Essays about: "nature s contributions to people"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 11 essays containing the words nature s contributions to people.

1. 6. Adaptation Narrative Analysis. A Learning-centered Appraisal Method for Ecosystem-based Adaptation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Karen Pilgrim; [2019]
   Keywords : Ecosystem-based Adaptation; climate resilience; adaptive capacity; narrative; appraisal; learning; adaptation narrative analysis; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA) seeks to combine climate change adaptation, socio-economic development and climate change mitigation benefits through the use of ecosystem services and biodiversity. Embedded in socio-ecological-systems, EbA efforts need to overcome challenges posed by complexity, uncertainty, long time horizons and interdisciplinarity. READ MORE

3. 7. Situating adscriptions of value on Nature's Contributions to People : The case of traditional farmers in San Pedro, Paraguay.

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Martín Barranco Blasco; [2018]
   Keywords : Paraguay; farmers; ecosystem services; nature s contributions to people; traditional knowledge; soybeans; deforestation; biodiversity loss; community-based conservation;

   Abstract : This thesis focus on the unidimensional adscriptions of value behind industrial soybeans production in Paraguay. The thesis aims to present non-economic Nature’s Contributions to traditional farmers’ quality of life, the role of farmers’ traditional knowledge to display these contributions and the efficiency of such knowledge regarding high productive demands. READ MORE

4. 8. Sociala värden på miljöns villkor : en studie av naturreservatets aktiva bidrag till hållbar utveckling

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

   Author : Anna Litsmark; [2018]
   Keywords : naturreservat; hållbar utveckling; naturkontakt; hälsa; miljöengagemang; miljökvaliteter; sociala värden;

   Abstract : Naturen ha en lång rad positiva effekter på hälsa och välmående och kan även bidra till människors miljöengagemang och en hållbar livsstil. Att hitta former för att erbjuda människor naturkontakt kan därför vara väsentligt för att hantera dagens folkhälso- och miljöproblem. READ MORE

5. 9. IKEA in India : A study of the cultural aspects of deploying an IKEA store in India

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

   Author : Anna Tommysdotter; [2016]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Introduction: This study is about organisational culture and different cultural influences in a cross-cultural environment at an IKEA office in India. Statement of Purpose: The purpose of this master thesis is to provide increased understanding of the cross-cultural setting in regards to conceptualisation of the concept of culture as well as sense-making and sense-giving processes of employees in a trans-cultural environment in India. READ MORE

6. 10. The Organizational Field of Crowdfunding : Emergence and Special Characteristics

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Corrie Hammar; [2015]
   Keywords : Crowdfunding; crowd; organizational field; field emergence; crowdsourcing; institutional theory;

   Abstract : Crowdfunding is an online fundraising technique, where individuals or groups ask for contributions from a large number of people, i.e. “the crowd”. Crowdfunding first appeared in 2003 and has doubled its financial scope every year since 2011. READ MORE