Essays about: "eco-village"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 19 essays containing the word eco-village.

1. 11. The Influences of an Eco-village towards Urban Sustainability : A case study of two Swedish eco-villages

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Mi Youn Kim; [2016]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; Eco-villages; Environmental behaviour; Grassroots Innovations;

   Abstract : Scholars who study grassroots innovations argue that small-scale community-led urban projects can serve as catalysts accelerating sustainability, by spreading their techniques and practices into a broader society. This thesis explores the claim by investigating influences of two Swedish eco-villages through two spheres: individual and whole eco-village project basis-influence. READ MORE

3. 12. Public Participation in a Sustainable Paradise - A Case Study of an Eco-Village Project in Pointe aux Piments, Mauritius

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle

   Author : Johanna Ivarsson; Rodrigue Al Fahel; [2014-06-24]
   Keywords : Public; Participation; Active; citizenship; Sustainable; Development; Eco-Village; Bottom-up; Human; Geography; Participation; Geography; Mauritius; Eco-village;

   Abstract : As a way towards achieving sustainable development, an eco-village project with a focus on public participation was conducted by the Mauritian government in nine villages. Due to several constraints only one, the village of Pointe aux Piments, was still planned to be implemented. READ MORE

4. 13. Not for Sale: How home grown Scandinavian eco-cities take climate change imaginaries beyond market mechanisms

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Marcella Carby-Samuels; [2014]
   Keywords : values-based planning theory; critical institutional theory; eco-communities; ecocity; eco-city; ecovillage; eco-village; peri-urban; urban agriculture; urban gardening; urbanization; socio-ecological systems; socio-ecological justice; social sustainability; equity; subnational authorities; climate talks; UNFCCC; cities; climate change; global warming; political ecology; critical realism; adaptation; mitigation; urban heat island effect; green roofs; 8 House; Western Harbour; Augustenborg; Munksøgård; Copenhagen; Malmö; Roskilde; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Inter-governmental climate talks have, over a twenty-year period, had little success in implementing measures to mitigate human-induced climate change. Their fundamental perspective, one of economic rationality, has not provided a compelling or effective basis for achieving their desired goals. READ MORE

5. 14. Reinventing the Wheel to Guide Ecovillages towards Sustainability

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap

   Author : Clarissa de Oliveira Arend; Johanne Gallagher; Peter Orell; [2013]
   Keywords : communication; ecovillages; eco-village; strategic sustainable development; Direction Indicator for Sustainable Communities DISC ; tool; Wheel of Sustainability;

   Abstract : Ecovillages acting as experimental community models have the potential to help move society towards sustainability by developing alternative solutions for sustainable living. Their contribution is through the power of example, demonstrating successful alternative systems that can be replicated at higher scales through the broader community. READ MORE

6. 15. Striving Intentionalities: Vision and Practice in Cloughjordan Eco-village

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Pedro Coutinho Campos; [2013]
   Keywords : alternative vs. mainstream; green thinking; sustainable living; eco-villages; intentional communalism; structural conditioning; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Eco-villages are intentional communities whose ultimate purpose is to provide alternative ways of living that are locally rooted, self-reliant, socially supportive, and ecologically sustainable. The issues that hinder these communities from realizing their vision and aspirations are the main draw of this study. READ MORE