Essays about: "grassroots development"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 71 essays containing the words grassroots development.

  1. 21. BLUE GAS

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Industridesign

    Author : Jeff Daniel Bennett; [2020]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : For a city and culture that excels at adding value to waste, Kisumu struggles with a systematic approach for solid-waste management. Food and animal wastes run rampant in the streets while families still cook for hoursevery day using harmful fuels like kerosene, charcoal and firewood. READ MORE

  3. 22. Participatory Edutainment in Practice : A Case Study of Wan Smolbag, Vanuatu

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Laura Gibbons; [2020]
    Keywords : Edutainment; Entertainment-Education; Theatre for Development; Participation; Dialogue; Culture; Communication; Development; Pacific; Vanuatu;

    Abstract : Entertainment-Education (EE), or ‘Edutainment’ as it has come to be known, is a prominent discipline and communicative practice, both in international and community development, and is utilised to address social issues and culturally specific norms, some of which may be taboo or harmful.  This research sets out to explore the application of edutainment, in particular Theatre for Development (TfD), through an examination of its practice in a Pacific context; namely, a case study of Wan Smolbag Theatre (WSB), a grassroots NGO based in Vanuatu. READ MORE

  4. 23. Impact of Radio Frequency Identification Technology on the Construction for Smart Transportation

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

    Author : Jinxin Liu; [2020]
    Keywords : Smart Transportation; Smart City; Information Management; Information Technology;

    Abstract : This research investigates how the new technology implementation in the transportation system in Hangzhou, China affected the work routines and the challenges reported by the managers of the system as well as their suggestions on improvements. Through the analysis of the interviews with the managers in the intelligent transportation system, the main effects of RFID on the development of intelligent transportation in Hangzhou were proposed. READ MORE

  5. 24. The Contributions of Architects to Post-Conflict (Re)Construction : Social Processes Towards Building Peace

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Sabine Lepere; [2020]
    Keywords : architecture; architect; humanitarian; post-conflict reconstruction; peacebuilding; community involvement; participation;

    Abstract : Wars and conflicts inevitably result in the destruction of the built-environmentand of communities. This paper explores the potential social contributions of architectsto sustainable peace building in post-conflict reconstruction. READ MORE

  6. 25. Where there is a will, there is a way : Exploring the financial viability of Swedish ecovillages

    University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella Handelshögskolan

    Author : Maxence Mauraisin; Amir AlAfndi; [2020]
    Keywords : Ecovillage; community; alternative organization; grassroots innovation;

    Abstract : Background: The myriads of environmental and social predicaments that came together with the rise of energy consumption and global capitalism now calls for a radical paradigm shift. Though this shift has been discussed over the last few decades under the concept of “sustainable development”, it appears that the focus has merely been put on “sustaining the unsustainable”. READ MORE