Essays about: "local policy documents"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 130 essays containing the words local policy documents.

  1. 16. Mapping out the problem of vacant houses in Japan : a case study of Kochi prefecture

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Julia Olsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Vacant houses; Akiya; Japan; Depopulation; Urban-rural relations; Rural imaginaries; Sense of place theory; Non-human agency; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how local residents in rural Japan navigate the phenomenon of vacant houses (akiya), to understand the impact it has on their sense of place. The study is based on fieldwork conducted in Kochi prefecture, and relies on data from interviews, documents, photographs, and participant observation. READ MORE

  3. 17. För träd i staden : en studie av fyra kommunala trädpolicyer

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Emelie Lindholm; Moa Greijer Karlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Kommunala styrdokument; urbana träd; stadsträd; träd; trädpolicy; träds värden;

    Abstract : Allt eftersom städer växer blir de urbana miljöerna mer hårdgjorda. De hårdgjorda ytorna skapar ett varmare lokalklimat och skapar en ökad ytavrinning. Det tuffa förhållandet i städerna med hårdgjorda ytor kan göra det svårt för stadsträd att bli gamla och vidare exploatering i städer riskerar att skada träden. READ MORE

  4. 18. Tracking climate change adaptation outcomes: Analysis of adaptation planning in UK urban areas

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : William Lewis; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate Change Adaptation; Urban; Evaluation; Monitoring; Outcomes; Impact; Indicators; Learning; Reporting; MERL; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As more and more urban areas are planning and responding to climate change there is a need to understand the role that local action is having at the national and international level. The Paris Agreement called for a global goal on adaptation but in practice aggregating progress on adaptation is hard to achieve. READ MORE

  5. 19. COOPERATOR OR DEFECTOR? A qualitative study of a superpower’s policy efforts on collective environmental issues

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Huidong Song; [2022-08-11]
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    Abstract : The thesis studies whether and how China, as an emerging superpower, cooperates on collective environmental issues through complying with international agreements, taking the management of chemical fertilizer and pesticide (agrochemicals) as a case. Through theories neorealism, neoliberalism and neoliberal institutionalism, to gain different theoretical expectations how states like China act to international agreements and collective environmental issues. READ MORE

  6. 20. Securing Costa Rica’s Sustainable Future: A multi-level perspective analysis of the sustainability transition to operationalise the 3Rs in the plastic waste management system in Costa Rica

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Maricruz Bravo Gallegos; Stephanie Dowlen; [2022]
    Keywords : Circular economy; integrated sustainable waste management; plastic pollution; waste pickers; recycling; recovery; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Plastic waste and pollution have proliferated globally causing environmental degradation and biodiversity loss. Costa Rica hosts 5-6% of global biodiversity and struggles to balance socio-economic development with environmental protection in the context of plastic waste management. READ MORE