Essays about: "mining conflict"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 40 essays containing the words mining conflict.

1. 26. Efficient database management based on complex association rules

   University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för informationssystem och -teknologi

   Author : Heng Zhang; [2017]
   Keywords : Association rules; word segmentation;

   Abstract : The large amount of data accumulated by applications is stored in a database. Because of the large amount, name conflicts or missing values sometimes occur. This prevents certain types of analysis. READ MORE

3. 27. Real utopias and dystopias from the Colombian Amazon : collective future scenarios under government & FARC-EP post-agreement period

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Danna Villada; [2017]
   Keywords : capabilities; indigenous peoples; peace-agreement; sustainability science; political ecology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : After more than 50 years of internal armed conflict, the peace agreement between the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia- People’s Army (FARC-EP) raises both hope and concern. There are several opportunities for people, derived from wealth and land redistribution. READ MORE

4. 28. The Narrative of Conflict Minerals : An Exploration of Sexual Gender-Based Violence and Socioeconomic Impacts of the Dodd-Frank Act in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sara Engström; [2017]
   Keywords : Gender; conflict minerals; artisanal mining; sexual gender-based violence; Dodd-Frank Act; Democratic Republic of the Congo;

   Abstract : This thesis elaborates on a complex, multilayered gender perspective of mineral exports in the conflict of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The focus lies on the Dodd-Frank Act and its implications for sexual gender-based violence, both conflict and non-conflict related, as well as socioeconomic dimensions. READ MORE

5. 29. From coca to butterflies: Managing Natural Resources for Post-Conflict Peacebuilding. A Case Study of Otanche Community, Colombia.

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

   Author : Ani Mosulishvili; [2016]
   Keywords : peacebuilding; natural resource management; sustainable livelihoods; social capital; post-conflict; Colombia.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Inspired by environmental peacebuilding literature, this research explores the peacebuilding potential of natural resources through a qualitative case study of a conflict-affected community’s transition of livelihood strategies from coca cultivation to butterfly farming. The fieldwork was carried out with peasant families in rural Otanche - a biodiversity-rich area that, besides the Colombian conflict, has been affected by illegal logging, illicit crops, and violence associated with emerald mining. READ MORE

6. 30. Undermining environmental justice? : community-company conflicts with La Colosa gold mine in Cajamarca, Colombia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Diana Noreña Ramirez; [2015]
   Keywords : La Colosa; Cajamarca; Colombia; gold mining; environmental justice; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Colombian government pursues an extractive-led development trajectory in which mining is considered as a key factor for reviving the economy. However, while mining has been important in the economic development of some countries, it has also been associated to conflicts, product of its high environmental impact and, in many cases, unequal distribution of benefits. READ MORE