Essays about: "bottom up"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 623 essays containing the words bottom up.

  1. 31. City of the Dead - “We are neither living nor dying, we are something in between”

    University essay from KTH/Samhällsplanering och miljö

    Author : Mahmoud Abdelaal; [2023]
    Keywords : Southern Urbanism; Cairo; bottom-up approach; deathscapes; urban development; informal settlements;

    Abstract : “We are neither living nor dying, we are something in between” Since the beginning of history, the living and the dead have been separated. This has made it almost im- possible to co-live together under one roof. We, ‘the living’, have even created “deathscapes” which have set a clear boundary between us and them, ‘the dead’. READ MORE

  3. 32. Assessing the Transformative Potential of a Sociocracy-Informed Climate Change Adaptation Lab in Lund, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Rory Daniel Antoniuk; Spilios Iliopoulos; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate change; climate change adaptation; sociocracy; transformational change; transformative change; power; power cube; ladder of participation; complexity; systems; public participation; climate change adaptation lab; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Effective climate change adaptation necessitates enhanced public participation as there is a need for the voice of people to be meaningfully incorporated to facilitate transformational adaptation, contend with complexity, and avoid maladaptation. Despite this, widespread participation in climate change adaptation governance in Global North countries like Sweden is currently restricted by rigid power dynamics, even in spaces that purport to be transformationally participatory. READ MORE

  4. 33. Mine Action and Triple Nexus Implementation: A study case of the Colombian Final Peace Agreement

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Luisa Vargas; [2023]
    Keywords : triple nexus; peacebuilding; post-conflict; mine action; humanitarian demining;

    Abstract : The policy debate and definition of the Triple Nexus have been largely led by the United Nations, multilateral organizations, and donors. Since the Triple Nexus concept’s proposal, the international community has struggled with operationalizing this approach. READ MORE

  5. 34. Effects of the European Commission’s Democracy assistance to CSO’s : A quantitative study

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

    Author : Emma Påhlson; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : While the underlying political rationale for democracy support is predicated on its anticipated positive influence on democratization, the effectiveness of such support remains a subject of considerable debate. A less scrutinized dimension pertains to the employment of disaggregated metrics of democracy, with this dissertation placing emphasis on the specific category of aid directed towards civil society organizations. READ MORE

  6. 35. Multidimensional Effects of anti-LGBTQI Discrimination. : A case study of Dar Es Salaam’s LGBTQI community; Lived realities of queerphobia in Tanzania.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Adam Burford; [2023]
    Keywords : Tanzania; discrimination; LGBTQI; SOGIESC.;

    Abstract : ‘The LGBTQ community is not sinful and criminal’ was a quote made by Pope Francis at the time of writing this paper on his sub-Saharan tour in Kinshasa (NPR, 2023), denouncing LGBTQI criminalisation as ‘unjust’. At present, 33 of the 68 countries globally who criminalise homosexuality are African (Varella, 2022). READ MORE