Essays about: "Nicaragua"
Showing result 36 - 40 of 105 essays containing the word Nicaragua.
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36. Diversifying livelihoods and land management : A case study on the prospects and challenges of a permaculture project in rural Las Pavas, Nicaragua
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionenAbstract : The socioeconomic context of many biodiversity rich countries is argued to be heavily dwarfed in current conservation and development debate, resulting in that projects that intersect complex issues of development and conservation are often simplistically deemed as being unsuccessful. The aim of this research has therefore been to attain a more profound understanding of how socioeconomic conditions and local neoliberal contexts effect ICDP projects and to an extent also agroecological transition. READ MORE
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37. Who has the power, men or women? : A qualitative study about womens' farmers' cooperatives in Nicaragua and women's power
University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate the power relations in women’s farmers’ cooperatives in Nicaragua, and to see if the women feel that they have power over their decisions and if they feel that their power has changed after joining the cooperative. The theory used in this thesis is postcolonial feminism theories of women empowerment and frameworks on development efforts to women. READ MORE
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38. Hydrochemical investigation and socioeconomic assessment in Rio Zapomeca river basin focusing on arsenic contamination
University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk geologi; Lunds universitet/Väg- och vattenbyggnad (CI)Abstract : The awareness of problems concerning arsenic contaminated drinking water sources has during recent years increased. WHO (World Health Organization) decided in 1993 to lower the recommended limit of arsenic in drinking water from 50 μg/l to 10 μg/l, mainly due to observations of its carcinogenicity. READ MORE
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39. "I am not just a domestic worker" : A phenomenological study of organized Nicaraguan domestic workers in Costa Rica
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakultetenAbstract : In this study, I use semi-structured interviews in an intersectional and phenomenological theoretical framework, elaborating on analytical concepts such as belonging and translocational positionality, to investigate the lived experiences of Nicaraguan migrant domestic workers in Costa Rica who are organized in the association Astradomes. I explore if and how their experiences are connected to intersections mainly between nationality, class and gender, and examine in which spaces and contexts agency and resistance can be located. READ MORE
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40. The local perspective of tourism development in Ticuantepe - Residents’ pre-perceptions of future tourism development in a Nicaraguan municipality
University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälleAbstract : Nicaraguan tourism has accelerated with more than 300 % over the last 15 years and this increase can make sustainable tourism, which nowadays is highly recommended in tourism studies, more difficult to achieve. One reason for this is suggested to be that a too fast tourism development leads to insufficient time to use community participation in tourism planning, something that is considered important in the aim for a sustainable tourism development. READ MORE
