Essays about: "Philippines"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 192 essays containing the word Philippines.

  1. 11. Modelling Renewable Energy Generation Forecasts on Luzon : A Minor Field Study on Statistical Inference Methods in the Environmental Sciences

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för teknikvetenskap (SCI)

    Author : Tufva Linde; [2023]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; energy data; Luzon; linear regression; Markov Chain models;

    Abstract : This project applies statistical inference methods to energy data from the island of Luzon in the Philippines. The goal of the project is to explore different ways of creating predictive models and to understand the assumptions that are made about reality when a certain model is selected. READ MORE

  3. 12. High tide flooding in near future projections for popular travel destinations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : David Ebert; [2023]
    Keywords : Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; High tide flooding; Projections; Adaptation and mitigation strategies; Lunar precession; Nodal cycle; Cycle of lunar perigee; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : High tide flooding (HTF) is becoming more common in coastal regions of the United States, although this phenomenon remains largely undocumented in published literature from other parts of the world. No matter the emissions scenario over the next decades, sea level rise (SLR) is projected to continue worldwide until at least the end of the 21st century, continually pushing the frequency and severity of HTF. READ MORE

  4. 13. Local Entertainers in Cebu, Philippines: Entertainment and Sex Work: The Struggle for Empowerment

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Judith Loyzaga Skoglund; [2022-11-09]
    Keywords : Philippines; entertainer; empowerment; pragmatism; stigmatization; sex worker; prostitution;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to examine why local women in Cebu, Philippines, chose to work as entertainers and sex workers. It will examine how their occupation affect their daily lives, in regard to their economy and their social relations with their families, colleagues and customers. READ MORE

  5. 14. Visual Arts as Development Communication - Challenging Development Concepts : Case study Baguio City, Philippines

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Aina Eriksson; [2022]
    Keywords : Visual arts; development communication; intercultural translation; hybrid knowledge systems;

    Abstract : International Development and its aims are often contested in post-colonial discourses and by postcolonial thinkers. The fundamental concepts of development, as we see in the sector of aid and international development, steer the values, execution and evaluation of development projects across the globe, as well as national development policy. READ MORE

  6. 15. The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda: A Normative Investigation of the Agenda in Southeast Asian Countries

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Sandra Brink; [2022]
    Keywords : UN; WPS Agenda; Southeast Asia; Globalizing IR; Norms;

    Abstract : This research engages with debates about globalizing IR and studies of the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Agenda established by the UN in the year of 2000. There have for many years been a lot of literature that is focused on the Agenda in the West using theories which are also established in the same region. READ MORE