Essays about: "grass root"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 46 essays containing the words grass root.

  1. 16. Water Resource Management : Social Behaviour, Cultural Norms and Societal Structures

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Olivia Sjögren; [2015]
    Keywords : development work; water resource management; sociological factors; sustainable solutions;

    Abstract : Water shortage is one of the greatest challenges that the world faces today. International and national water initiatives are increasing simultaneously with the number of implemented drinking-water projects. READ MORE

  3. 17. Är gräset grönare på andra sidan? : en studie kring naturgräsplaner i fotbollsarenor

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

    Author : Robin Kalenius; [2015]
    Keywords : fotboll; turf; Poa pratensis; Lolium perenne; rotelongering; etylen; gibberellin; vinterhärdighet; Swedbank Stadion; pimpsten;

    Abstract : De stora fotbollsligorna i Europa spelar höst till vår, medan vi i Sverige spelar vår till höst. Då vi i Sverige kan se problematik med låg täckningsgrad och slitna gräsmattor under vår säsong, vad händer om vi skulle spela mellan höst till vår? UEFA ställer krav på att fotbollsplanen skall vara spelbar för alla matcher under säsongen. READ MORE

  4. 18. “Then, it doesn’t matter where they come from” : Cultural Competence and its Construction among Public Health Nurses and Students in Maternal and Child Health Clinics in the Province of Eastern Finland

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Internationell mödra- och barnhälsovård (IMCH)

    Author : Satu Leppälä; [2015]
    Keywords : Cultural Competence; Maternal Health; Child Health; Social Constructionism; Public Health Nursing;

    Abstract : BACKGROUND Public Health Nurses (PHNs) in the Province of Eastern Finland are facing a new situation when the families attending maternal and child health (MCH) services represent increasingly diverting cultural backgrounds. Cultural competency is a part of PHNs’ qualification demands in Finland, however little is known on the phenomenon in the study area at the moment. READ MORE

  5. 19. From the arid ground up : in Search of water constructions in the Salton Sea Area

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Linn Stevensson; [2015]
    Keywords : Anthropocene; dry land design; land use; site; systemic change; deviant transect; transformation; visionary organizing;

    Abstract : This thesis explores constructed water landscapes and the attitudes creating them in the Salton Sea area, which is located in the converge of the Mojave and the Sonoran Deserts in southeast California. With the focus on water constructions the thesis embraces the method of the Deviant Transect, under development by the landscape architect researchers Gini Lee and Lisa Diedrich, with Ellen Braae. READ MORE

  6. 20. Farming for food? : local ways to enhance global food supply - and beyond : an ethnographic case study from a biodynamic community-supported farm in El Bolsón, Argentina

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Theres Konrad; [2015]
    Keywords : Argentina; community-supported agriculture CSA ; global food supply; power dynamics; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : A growing world population confronts humanity and the planet with several challenges due to its increased demand for food, space and energy, implying changes in land use. While agriculture currently provides enough food, it is destroying biodiversity and hence aggravates the planet ́s vulnerability to climate change. READ MORE