Essays about: "Community bank"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 53 essays containing the words Community bank.

  1. 31. Solutions from Below : A strategic approach for the sustainable management of organised community seed banks

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap

    Author : Laurent Serrure; Lucia Beltrame and Zachary Rootes; [2013]
    Keywords : seed banks; agriculture; biodiversity; crop diversity; food sovereignty; strategic sustainable development.;

    Abstract : Organised community seed banks (OCBSs) are one of the main tools to preserve crop diversity at a local level and therefore constitute an important driver for local resilience, as well as an important tool to move society towards sustainability. Agriculture is a fundamental leverage point for society: it fulfils a basic survival need as well as being one of the causes of humans’ unsustainable impact on the environment. READ MORE

  3. 32. Replace One´s Place: The Livelihood of Internally Displaced People in Colombia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Cornelia Helmcke; [2013]
    Keywords : internal displacement; development induced resettlement; livelihood approach; Buen Vivir; place; El Quimbo; Neiva; Colombia; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Colombia es el país con el número más alto en desplazados internos en el mundo. La población rural huye generalmente por la violencia generada en el conflicto armado. Pero también los llamados “proyectos de desarrollo” de empresas multinacionales que invierten en infraestructura generalmente afectan a comunidades locales. READ MORE

  4. 33. Virtual currencies- Real opportunities?

    University essay from KTH/Entreprenörskap och Innovation

    Author : Sara Selldahl; [2013]
    Keywords : Virtual currencies; electronic money; market analysis; case study; Ericsson;

    Abstract : The European Central Bank defines virtual currencies as ”unregulated, digital money, which is issued and usually controlled by its developers, and used and accepted among the members of a specific virtual community.” (European Central Bank, 2012, p. READ MORE

  5. 34. Virtual currencies : Real opportunities?

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)

    Author : Sara Selldahl; [2013]
    Keywords : virtual currencies; electronic money; m-commerce; virtual currency; bitcoin; marrket analysis; strategic analysis;

    Abstract : AbstractThe European Central Bank defines virtual currencies as ”unregulated, digital money, which is issued and usuallycontrolled by its developers, and used and accepted among the members of a specific virtual community.”(European Central Bank, 2012, p. READ MORE

  6. 35. Integrated Green Spaces in Urban Areas : a case study of inner Brisbane

    University essay from SLU/Landscape Architecture (until 121231)

    Author : Hanna Olsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Green space; perceived dimensions; Brisbane; challenges; design; planning; characteristics; SWOT; landscape values;

    Abstract : The review of Integrated green spaces in urban areas – A case study of inner Brisbane highlight the significance of addressing characteristics, qualities and landscape values in our outdoor environment. The importance of green spaces to the wellbeing of people in the city and the ecological, social and cultural values they carry are widely recognised in the field of urban and regional planning. READ MORE