Essays about: "community capitals"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words community capitals.

  1. 1. The interdependence of the digital and physical commons : A case study of the Stockholm Makerspace

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Judith Hellmich; [2022]
    Keywords : Digital commons; governance; makerspace; urban commons; community capitals; design principles; Digitala allmänningar; styrning; makerspace; urbana allmänningar; samhällskapital; designprinciper;

    Abstract : Economic downturns and the subsequent trends of privatization and marketization that follow have prompted the development and expansion of urban commons as the commoner searches for more participatory forms of governance. Modern member-driven and non-profit organizations, like makerspaces, are utilizing the digital commons to provide more accessibility and autonomy, reducing the need for external funding and providing a means to crowdsource information and manage shared resources. READ MORE

  3. 2. Business Models for Sustainability: An Application to Ecolodge Ventures

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

    Author : Ky Veasna; [2021]
    Keywords : Business Models; Sustainability; Social Impact; Ecolodge; Value-Based Business Model; Community Capitals Framework; Cambodia;

    Abstract : Problems related to sustainable development have become more worrying. Global major industries are responsible for these problems and tourism is one of them. READ MORE

  4. 3. Pursuing Sustainability and Prosperity in Swedish Municipalities: Using Indicators to Inform Strategic Governance

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

    Author : Alex Coley; Jordan Jerkovich; Mikkel Pilgaard Madsen; [2019]
    Keywords : Ecological Economics; Transition Management; Sustainable Prosperity; Strategic Sustainable Development; Sustainability Indicators; Community Capitals;

    Abstract : Deciding between sustainability or prosperity may be a false choice when the phenomena are appropriately defined and considered together (Stiglitz et al. 2009). READ MORE

  5. 4. Backpacker Tourism and Local Community Development: An Analysis of Hostels as Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Sri Lanka

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

    Author : Gayani Siriwardena; [2019]
    Keywords : Backpacker tourism; Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice; Hostels; Livelihoods; Local communities; Networks; Poverty reduction; Sri Lanka; Tourism industry policy framework; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is an attempt to understand if hostels, being an essential component of the infrastructural support for backpacker tourism have been instrumental in lifting up local communities in light of socio-economic development. The analysis strives to explore not only the contours of change in the community level but also the changes in the institutions and structures within which the tourism industry operates to understand how the hostel communities create their own structures through exercising power, which is a manifestation of how capitals are accumulated and transformed. READ MORE

  6. 5. Expats´ in Zürich : A qualitative study of expats´ reasons and choices regarding integration, education and social grounds

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, didaktik och utbildningsstudier

    Author : Kristina Andersson; [2019]
    Keywords : expats; education; Switzerland; sociology; international schools; integration; educational strategies; cosmopolitanism; Pierre Bourdieu; expats; Schweiz; utbildningssociologi; internationella skolor; integrering; utbildningsstrategier; kosmopolitism; pierre bourdieu;

    Abstract : This study examines expats and their families in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. Their reasons and choices regarding integrating (or not) into the Swiss society, educational strategies for their children and possessed capital assets upon arrival in Switzerland is the three problem statements being explored. READ MORE