Essays about: "Local resident"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 29 essays containing the words Local resident.

  1. 16. The survival of an island: A study on landownership and depopulation on the islands Mykines and Skúgvoy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Gunnhild Dahl Niclasen; [2015]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Urbanisation is an ongoing trend all over the world, and these same trends occur in the Faroe Islands as well. Some of the small peripheral islands are now believed to be on the verge of becoming unpopulated. This study investigates the role of landownership in depopulation on the outer islands in the Faroe Islands. READ MORE

  3. 17. Narratives of belonging in a suburb of change

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Grim Karlgren; [2015]
    Keywords : Social class; cultural capital; academic exam; middle class; belonging; elective belonging; narratives of belonging; constructive grounded theory; suburb;

    Abstract :  The aim of this study is to explore how middle class residents construct narratives of belonging. The study was conducted in a suburban area in the southern part of Stockholm. This is a neighborhood that undergoes a renewal and status increase. READ MORE

  4. 18. The Commodification of the Couch : A Dialectical Analysis of Hospitality Exchange Networks

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Simon Schöpf; [2014]
    Keywords : commons; digital commons; commodification; critical theory; political economy of communication; Couchsurfing; BeWelcome; hospitality exchange; hospex;

    Abstract : Hospitality exchange (HospEx) networks – online platforms facilitating the connection between a traveler and a local resident – embody many of the cyber-utopian promises intrinsic to the Web as it started out 25 years ago. Such sites have often been conceptualized as a new and daring trend in a booming ‘sharing industry’ and have been researched for topics such as trust, reputation, and online identities. READ MORE

  5. 19. Feasibility Study of Biogas Generation from Municipal Solid Waste and Sewerage within the Colombo City Limits

    University essay from KTH/Kraft- och värmeteknologi

    Author : Wilfred Mahes Rajaratne; Omalaka Danushka Panagoda Arachchige Kumara; [2014]
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    Abstract : Colombo City is the commercial capital of Sri Lanka with an estimated resident population of over 750,000 spread over 3741 hectares (ha) and has a population density over 1188 per ha. It is located in the western coast of Sri Lanka and is in wet zone. The topography is of flat terrain with a mix of land and water. READ MORE

  6. 20. Creative-Up-Cycling

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Nuanphan Kaewpanukrangsi; [2014]
    Keywords : Sustainability; Sustainable interaction design SID ; Interaction Design IxD ; Up-cycling; Down-cycling; Craft; Craftsmen; Craftsmanship; Do-It-Yourself DIY ; Open source; DIY Maker culture; Social innovation; Social based community; Local residents Community; Maker community; Communities of Practice CoP ; Flat organization;

    Abstract : The project elaborates design opportunities for a future practice that could promotealternative sustainable lifestyles on waste handling through up-cycling activities. It doesthis on a small scale through engagement in the local communities of the Hildaneighborhood and Segepark students’ accommodations in Sweden. READ MORE