Essays about: "Northern Thailand"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words Northern Thailand.

  1. 1. Beyond Western Knowledge: Indigenous and Local Knowledges on Disaster Risk Reduction -A field study in rural Thailand

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linnea Johansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Disaster risk reduction; Indigenous and local knowledge systems; Thailand; Indigenous and local communities; Natural hazards; Non-western knowledge; Pressures to Indigenous and local knowledge systems;

    Abstract : Natural hazards are predicted to only increase in frequency and severity over the next decade, making it crucial to avoid their negative consequences by disaster risk reduction. Reducing risks of natural hazards is not a recent invention as it has been shown that indigenous and local communities possess indigenous and local knowledge systems related to reducing disaster risks. READ MORE

  3. 2. Analysis of Costs and Emissions Related to Microgrid Electricity Generation in Mae Sariang : A Minor Field Study in Thailand

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Ellen Gardholm; Hedvig Hoff; [2022]
    Keywords : Microgrid; Thailand; rural electrification; renewable energy; sustainable development goals; Microgrid; Thailand; landsbygdselektrifiering; förnybar energi; globala målen;

    Abstract : Rural electrification serves as a tool to reach several of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, challenges occur related to increased electricity access, involving financial, informational, technical and regulatory factors. READ MORE

  4. 3. Solidarity in Conflict - Organised non-EEA workers, trade unions and labour rights within the Swedish wild berry industry

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Tilly Nygren Laestander; [2021]
    Keywords : Labour rights; Sweden; Thailand; Seasonal Migrant Workers; Trade Unions; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Every year, around 3000-6000 mainly low-income farmers, travel from Northeastern Thailand in search for wild berries in the rural parts of Northern Sweden. There has been a process of inclusion of these seasonal migrant workers into the Swedish labour market structure, since around the turn of the millennium. READ MORE

  5. 4. Sustainable and cost-efficient feed ingredients for optimum breeding of house crickets (Acheta domesticus) for human consumption in Thailand

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Lina von Hackewitz; [2020]
    Keywords : acheta domesticus; house cricket; farming; feed; feed alternatives; chicken feed; growth; by-product;

    Abstract : The world population is expected to increase over the next 30 years. The global food production system is under pressure to keep up with the growing demand . In the last years, increased attention has been paid to use livestock with lower environmental impact, like the house cricket Acheta domesticus. READ MORE

  6. 5. What would we come back to? : Decision-making about return and repatriation by Burmese migrants and refugees in Northern Thailand

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Eva-Maria Munck; [2018]
    Keywords : migration; migrants; migrant workers; refugees; Myanmar; Burma;

    Abstract : This research focuses on the special considerations and reasons for Burmese migrants and refugees from Burma living in Mae Sot, Tak province, Northern Thailand to stay in Thailand or return to Burma/Myanmar. The researcher has more than three-years of experience of living and working in Northern Thailand. READ MORE