Essays about: "local literature of stress"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 37 essays containing the words local literature of stress.
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21. Community supported agriculture : in a Swedish context
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : Swedish agriculture faces new challenges on an aggregated level, as well as for individual farms. The number of farms in Sweden is decreasing, but the average size of farms is increasing. Much of the structured changed can be explained by the increase in global competition and the design of the CAP within the EU. READ MORE
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22. The Reception of Mo Yan in the British and North American Literary Centers
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : This thesis investigates the two major conflicting modes of interpretation applied to Mo Yan’s literary texts diachronically and synchronically in order to reveal both the aesthetic imperative and the liberating force of the British and North American literary centers in receiving literature from the periphery. After an introduction to the centers’ disparate responses to the paradigmatic shift of the local Chinese literary trend in the 1980s, the thesis continues with a theoretical discussion on reader-response theory and the uneven power relations between the literary center and the periphery. READ MORE
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23. Hållbar dagvattenhantering : en fallstudie för Åstorp centrum
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : Utvecklingen av det moderna samhällsbyggandet har utvecklat en urban miljö vi inte vet hur den fungerar, menar Aryal et al (2010). Utvecklingen har gått från att arbeta i harmoni med naturens ekosystem och att se fördelarna med samarbetet, till att nästan arbeta och utveckla den urbana miljön tvärs emot naturens ekosystem, förklarar Barton & Pretty (2010). READ MORE
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24. Små ingrepp med stora steg mot förändring : ett utvecklingsförslag i Durban, Sydafrika
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Durban, South Africa’s third-largest city is a socially segregated post apartheid society, struggling with high unemployment and AIDS. The city becomes even more complex with a changing climate, creating an influx of people to the city, putting scarce resources under further stress. READ MORE
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25. Impacts on Flood Risk from Land Use Strategies for Coping with Climate Change – An Assessment using the Time-Area Method
University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildningAbstract : Climate change places pressure on rural land in terms of carbon sequestration, biomass for substitution and adaptation of crops. Land use can both positively and negatively influence the runoff regime, therefor a catchment perspective is important when developing climate strategies. READ MORE
