Essays about: "institutional living"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 75 essays containing the words institutional living.

1. 16. The call of the condor: Community-based initiatives as ecosystem conservation in Colombia's páramos

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : María Daniela González; [2021]
   Keywords : Community-based conservation; Sustainability science; biodiversity; páramos; Colombia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The Colombian government aims to minimize the impacts of human activities in páramos. This requires finding balance between the conservation of the natural resources and maintaining the livelihoods of people living in these areas. READ MORE

3. 17. Residual People, Residual Spaces : Framing Roma (Social) Housing Exclusion in Light of the Housing Regime

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Livia Del Duca; [2021]
   Keywords : Social Exclusion; Housing Exclusion; Housing Regimes; Italy; Roma; Urban Policy; Discourse Analysis;

   Abstract : Italy is the only country in Europe that has institutionalized a completely parallel and segregating housing system - the camp system for Roma people. These camps were created purely based on an elusive nomadic character innate to the population. READ MORE

4. 18. An Upcoming Threat to Public Health: A case study on obesity and the structural challenges present in Indonesia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Michelle Wasserman; [2021]
   Keywords : Obesity; Nutritional health; Indonesia; Public health; Socio-ecological model; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Obesity rates have been increasing at an alarming pace across the globe however, little has been done to address the issue even in high income countries. To further problematize this issue, many researchers and public health officials have conceptualized obesity as being individually based, rather than analyzing it from a structural perspective. READ MORE

5. 19. Development Barriers for Stateless Refugees in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

   Author : Mabila Mursalova; [2021]
   Keywords : stateless; freedoms; barriers; development; capabilities approach; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study discusses the barriers of stateless refugees in Sweden to provide their material living conditions as a part of their well-being. This qualitative research considers the agency of the studied people by identifying the limitations to their development. READ MORE

6. 20. Homeownership, the production of urban sprawl and an unexpected Nightingale

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Marvin Sommer; [2020]
   Keywords : housing studies; path dependency; critical junctures; historical institutionalism; gradual change; urbanisation; suburbanisation; Australia; Melbourne; Nightingale Housing;

   Abstract : Homeownership and suburbanisation are two sides of the same coin in the context of Australia. This thesis explores the housing system that facilitates homeownership under a framework of institutional path dependence and how that has facilitated spatial patterns of suburbanization in contemporary Melbourne. READ MORE