Essays about: "Change in locality"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words Change in locality.

  1. 1. Integrating Place Attachment into Local Government Climate Change Adaptation: Barriers and Implications for Equity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Paula Annet Härö; [2023]
    Keywords : Fairness; equity; climate justice; climate change adaptation; local government; public policymaking; place attachment; community values; decision-making; challenges; Australia; Social Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : This research examines how consideration of place attachment and community values can inform the development and implementation of fair and equitable climate change adaptation (CCA) practices in the Australian local government context. The research adopts a qualitative approach, using semi-structured interviews with expert interviewees and reflective thematic analysis to answer three research questions. READ MORE

  3. 2. Long term restoration effects : Effects of restoration measures on restoration success in nature reserves in acidic fen, buffered fen, dry heather, wet heather, and wet grassland in Drenthe, Netherlands

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Erika Nyström; [2020]
    Keywords : Acidic fen; Acidification; Buffered fen; Dehydration; Dry heather; Eutrophication; Habitat deterioration; Habitat management; Moisture; Nitrogen; Nitrogen deposition; pH; Red listed species; Restoration ecology; Restoration method; Restoration success; Wet grassland; Wet heather; Ellenberg values; nature reserve; Mosse; kärr; hed; fukthed; fuktäng; uttorkning; försurning; näringsöverskott; eutrofiering; kväveöverskott; kväveregn; kvävedeponering; surt regn; habitatförsämring; försämring av naturområden; förvaltning av naturområden; fukt; kväve; pH; rödlistade arter; hotade arter; restaurering; restaureringsekologi; restaureringsmetod; restaureringsframgång;

    Abstract : Habitat degradation, fragmentation and loss are important factors causing loss in biodiversity and red listed species, and restoring habitats is essential in preventing this. However, there is a limited knowledge of the long term effects of restoration measures. READ MORE

  4. 3. Troubling Waters Ahead – an Evaluation of Coastal Flooding in Stockholm

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Holger Sandberg; [2020]
    Keywords : Climate adaptation; coastal flooding; sea level; sea level rise; Klimatanpassning; kustöversvämning; havsnivå; havsnivåhöjning;

    Abstract : The increasing rate of global sea mean level rise, one of many effects of climate change, will most likelyproduce heightened risk of coastal flooding. Cities located along coastlines have to adapt to thesecircumstances that otherwise will increase the magnitude and frequency of coastal flooding. READ MORE

  5. 4. “It’s my city and I’m not going to move away!” : Shaping a sense of being-at-home-in-the-world and seeking balance between acting and being acted upon in developing Bratislava.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Robert Repka; [2019]
    Keywords : place and space; urban; home; past; future; development; Slovakia; modernisation; uncertainty; insecurity; hope; acting;

    Abstract : Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, is undergoing a significant change of its built environment due to a massive process of development since the mid-2000s. This series of construction, destruction, transformation and modernising processes has radically transformed a central industrial locality of the city into a wholly new business-administrative district. READ MORE

  6. 5. Between Contentment and Curiosity: The Hybrid Femininities of Young Bedouin Women in South Sinai

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Annmarie Kiiskinen; [2018]
    Keywords : bedouins; women; femininity; gender identity; social change; cultural erosion.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The drastic changes in infrastructure and arrival of luxury tourism to South Sinai has brought the global world at the doorstep of the region’s nomadic bedouins. The ever-expanding global influence has given birth to a generation of young bedouin women who absorb the surrounding new ideals, behaviors and understandings, blending them with their tribal culture. READ MORE