Essays about: "Metabolic Rift Theory"

Found 3 essays containing the words Metabolic Rift Theory.

1. 1. The perceptions and experiences of urban dwellers, regarding the transition from an agrarian to an urban society : A qualitative interview study conducted in Urban Babati, Tanzania

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

   Author : Elin Björklund; Oscar Segermark Viström; [2023]
   Keywords : urbanization; agriculture; perceptions; Tanzania; Babati; Global South; sustainable development; Metabolic Rift Theory;

   Abstract : This study investigates how farmers, authorities, day laborers and full-time employees experience and perceive the transition from an agrarian to a more urban society in Babati, Tanzania. It is an interview-based essay, and an inductive thematic analysis method has been used to analyze the perceptions and experiences about the transition, and to profoundly examine the main environmental, social, and economic benefits and challenges that follows. READ MORE

3. 2. The Political Ecology of Pee and Poo

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Edel Bergitte Lowzow; [2017]
   Keywords : Metabolic rift; peak phosphorus; human excreta; sustainable sanitation; critical discourse analysis; Norway; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates how the metabolic rift and peak phosphorus are represented in Norwegian media and policy documents. The investigation is done with the use of critical discourse analysis. The material investigated consists of 28 texts from Norwegian newspapers and two documents from the Norwegian Environment Agency. READ MORE

4. 3. Unpacking Lunch: Political Ecology & The Meat Industrial Complex

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Jenica Frique; Jenica Frisque; [2010]
   Keywords : political ecology; neoliberalism; development; factory farming; meat-industrial complex; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This paper highlights, theoretically and empirically, how development and underdevelopment are closely linked by looking at the global food system, with a special emphasis on the meat-industrial complex. Conceptually, this thesis mobilizes Foster’s theory of metabolic rift, O’Connor’s theory of the second contradiction of capitalism, and Harvey’s “accumulation by dispossession” to account for the socio-ecological contradictions of the meat-industrial complex. READ MORE