Essays about: "Communal living"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words Communal living.

  1. 1. Fighting fire with fire? : An exploration of the relationship between nonviolence and sustainability

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Linnea Johansson Vodusek; [2023]
    Keywords : Nonviolence; Sustainability; Development; Agenda 2030; Sustainable Development Goals; Galtung; Ecocentrism; Gandhi; structural violence; cultural violence; peace; future generations; conflicts; global warming; globalization; knowledge; cooperation and environment;

    Abstract : This study aims at exploring the connections between nonviolence and sustainability in two cases. The relationship between nonviolence and sustainability is identified and discussed in light of the theories on nonviolence of Johan Galtung and theories of the ethical framework of ecocentrism. READ MORE

  3. 2. Ecosystem services from woody vegetation in East African rangelands

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Anna Linnéa Elisabeth Swärd; [2023]
    Keywords : dryland ecosystems; rangelands; rangelands; woody vegetation; restoration; Karamoja; West Pokot; pastoralists; agro-pastoralists; East Africa;

    Abstract : Drylands cover nearly half of the Earth's land surface and are dominated by croplands and rangelands. Dryland ecosystems worldwide are affected by land degradation. Increased population pressure, climate change and unsustainable land use threaten essential ecosystem services and adversely impact people’s livelihoods and well-being. READ MORE

  4. 3. From area to volume, experimental youth housing in Gottsunda

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Natalia Hedström; [2023]
    Keywords : housing; youth; student; dwelling; architecture; volume;

    Abstract : The base for this project is the challenge of housing shortage. This is occurring all over Sweden and Uppsala is no exception. The Municipality of Uppsala is growing fast, and the district of Gottsunda is one of the neighborhoods with a major future plan of densification and development. READ MORE

  5. 4. Exploring the Food Security and Dietary Diversity Situation: A Comparative Analysis between Bangladeshi Immigrants Currently Residing in Lund, Sweden and Their Previous Residence in Bangladesh.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Anta Ishmam Chowdhury; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to compare the food security and dietary diversity status of Bangladeshi immigrants living in Sweden to their position in Bangladesh. Structured surveys were used to collect data from 15 Bangladeshi immigrants, which included demographic information as well as indices of food security and dietary diversity. READ MORE

  6. 5. Borderland Peripheries. from dead end - to new beginning

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Maya Kranner; [2023]
    Keywords : Rural renewal; cross-border initiatives; periphery; social sustainability; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : It’s been 34 years ago now since the iron curtain has parted the European continent and its inhabitants in an East and a West. The analysed area for the following thesis on the border between northern Austria and southern Czechia gives a case example of a region, that is still suffering from an era, where one sky-direction has been erased from people’s everyday living and thinking – leaving the border areas as a dead end for either country. READ MORE