Essays about: "Political Ecology Theory"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 55 essays containing the words Political Ecology Theory.

  1. 11. Stories of Change: Alternative Food Networks in the Urban Setting of Zurich

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Patricia Catherine Schmid; [2021]
    Keywords : Food systems; alternative food networks; agriculture; sustainability; good living; food sovereignty; pluriverse; Zurich; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Food is political: from seed over production to distribution and consumption. Large scale agriculture infused multi-layered social, ecological, and economic issues. The need to change the dominant food system approach is widely recognised. Alternatives in food production and distribution emerged and persisted over time. READ MORE

  3. 12. Clunkers for Mobility? A critical environmental justice perspective on the EU’s exports of used cars to the Global South

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Sophie Scherger; [2021]
    Keywords : environmental justice; second-hand cars; world-system theory; environmental load displacement; used car trade; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the face of climate change, governments in the Global North have decided on various decarbonisation plans. With the transport sector causing more than a quarter of the global greenhouse gas emissions, its decarbonisation has become a central debate. READ MORE

  4. 13. Sustaining Svanholm: The Possibilities and Challenges in a Danish Ecovillage

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Anders Gøhler Johansson; [2021]
    Keywords : Svanholm; Ecovillage; Sustainability; Anthropological fieldwork; Denmark; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper focuses on the Danish ecovillage by the name of Svanholm, with a special attention to how different areas of sustainability is being understood and carried out in practice in the ecovillage. Through a long-term fieldwork and anthropological methods herein, the paper seeks to understand Svanholm with all its possibilities as well as challenges, whether it be in a technical, environmental, economic, political or social area of sustainability. READ MORE

  5. 14. Who is (still) afraid of spectres haunting Europe? : comparing the concepts of "Judeo-Bolshevism" and "Cultural Marxism" in their respective notions of ecology

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Laudy van den Heuvel; [2020]
    Keywords : Judeo-Bolshevism; Cultural Marxism; Conceptual History; Critical Discourse Analysis; Historical Materialism; Marxism; Frankfurt School; Critical Theory; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The concepts of “Judeo-Bolshevism” (used between approx. 1917-1945) and “Cultural Marxism” (used 1973-today) seem to have a lot in common: both are derogatory concepts used to classify the political opponent. READ MORE

  6. 15. Leveraging digital technologies for transitions to clean and safe water : a case study of Kibera informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Diane Mumbi Mungai; [2020]
    Keywords : Water; Kibera; access; transitions; sociotechnical systems; malfunction and disrepair; governance failure; coexistence; mediating technologies; privatisation; archipelagos; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Inadequate water infrastructural development and high costs of water are few of the many challenges that affect water access in Kibera. Consequently, many alternatives to piped water grew out of necessity to meet the needs of residents. READ MORE