Essays about: "Improved livelihoods"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 44 essays containing the words Improved livelihoods.

  1. 16. Smokeless homes : Challenges for Increasing Use of Improved Biomass Cookstoves in Kisumu, Kenya.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

    Author : Mwanje Dianne; [2018]
    Keywords : Biomass; Dunga wetland community; Improved Biomass Cookstoves; Community Based Organizations; Wise- Kenya; Women’s empowerment;

    Abstract : In Kenya, 69 percent of populations depend on biomass fuels to meet their cooking needs. The incomplete combustion of biomass is performed in insufficiently ventilated settings thus exposing human health and environment to toxic pollution. READ MORE

  3. 17. Climate change impacts on water resources of the Ganges : Suitable adaptation options for agriculture in the Indian-Himalayan region

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Hedvig Winther; [2017]
    Keywords : Climate change; water flows; Indian-Himalayan region; Ganges; adaptation; hydro-climatic modelling; stakeholder participatory methods; Klimatförändringar; vattenflöden; Indiska Himalaya; Ganges; anpassning; hydroklimatisk modellering; intressentdeltagande metoder;

    Abstract : Climate change is affecting several environmental factors and together with socio-economic changes put high pressure on water resources. Climate change manifest itself through increasing temperatures and changes in precipitation patterns and intensities, with knock-on effects on hydrologically-relevant parameters such as water flows, evapotranspiration rates, glacial melt etcetera, all of which have already been observed in the recent past and are predicted to continue in the future. READ MORE

  4. 18. The policy process behind the adaptation of Urban Agriculture policy in Cape Town and Johannesburg : Academic activists and NGO´s as policy actors

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Johanna Åhs; [2017]
    Keywords : Policy; Urban Agriculture; Cape Town; Johannesburg; Advocacy Coalition Framework;

    Abstract : South Africa, also known as the ´Rainbow nation´, is one of the wealthiest countries on the African continent counted in terms of GDP. After the 1994 election, it became a functioning democracy with universal suffrage. READ MORE

  5. 19. Sowing seeds of trust : social learning in farmer family learning groups

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Tim Sievers; [2016]
    Keywords : Farmer Family Learning Groups; Uganda; social learning; facilitator; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Agricultural systems, specifically in the global South, and the people living of them, are more than others, exposed to changes in the environment around them. Smallholder farmers (that work in agroecological systems), with a low standard of living, are the most vulnerable to short-term shocks and long-term stresses. READ MORE

  6. 20. From Refugees to Citizens: What Happens to Livelihoods? – A Study of How New Tanzanians Utilize Their Citizen Rights

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

    Author : Åsa Ljusenius; [2016]
    Keywords : protracted refugee situation; local integration; citizenship; citizen rights; sustainable livelihoods framework; new Tanzanians; Old Settlements; Ulyankulu; Tanzania; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to find out how attaining citizenship had affected livelihood opportunities and strategies among the approximately 200,000 Burundian refugees who after more than 40 years in exile became Tanzanian citizens in late 2014. It is a case study of local integration and development, analysing the situation for new Tanzanian citizens through the sustainable livelihoods framework. READ MORE