Essays about: "community-based activities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 essays containing the words community-based activities.

  1. 1. Group activities for people with aphasia – experiences and impact on psychosocial well-being.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Logopedi

    Author : Samra Mujkanovic; [2024]
    Keywords : aphasia; group activities; rehabilitation; psychosocial; well-being; afasi; rehabilitering; gruppaktiviteter; psykosocialt; välmående;

    Abstract : Afasi är en språkstörning som främst uppstår till följd av en stroke och drabbar cirka 30 % av alla strokepatienter i Sverige. Personer med afasi upplever ofta besvär med det psykosociala välmåendet, exempelvis depression, förlust av arbete och påverkade relationer. READ MORE

  3. 2. Translating Vision into Action : A Design Toolkit for Facilitating Place Visioning Workshops in Placemaking

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Ninghan Tan; [2023]
    Keywords : Placemaking; Visioning; Participatory backcasting; Design toolkit; Workshop;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the need for a practical toolkit to facilitate community participation in place visioning workshops, aiding placemakers in driving change in placemaking. By integrating the place visioning pathway into the participatory backcasting framework, the proposed adapted framework for place visioning consists of four activities: (1) Orientation - Define the current challenge of the place, (2) Visioning - Develop a future vision, (3) Backcasting - Propose actions to actualise the vision, and (4) Elaboration - Choose feasible actions to create an action plan. READ MORE

  4. 3. Coliving - Transition towards sustainability : A comparable case study of coliving and single-living

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Jonathan Andersson; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable Lifestyles; Coliving; Practice theory; Clan control theory; Institutional theory; Sharing economy;

    Abstract : Background Modern capitalist societies have consumption at the core of their social and economic activities. This is one of the underlying problems that sustainability is facing. READ MORE

  5. 4. To fight for collective food security and social dignity : the role of participation in a community-based organization in shaping community food security: a qualitative analysis

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

    Author : Linnea Plez; [2022]
    Keywords : community; community food security; community-based organization; participation;

    Abstract : The numerous downsides of the global food system lead alternative food systems to try to find other ways to produce and distribute food in rural and urban settings worldwide. Many of these alternatives have been criticized for not considering food injustices which are commonly based on systemic social injustice. READ MORE

  6. 5. Sustainable Use: A Contentious Promise - A Case Study on International Funding of Consumptive Sustainable Wildlife Use in South Africa's Biodiversity Economy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Mara Glas; [2022]
    Keywords : biodiversity economy; sustainable use; international conservation finance; community-based conservation; economic development; wildlife economics; South Africa; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In South Africa, sustainable use of wildlife is widely recognized as providing economic incentives and actively engaging rural communities in conservation management. Aiming to combat rampant poverty and wildlife crime in communities around protected areas (PAs), the country’s biodiversity economy envisions to scale (non-)consumptive activities in the pursuit of creating economically and environmentally viable wildlife businesses. READ MORE