Essays about: "marshland"

Found 5 essays containing the word marshland.

  1. 1. Voice, Agency, and Urgency : Three Ecocritical Readings of Nature and the Protagonist in Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Annika Salisbury; [2023]
    Keywords : Delia Owens; Where the Crawdads Sing; ecocriticism; postcolonial ecocriticism; ecofeminism; climate change criticism; voice; agency; urgency.; Delia Owens; Where the Crawdads Sing; ekokritik; postkolonial ekokritik; ekofeminism; klimatkritik; röst; agens; brådska.;

    Abstract : The female protagonist Catherine Danielle Clark (Kya) in Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing is abandoned by her family at a young age and grows up alone in a marshland environment in 1950s North Carolina. Shunned by the local community, Kya relies on nature to help her survive and to teach her about life and love—until one day she finds herself accused of murder. READ MORE

  3. 2. Water management for agriculture under a changing climate: case study of Nyagatare watershed in Rwanda

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Madeleine Green; [2019]
    Keywords : climate change; hydrological model; SWAT; CROPWAT; Nyagatare; Rwanda; marshland; watershed; climate model; irrigation; rice crop;

    Abstract : Sub-Saharan Africa is today facing a big challenge regarding food deficiency and water scarcity due to climate change. One of these countries is Rwanda, a small landlocked country in the middle of Africa. Rwanda strongly depend on agriculture, both in the aspect of reducing poverty and hunger but also because their economy security depend on it. READ MORE

  4. 3. Hitta ut! : till natur- och upplevelsevärden i Östa naturreservat

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

    Author : Tora Myhr; Maria Raustorp; [2017]
    Keywords : gestaltning i naturmiljö; inkluderande friluftsliv; naturreservat; naturupplevelse; naturvärden; tillgänglighet;

    Abstract : Examensarbetet syftar till att föreslå en gestaltning som tydliggör och framhäver naturvärden i ett naturreservat, för att på så vis förstärka besökares naturupplevelser. Syftet är även att tillgängliggöra friluftslivet och därigenom motivera till ett ökat användande av ett naturreservat. READ MORE

  5. 4. CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS FOR WASTEWATER REUSE AND ECOSYSTEM REHABILITATION OF THE IRAQI MARSHLANDS : - The case of the small city of Al-Chibayish in Thi-Qar Province, Iraq

    University essay from Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET)

    Author : Ali Tahir Hassan; [2010]
    Keywords : Marshlands; Constructed wetlands; Water scarcity; Wastewater reuse; Agriculture; Sustainable development;

    Abstract : The risk of the Iraq’s marshlands disappearing is still high unless serious measures are adopted. Sewage discharge and irrigation-water pressure, compounded by the effects of climate changes and the extent of the planned dam construction in upstream countries, make this event more likely. READ MORE

  6. 5. Metodutveckling för planering och genomförande av dikesrensning med moderna metoder

    University essay from SLU/School for Forest Management

    Author : John Hammar; [2009]
    Keywords : Dikesrensning; Skogsproduktion; Vatten;

    Abstract : “Development of methods for the planning and implementation of ditch clearing with modern methods”, is a long title for an exam work but that is what this report describes. In Sweden, we have a limited area available, and with the present development with increasing market oil prices, and enormous forces on the renewable energy sources, we need every hectare possible to protect the output of the forests. READ MORE