Essays about: "community projects and rural development"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 81 essays containing the words community projects and rural development.

  1. 6. What is a “good” forest? : a case study from Nepal to understand local women’s values for people-centred restoration

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

    Author : Tina Jahn; [2023]
    Keywords : people-centred restoration; forest restoration; community-based forest management; community forestry; social inclusion; gender inclusion; equity; livelihood benefits; participation;

    Abstract : Restoration is seen as a key strategy to counteract global issues of the climate crisis, deforestation, and land degradation. However, restoration initiatives are being criticised for failing to consider social and political dimensions, leading to negative effects on ecosystems and people. READ MORE

  3. 7. From community ownership to community fellowship : qualitative analysis of the socio-economic consequences of asset redistribution in rural Scotland

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

    Author : Mathieu Baptiste Adrien Chanteloup; [2022]
    Keywords : asset redistribution; commoning; community building; community capacity; spiralling-up trajectory; social capital; rural development; Scotland;

    Abstract : Understanding inequalities regarding land and asset ownership is essential to comprehending rural areas. An unbalance situation regarding the ownership of assets, especially in rural areas where people are even more dependent on land management and the resources they can get from it, makes rural society more fragile. READ MORE

  4. 8. Here Comes the Sun: Imagination, Development, and Technology in Malawi

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Catarina Santos; [2022]
    Keywords : Applied Cultural Analysis; Development; Energy access; Imagination; Malawi; Solar technology; Technology.; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper explores how electrical appliances, together with the idea of attaining energy access in the near future, create hope in a northern village in Malawi. Even though less than one per cent of the rural population has energy access, some of these locals already own solar systems. READ MORE

  5. 9. Att rusta för ökade vattenmängder och skapa rum för upplevelser i urban miljö : en undersökning av naturbaserade dagvattenlösningar i Norra Djurgårdsstaden och Kyrkparken

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

    Author : Klara Edmark; Elisabet Wallberg; [2022]
    Keywords : kulturella ekosystemtjänster; dagvattenhantering; upplevelsevärden; multifunktionella dagvattenlösningar; rekreation; växtbäddar; dagvattendammar; klimatförändringar; skyfall; hållbar stadsplanering; estetik; naturpedagogik;

    Abstract : Samhällsstrukturer och naturmiljöer påverkas ständigt av klimatförändringarna och kommer behöva utstå än mer konsekvenser för varje år som går. På senare tid har därför arbete med hållbar öppen dagvattenhantering blivit allt mer integrerat inom stadsplanering. READ MORE

  6. 10. Cooperatives at a crossroads : trajectories of agricultural cooperatives in Ukraine

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

    Author : Viktor Eriksson; [2021]
    Keywords : agricultural; cooperative; Ukraine; post-soviet; trust; collective action;

    Abstract : This exploratory comparative case study seeks to understand challenges and strategies for farmer collective action in post-Soviet settings. It does so by examining member relations, trust and commitment in two successful dairy cooperatives in western Ukraine: one NGOinitiated cooperative with a bottom-up organization, and one cooperative developed in liaison with a local large-scale agricultural enterprise (LSE). READ MORE