Essays about: "ecological sustainable communities"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 78 essays containing the words ecological sustainable communities.

  1. 31. Analyzing the Santa María Bay through the social-ecological system framework : identifying leverage points for sustainability in La Reforma, Sinaloa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Alina Breceda Martos; [2020]
    Keywords : Socio-ecological system; socio-ecological systems framework; Santa María Bay; smallscale fisheries; common-pool resources; leverage points; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Small-scale fisheries are highly important in terms of economic productivity and environmental relevance in Mexico’s Northwest. The Santa María Bay (SMB), in Sinaloa, México, is the largest bay in the state and is highly productive in terms of fishing and the economic activities derived from it. READ MORE

  3. 32. Understanding ecological tourism by different local business stakeholders: a case study of Sao Miguel.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Industriell teknik

    Author : Maureen Le Vaillant; [2020]
    Keywords : ecotourism; local stakeholders; sustainable destination development; Sao Miguel; Portugal; Azores; case study;

    Abstract : Tourism represents 10.3% of the global GDP. Moving abroad for holidays has never been simpler and cheaper. Destinations answer tourist's demands, they build more hotel complex, create new fun activities, provide more resources. READ MORE

  4. 33. Reimagining agriculture with perennial crops : a study on the diffusion of innovation and soil ecosystem services in the new perennial grain Kernza

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Author : Robin Meijer; [2020]
    Keywords : Intermediate Wheatgrass; Kernza; Thinopyrum Intermedium; perennial grain; polyculture; wheat; annual; microbial biomass; soil microbial community structure; PLFA; NLFA; sustainability; agroecology; ecological intensification; innovation;

    Abstract : Perennial crops have been identified as a pathway to implement ecological intensification, which in extent could make agriculture more socio-economically and ecologically sustainable. This is a master thesis in Agroecology – a growing scientific discipline that aims to investigate problems in the food system using a holistic and transdisciplinary approach, incorporating and integrating both natural and social sciences to transform the food system. READ MORE

  5. 34. RECLAIMING KIRUNA : Ecological reclamation of post-exhaustion Kiruna mine

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad (ABE)

    Author : DIKSHA ANAND; [2020]
    Keywords : Reclamation; Kiruna; Post-exhaustion mine; Brownfield redevelopment; Landscape ecology; Restore; Revive; Regenerate; Bio-economy; Sustainable urban design;

    Abstract : In brownfield regeneration models, extraction sites are often left out of the question because of degradation, severe contamination, or economic viability and are usually abandoned, after the minimal remediations. These exhaustions not only impact the environment and economy in spatial relations but also influence the growth of the communities cultured by them. READ MORE

  6. 35. Sustained Asymmetries: Norrland and sustainable development as envisioned by the ecological modernization and environmental justice discourses

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Lisa Diehl; [2019]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; media representations; Norrland; periphery; discourse analysis;

    Abstract : The gap between rural and urban is widening in ways that reward urban lifestyles and undermine the interests of rural communities. The asymmetrical power relation between rural and urban is relevant in a Swedish context where Norrland, Sweden's northernmost region, is experiencing outmigration and cutbacks in welfare services all the while urban centers in southern Sweden attract innovation, economic capital and an inflow of young, educated people. READ MORE