Essays about: "Grassroots resilience"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Grassroots resilience.

1. 1. Pepita de oro: How AlVelAl is building a regional regenerative agriculture transformation through social innovations

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Author : Elissa Dickson; [2023]
   Keywords : regenerative agriculture; Spain; sustainability transformation; social innovation; adaptive capacity; institutions; drylands;

   Abstract : Regenerative Agriculture (RA) is increasingly promoted as a sustainable agri-food solution. Agronomic studies find that RA practices (e.g. cover crops, reduced tillage, crop rotation, and agroforestry) can regulate soil moisture, sequester atmospheric carbon, enhance biodiversity, and reduce the impacts of droughts and floods. READ MORE

3. 2. ‘So long as our SEWA is with us, we can win any fight’ - A social movement organisation’s framing of the COVID-19 crisis and its impact on informal women workers in India

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Josefine Nilsson; [2022]
   Keywords : COVID-19; Crisis; Civil Society; Women Informal Workers; SEWA; Social Movement Framing; India; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our lives and created wide-reaching impacts. Societies worldwide have confronted the crisis with grassroots mobilisation and social resilience. Civil society uncovers injustices by actively participating in the local decentralised pandemic response. READ MORE

4. 3. Women Farmers in Rural Uganda : A Case Study of Livelihood Threats and Building Resilience Among the Most Vulnerable

   University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Sara Tillenius; Joline Forsberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Women; Farmers; Rural communities; Field work; Minor Field Studies; Ethnography; Uganda; East Africa; Sustainable development; Livelihoods; Grassroots resilience; Challenges; Threats;

   Abstract : This case study is conducted through ten weeks of field studies in South-Eastern Uganda. Both authors have received funding from Minor Field Study scholarships. These scholarships were provided by Sida, Sweden's government agency for development cooperation. READ MORE

5. 4. Infrastructure Projects and Climate Change Adaption in the Era of Grassroots Movement Resurgence : Suggestions fro Transformational Actions

   University essay from KTH/Historiska studier av teknik, vetenskap och miljö

   Author : Valentine Gabrielle Huet; [2020]
   Keywords : climate change adaptation; transformation; paradigm shift; environmental justice; Hawai’i; indigeneity; urban political ecology.;

   Abstract : In an ever-moving world, urban governance and infrastructure have to adapt to climate change. In the meantime, people's concerns and engagement towards urban projects which will affect their lives are growing. The climate change adaptation process is inevitable to implement, considering the multiplicity of climate change threats. READ MORE

6. 5. Grassroots niches transforming cities toward post-growth futures : A case study of the collaborative economy in Gothenburg, Sweden

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Author : David Enarsson; [2019]
   Keywords : transformative capacity; urban grassroots niches; transformations; post-growth; commons; collaborative economy; sharing economy;

   Abstract : Cities drive some of the most urgent sustainability challenges that societies face today, including inequality, resource consumption and climate change. Meanwhile, economic growth is increasingly being viewed as a challenge for sustainable development, generating a call for post-growth transformation. READ MORE