Essays about: "civic engagement"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 74 essays containing the words civic engagement.

1. 41. Game Thinking in Impact Technology Solutions : External Triggers to Increase Intrinsic Motivation in an Altruistic Community

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för tillämpad fysik och elektronik

   Author : Hanna Söderström; [2017]
   Keywords : Gamification; Altruism; Civic engagement; Motivation;

   Abstract : To inspire users in an application, different types of triggers can exist and can come in many different forms, but for this report, gamification as a trigger is investigated. Gamification itself exists in many different services available and has been around for a number of years, but the interesting question is if these type of design elements will have a positive effect on an altruistic community in a civic engagement application. READ MORE

3. 42. Nurturing urban environmental stewardship – a case study of Greenpoint, Brooklyn New York

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Author : Johanna Jelinek Boman; [2017]
   Keywords : Urban environmental stewardship; Greeenpoint; Brooklyn; Stewardship Mapping Assessment Process;

   Abstract : The benefits of engagement in civic ecology practices and stewardship of urban green space areincreasingly recognized in supporting human health and well-being, providing ecosystem servicesin urban environments and enabling learning and interaction with local ecosystems. There is still a lack in knowledge on how stewardship develops in urban landscapes and how itmay be nurtured and supported. READ MORE

4. 43. Right to the countryside in the city – bottom-up initiatives for green areas in Warsaw

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Author : Joanna Sanecka-Wojda; [2017]
   Keywords : cities; civic ecology; community gardens; social-ecological memory; social-ecological systems; stewardship;

   Abstract : The engagement of local stewards is critically important for sustaining ecosystems services in cities. But what makes urban dwellers interested in stewardship of urban nature? This study conducted in Warsaw shows that activism is related to three intertwined areas of motivations: nature, place and community. READ MORE

5. 44. Communicating the Union: an examination of how three trade unions communicate with youth

   University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Noomi Egan; [2016]
   Keywords : Youth communications; trade unions; media usage; collective action; health communications;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how trade unions are meeting the two-fold challenge of a fall in youth unionisation and a changed media usage amongst youth. The researcher attempts to answer this question by examining how three different trade unions (Sveriges Ingenjörer, SI, Kommunal and Hotell och Restaurang facket, HRF) are communicating with a younger generation for the purpose of recruiting them. READ MORE

6. 45. La Mesa de Juventud - A platform for active citizenship and community building among the Colombian youth?

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

   Author : Isabel Duchén; [2016]
   Keywords : youth organizing; youth platform; law 1622; youth civic engagement; community development; youth development; northern Cauca; Colombia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis was to explore how a newly founded Youth Platform in Colombia, called La Mesa de Juventud, could affect the youth community in promoting and capacitating organizational skills, youth citizenship rights and youth influence in public policy making. The study emanates from the region of northern Cauca situated in the South Western part of Colombia which is an area where youth are especially exposed to social exclusion and marginalization. READ MORE