Essays about: "coastal community"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 54 essays containing the words coastal community.

  1. 1. Small but mighty: Learning outcomes and impacts of microplastic focused citizen science

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Rita Hjelm; [2023]
    Keywords : sustainability science; community science; non-profit; impact; socio-ecological systems; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Microplastics are a present and future threat to the sustainability of coastal socio-economic systems. Current solutions and management could be improved by developing citizen science programs to foster community engagement and knowledge generation. However, research is limited on the actual learning outcomes and impacts of citizen science. READ MORE

  3. 2. Shifting shorelines : reflection on visulization of sea level rise

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Essi Seiskari; [2023]
    Keywords : sea level rise; climate adaptation; managed retreat; visualization;

    Abstract : Sea level rise is predicted to radically transform coastal landscapes in the coming centuries. Caused by climate change, the impact is already felt in low-lying communities around the world. READ MORE

  4. 3. It was or it was not in the old days, until it was : – A study of time, tense, and aspect in spoken Arabic narrative

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Tallmyren Ronja; [2023]
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    Abstract : This study is devoted to Arabic spoken narrative, specifically Syrian Arabic spoken narrative. The focus of this thesis is syntax and narrative. I aim to study how time reference is set in narrative, and what tense and aspect forms are used, as well as some other narrative devices in spoken narratives. READ MORE

  5. 4. Changing Tides and Navigating Uncertainty : An ethnographic study of NGO resilience in coastal South India

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Emma Berglund; [2023]
    Keywords : NGO; India; Localisation; Resilience; India; Blue Economy; Community centered practice;

    Abstract : What makes an non-governmental organisation (NGO) agile and resilient towards changes, pressures or uncertainties at community, state or macro-political level? By adopting a single case study based on semi-structured interviews and fieldwork, this thesis will dive into the life-world of a community-based NGO based in Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. Social Needs Education and Human Awareness (SNEHA) has since founding in the 1980s had a strong rights-based identity and evolved through various phases of community organising, disaster relief work, evidence-based advocacy and upholding of fisher communities traditional and customary rights. READ MORE

  6. 5. Reconnecting Gävle’s Delta : a post-industrial urban transformation project for Sweden’s coastal landscape

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Rachel Murray; [2023]
    Keywords : resilience; blue-green infrastructure; nature-based solutions; flooding; brownfield development; post-industrial urban development; landscape architecture; urban planning; climate adaptation; water-sensitive urban design; urban ecology;

    Abstract : This speculative design-led research project addresses the challenges of transforming dilapidated post-industrial brownfield sites into thriving, sustainable, resilient urban neighbourhoods. Tasked with allocating urban growth, municipality planning departments increasingly look towards underused but centrally located industrial sites for future development. READ MORE