Essays about: "villagers"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 84 essays containing the word villagers.

  1. 11. Linking Climate Change, Migration Patterns and Vulnerability: The case of Ndem, Senegal

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Giordano Margaglio; Anna Chesnier; [2019]
    Keywords : Climate Change; Internal Migration; Vulnerability; Sahel; Culture; Desertification; Drought; Ndem; West Africa; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Projections estimate that by 2050 hundreds of millions to a billion people will migrate elsewhere due to environmental reasons. The increasing frequency and intensity of natural hazards posed by climate change, as well as the slow-onset degradation of habitats all over the planet, will drive more and more species to migrate towards more habitable and safe environments. READ MORE

  3. 12. How is development affecting sustainable livelihoods and disaster risk: A case study of a coastal community in Fiji

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI); Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Jennifer Gustavsson; Malin Wiskman; [2019]
    Keywords : Sustainable livelihood; Disaster risk; Fiji; Risk management; Development; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to investigate how development have affected access to sustainable livelihood capitals and how the perceived access to these capitals have changed in the past decades in Dravuwalu, a coastal society in Fiji. A case-study was conducted in the village of Drawuvalu. READ MORE

  4. 13. Forest Management Decentralisation in a REDD+ World : A Case Study of a REDD+ Pilot Project in the Kolo Hills Forests, Kondoa District, Tanzania

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : Liesa Nieskens; [2018]
    Keywords : REDD ; Participatory Forest Management; Political Ecology; Access Qualifications; Carbon Offset;

    Abstract : Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradatin (REDD+) is a market-based approachto address tropical deforestation as a key driver of anthropogenic climate change. In Tanzania, participatory forest management (PFM) was used as a vehicle for the institutionalisation of REDD+and implementation of pilot initiatives. READ MORE

  5. 14. Residents’ perception regarding household preparedness in areas prone to sudden natural hazards

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI); Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Christian Dahl; Emil Persson; [2018]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The purpose of this case study was to investigate residents’ perception regarding household preparedness in areas prone to sudden natural hazards. The study was conducted in Namacu, Koro Island, Fiji. The main method for data collection was through semi-structured interviews and observations. READ MORE

  6. 15. Who gets what? : the community forest user group’s role in rebuilding communities

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

    Author : Lova Lind; [2018]
    Keywords : community forest user group; forest management; disaster; timber; social inequality; symbolic violence; collective action; access; entitlement;

    Abstract : The earthquake and the aftershocks that struck Nepal in 2015 brought destruction to many parts of the country, and still to this day rural communities struggle to rebuild their private houses and return life to what it was. This thesis found that in doing so, the villagers are dependent on resources such as labour, cash, and timber. READ MORE