. Damages and dreams from a 20-year-old conflict. The case of Rosia Montana and the struggle for sustainability

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Denisa Elena Leonte; [2018]
    Keywords : Ecological distribution conflict; alternative development; environmental justice movements; sustainability transitions.;

    Abstract : How do transitions to sustainability emerge? Save Rosia Montana Campaign is a representative socio-environmental movement, that cancelled an open-cast gold mining project in the urban-village of Rosia Montana, Romania. After almost 20 years of conflict with the mining project initiators, the people that oppose mining are now struggling for implementing tourism as an alternative development of the place, that could allow the possibility of sustainable development. READ MORE

  3. 17. Hybrid PV-Biomass Power Plant design for an Indonesian village

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Chloé Prévost; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This thesis work focuses on the design of a hybrid PV-Gasification-Battery plant for a remote villagelocated on an Indonesian island and currently not electrified. As the objective of the study is to assess therelevance of the hybrid plant to make use of the local resources to satisfy the demand, the village situationis analyzed, and a representative load curve is built. READ MORE

  4. 18. Desire, cows and resilience : Investigating motivations to steward a bio-cultural refuge in Northern Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Mira Gartz; [2018]
    Keywords : rural; resilience; entrepreneurship; Lacan; motivation; native cattle; sustainability; sustainable development; food security;

    Abstract : In Sweden, centuries of agricultural modernization have marginalized locally adapted food cultures and food production systems. Yet in some places these practices and cultures survive, even in areas that lack conducive circumstances for agricultural production. These places are called bio-cultural refugia. READ MORE

  5. 19. Investigation of groundwater resources - A case study in north-west Tanzania using remote sensing analysis and groundwater simulation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Cecilia Lundqvist; [2017]
    Keywords : Groundwater resources; Remote sensing; Hydrologic budget; MOD- FLOW; Chonyonyo; Tanzania; Technology and Engineering; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Globally 884 million people depend on unsafe drinking water, of which 159 million depend on untreated surface water (WHO, 2017). In Tanzania 44% of the popula- tion lack access to safe drinking water (WaterAid, 2017). READ MORE

  6. 20. Socio-Economic Sustainability of Rural Energy Access in India

    University essay from KTH/Energi och klimatstudier, ECS

    Author : Suhasini Udayakumar; [2016]
    Keywords : Energy access; Indian states; rural areas; domestic sector; key performance indicators; Socio-economic Energy Sustainability Index;

    Abstract : Rural energy access has been a persistent issue in India causing the country to become one of the most energy poor nations of the world. Despite the launch of several heavily funded programs for the provision of electricity and modern fuels to rural areas, majority of the country‘s village households remain neglected and deficient in energy. READ MORE