Essays about: "village sustainability"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 49 essays containing the words village sustainability.

  1. 21. The Influences of an Eco-village towards Urban Sustainability : A case study of two Swedish eco-villages

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Mi Youn Kim; [2016]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Eco-villages; Environmental behaviour; Grassroots Innovations;

    Abstract : Scholars who study grassroots innovations argue that small-scale community-led urban projects can serve as catalysts accelerating sustainability, by spreading their techniques and practices into a broader society. This thesis explores the claim by investigating influences of two Swedish eco-villages through two spheres: individual and whole eco-village project basis-influence. READ MORE

  3. 22. 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

  4. 23. Exploring Prospective Entrepreneurial Engagement and Stakeholders’ Involvement in the Circular Economy : An Empirical Study on the Concept of Växjö Reuse Village

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Bin Huang; Loukas Plas; Nader Salam; [2016]
    Keywords : Waste management; circular economy; sustainability; triple bottom line; values; economic values; non-economic values; entrepreneurship; ecopreneurship; social entrepreneurship; values centered entrepreneurs; stakeholders; Växjö Reuse Village;

    Abstract : During the search for a thesis topic, the researchers established contact with a civil servant at Växjö Municipality in Sweden who introduced them to the prospective project of the Reuse Village as part of the city’s waste management plan to enhance circular economy. Hence, the researchers’ purpose for this thesis is to explore the determined values and stakeholders’ involvement linked to the engagement of entrepreneurs towards a circular economy. READ MORE

  5. 24. Rural Electrification in East Malaysia : Achieving optimal power generation system and sustainability of rural electrification projects

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Tian Shen Liang; [2016]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The objectives of this project are to propose improvements to one of the civil society organisations, Lightup Borneo, helping it to attain an optimal power generation system capable of supplying reliable and continuous electricity, as well as to achieve sustainability of rural electrification projects. The project spans six months; methodology includes desk research, field research, case study and simulation using HOMER. READ MORE

  6. 25. Sustainable Food Production : Farmers’ management of their agroforestry  systems in Tanzania.

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

    Author : Johanna Hägglund; [2015]
    Keywords : agriculture; circular economy; Babati district; Haraa; inputs;

    Abstract : The future of food production contains some challenges. The production needs to increase in order to feed a growing population, but at the same time there is an increased need to transi- tion to more sustainable ways of cultivation. This can be a challenge since increased intensity and sustainability is not always compatible. READ MORE