Essays about: "Sao Paulo case study"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words Sao Paulo case study.

1. 1. “ESTAMOS ESQUECIDOS”A case study for capabilities in the perspective of small-scale vegetable producers in Southeastern Brazil

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Bruno de Paula; [2022]
   Keywords : Small-scale producers; rural poverty; wellbeing; collective action; peasantry; quality of life; capabilities; food security; food production; family farmers; São Paulo; Brazil;

   Abstract : Global food supply chains have drastically changed over the last decades. Whereas some international firms embedded in the international markets are on the cutting edge of food production processes and technology, small-scale producers do not always experience the same opportunity in accessing such global value chains. READ MORE

3. 2. The diffusion of biogas technologies in the Brazilian context : A comparative case study in two Brazilian states

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Industriell miljöteknik

   Author : Hanna Guimarães Zanatta; [2020]
   Keywords : biogas technologies; diffusion; socio-technical systems; technological innovation systems; societal embedding; diffusion of innovation;

   Abstract : Brazil is one of the largest biomass producers in the world, thus it has a huge potential for biogas production across all its territory. Nowadays, biogas production remains largely unexplored, representing just a small fraction of its potential. READ MORE

4. 3. Transgender individuals employed in the formal labour market: a distant dream?

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

   Author : Felipe Massao Milanez Ito; [2018]
   Keywords : transgender people; formal labour market; social exclusion; São Paulo; formal employment; transphobia; marginalisation; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to provide a contextual and legal analysis on the exclusion of transgender individuals from employment in the formal economy. The chosen research design was a case study, in which the city of São Paulo is examined. READ MORE

5. 4. Filipina Domestic Workers in São Paulo - An Explorative Case Study on the Social Reproduction of Class, Gender and Race

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Hannah Clara Reustle; [2017]
   Keywords : social reproduction feminism; field study; Brazil; São Paulo; Filipina migrant domestic workers; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The study is a first attempt to academically investigate the case of Filipina domestic workers in São Paulo. In brief, it aims to outline these migrants’ life and working conditions, their insertion and function within class relations and in regard to a gendered and racialized work regime. READ MORE

6. 5. Environmental Justice and Waste Management : location of landfills and socioeconomic conditions in São Paulo (SP, Brazil)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Débora Tau Zymberg Tomaszewski; [2017]
   Keywords : environmental justice; waste management; landfill; São Paulo; Brazil; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Environmentally safe disposal of urban waste is a global concern that recently gained a new dimension through the lens of Environmental Justice, with a growing literature showing correlation between the placement of waste facilities and disadvantaged groups in society. This thesis seeks to verify whether landfills in the city of São Paulo are located in regions where socially and economically vulnerable groups live, in order to promote the inclusion of the concept of environmental justice in the solid waste management planning process. READ MORE