Essays about: "Actor-oriented"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the word Actor-oriented.

  1. 1. “It’s only possible with resistance.” Understanding the Importance of Public Participation and Power in Climate Change Adaptation on the Halligen, Germany

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Friederike Küchler; [2022]
    Keywords : traditional knowledge; actor-oriented power perspective; low lying islands; refusal; sustainability science; maladaptation; Halligen; Germany; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Halligen are small low-lying islands that only exist in the North Sea and get flooded during storm surges. The North Sea’s Sea level is projected to rise 60 to 70cm by 2100, making climate change adaptation a question of survival for the Hallig residents. READ MORE

  3. 2. Institutional Dynamics in the Global FDI Network : Examining The Co-evolution of Institutions and FDI with Stochastic Actor-Oriented Modelling

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Nationalekonomi; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Axel Norgren; Martin Olsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Institutions; Foreign Direct Investment; FDI; Economic development; Social network analysis; Stochastic Actor-Oriented Modelling; Institutional Convergence;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the relationship between institutions and foreign direct investments (FDI). While the issue of how institutions attract FDI (selection) is quite well-researched, the empirical evidence for institutions spreading through FDI (influence) is more ambiguous. READ MORE

  4. 3. Green Prescribing: Communities of Boundary Practice in Transectoral Collaboration. An Actor-Oriented Approach to Environmental and Public Health Intervention.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Naomi Willows Rough; [2021]
    Keywords : Green Prescribing; Transectoral; Communities of Boundary Practice; Boundaries; Co-Benefits; Science General;

    Abstract : Green prescribing, the referral of patients to nature-based activities, has potential to bring co- benefits for psychological and physiological public health and for environmental health. Literature considers a major limitation to its effective implementation as a holistic, transectoral practice to be lack of a common language and tendency of actors involved to work within their respective paradigms, resulting in silo working and minimising realisation of potential co- benefits. READ MORE

  5. 4. Communicative Planning at a city-regional scale: A case study on the actor-oriented arrangement of Stockholm’s regional planning process

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

    Author : Alberto Giacometti; [2015]
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  6. 5. The Internally Displaced People of Colombia: Resisting Development Induced Displacement in the Quimbo

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Erika Rodriguez Lindgren; [2014-02-04]
    Keywords : Internally displaced people; development induced displacement; El Quimbo; actor oriented perspective; agency; social actors; Colombia; Latin America.;

    Abstract : Colombia is currently the country in the world with the largest displaced population. This dissertation will focus on a certain type of displacement which has yet to receive appropriate attention; displacement caused by development programs, or the so called development-induced displacement. READ MORE