Essays about: "local community participation"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 205 essays containing the words local community participation.

  1. 31. Sorry, can I take this call? Ethnography of an Integrated Development Plan in South Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Casper Falk Wollberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Integrated Development Plan; South Africa; Institutional Bricolage; Participation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The South African government has since its democratisation launched Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) to engage institutions and communities in shaping local development. These IDPs have yielded mixed results, especially in relation to participation and institutional integration. READ MORE

  3. 32. Towards a Collective Goal! Identifying relevant factors for collective action in local community initiatives. An ethnographic study of Food Rescue Gotland.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen; Uppsala universitet/Uppsala universitet Innovation (UU Innovation)

    Author : Tolulope Olalekan; [2022]
    Keywords : Collective Action; Sustainability; Local Community Initiatives; Relevant factors; Individual cooperation; Mancur Olsson; Elinor Ostrom; Food Rescue Gotland;

    Abstract : The challenges of sustainability and its complexities born out of overexploitation of resources, leading to climate change issues, food wastage, and scarcity, economic and health-related dilemmas, has yet to find their solution in top-down models, taking the form of hierarchical control (rulers), as such, researchers have considered other alternatives to how communities can tackle these issues, and one of such approach is the bottom-up model. Recent research and literature on collective action have focused on sequencing events like regime changes, riots, revolutions, protests, and the founding of social movement organizations. READ MORE

  4. 33. Participatory Design-An Implementation through a Youth Centre in Istanbul, Kuzguncuk

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

    Author : Defne Kücükkayalar; [2022]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Participation, at its most basic level, refers to individuals taking part in choices that affect their lives. Through participation people can have a chance to observe and identify their opportunities and strategies for action and build solidarity to effect change. READ MORE

  5. 34. Alternativa stigar mot nya gemenskaper för delande och bostadsbyggande : en studie av förutsättningarna för att integrera en gemenskapsdriven utveckling i stadens omställningar.

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

    Author : Victor Pastorino Nyman; [2022]
    Keywords : Byggemenskaper; Transformativ kapacitet; Sege park; Stigberoende; Delning; Hållbar omställning; Stadsomvandling; Gemenskapsdriven utveckling;

    Abstract : Genom att analysera delnings- och byggemenskapers medverkan i den konventionella stadsomvandlingsprocessen avser detta arbete undersöka möjligheterna för alternativa gemenskapsdrivna aktörer att agera som drivkrafter för en hållbar samhällsförnyelse. Detta görs genom en fallstudie där studieobjektet är Malmöstadsdelen Sege Parks omvandlingsprocess. READ MORE

  6. 35. Women Farmers in Rural Uganda : A Case Study of Livelihood Threats and Building Resilience Among the Most Vulnerable

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Sara Tillenius; Joline Forsberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Women; Farmers; Rural communities; Field work; Minor Field Studies; Ethnography; Uganda; East Africa; Sustainable development; Livelihoods; Grassroots resilience; Challenges; Threats;

    Abstract : This case study is conducted through ten weeks of field studies in South-Eastern Uganda. Both authors have received funding from Minor Field Study scholarships. These scholarships were provided by Sida, Sweden's government agency for development cooperation. READ MORE