Essays about: "glocal"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the word glocal.

  1. 1. New ideal types of development? The case of the United Nations Association of Sweden and the information and communication strategy

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Hanne Andersson; [2023-11-08]
    Keywords : Foreign aid policy; Strategy for information and communication; Civil society organisation; Development; Agenda 2030; Internationalism; Isolationism; Protectionism.;

    Abstract : This qualitative case study examines how varying perspectives on development shape foreign aid budgets and how this leads to consequences for civil society organisations and society as a whole. Since Sweden´s new government took office, substantial cuts have been made to the foreign aid budget, notably reducing funding for the information and communication strategy. READ MORE

  3. 2. Collaborative municipal governance and planning : A study about flood risk management in the Gothenburg region

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema teknik och social förändring

    Author : Viktoria Falk; [2023]
    Keywords : Collaborative governance; Municipal collaboration; Climate adaptation; Flood risk management; Göteborgsregionen;

    Abstract : Due to climate change many regions across the world now have to work with flood risk. The purpose of this master thesis is to understand, from a collaborative governance perspective, how the municipalities City of Gothenburg, City of Mölndal, Kungsbacka municipality, Kungälv municipality and Lerum municipality are working with flood risk management and municipal collaborative planning. READ MORE

  4. 3. Optimization-Based Path Planning For Indoor UAVs in an Autonomous Exploration Framework

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Marco Cella; [2023]
    Keywords : Optimal Path Planning; B-Splines; Autonomous Exploration; Indoor UAV; Crisis and Disaster Management; Trajectory Estimation; SITL; Optimal Banplanering; B-Splines; Autonom Utforskning; Inomhus-UAV; Kris- och Katastrofhantering; Uppskattning av Banor; SITL;

    Abstract : Exploration is a fundamental problem in robotics that requires robots to navigate through unknown environments to autonomously gather information about their surroundings while executing collision-free paths. In this project, we propose a method for producing smooth paths during the exploration process in indoor environments using UAVs to improve battery efficiency and enhance the quality of pose estimation. READ MORE

  5. 4. Yakushima Glocal Art Project

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi; Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Andrew Alona Konrad Zoll; [2022]
    Keywords : Human Ecology; Glocality; Sustainability; Sense of Place; Participatory Art; Boundary Object; Japan; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Aface the crashing wave of the global climate crisis, humans are struggling to stay afloat. Building a raft of sustainable environmental ethics whilst swimming in the dark waters of unsustainable “modernity” requires a herculean effort. And yet, here we are. READ MORE

  6. 5. Urban Segregation in Malmö : Discourse Policy Analysis at the Local Level and the Emergence of New Actors

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Sina Abolghasem Rasouli; [2021]
    Keywords : global; Malmö; segregation; local policy documents; Master Plans; glocal; BID Malmö; WPR; Global City;

    Abstract : Segregation is frequently described as a consequence of the global restructuring of social, economic, and political expansions in which multicultural cities, like Malmö, become part of them. This study aims to highlight how visions of housing segregation and exclusion in the city of Malmö has been represented in the local policy documents (Master Plans) through the last three decades and to understand how a newly emerged glocal actor, known as BID Malmö, have impacted the urban governance in the city. READ MORE