Essays about: "foresT PARTICIPATORY"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 50 essays containing the words foresT PARTICIPATORY.

1. 11. From above and below : Empowerment through interplay between humans and nature

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

   Author : Sofia Holmström; [2020]
   Keywords : Climate Change; Knowledge cocreation; Citizen Science;

   Abstract : This thesis departs from the understanding of citizens concern for our Nature, and their feeling of powerlessness due to the climate crisis. Additionally, it has investigated the relationship between humans and nature, with the outcome that we need to start cooperating with our nature. READ MORE

3. 12. One island, two worlds: A comparative political ecology of deforestation disparity causes in Haiti and the Dominican Republic

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Milla Marzelius; [2020]
   Keywords : Political ecology; deforestation; dynamic case-study approach; Haiti; Dominican Republic; Hispaniola; soil degradation; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : On the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, two countries share the same environmental and climatic pre-conditions, but show monumental differences in current forest-cover. While tropical forests are covering almost half of the Dominican Republic, Haiti is down to just a few percent. READ MORE

4. 13. Local participation in natural resource management initiatives : a case study of the Gola REDD+ Project in Sierra Leone

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

   Author : Idriss Duramany Koromah; [2020]
   Keywords : local participation; REDD ; natural resource management; Sierra Leone; Gola Rainforest National Park;

   Abstract : The United Nation’s program, Reducing Emission from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+) is an international policy mechanism to mitigate global climate change. REDD+ has a significant global impact that is changing how forests are managed around the world, particularly in developing countries and where natural resource dependent communities live. READ MORE

5. 14. Simply Wood : The Kinship of Care

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för design (DE)

   Author : Naďa Okruhlicová; [2020]
   Keywords : Caring With; Furniture; Forest; Participatory Design; Slow Design; Zine;

   Abstract : Simply Wood is a collaborative inquiry into the topic of all wood joints for industrially produced furniture through engineering and the culture of care for and with furniture through Design+Change. This thesis is written in collaboration with the product development and communication wings from IKEA of Sweden, as the external tutors and supervisors. READ MORE

6. 15. Pearls Airport's Urban Village

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Susan Smith Berggren; [2020]
   Keywords : Participatory Design; Inclusive Design; Hurricane Resilience; Social Housing; Eco-System Design; Recourse efficiency; Energy Generating; Social Welfare; Affordability; Flexibility; Rural Wasteland; The Caribbean; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : On the north east coast of the Caribbean island Grenada, there´s an abandoned airport. This extraordinary environment is located in a valley between tropical mountains covered by lush rain forest. The landing stripe is a 1,5-kilometer-long runway of history, facing the rough Atlantic Ocean. READ MORE