Essays about: "participatory policies"
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1. “I need the sea because it teaches me” A qualitative case study on the current integration of ocean literacy in surf education and what actors and factors can influence surf instructors in Lisbon, Portugal.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : Ocean sustainability is more prevalent than ever. With our oceans degrading at rapid speeds many states and organizations turn to increasing ocean literacy in populations as a way of ensuring sustainable behaviors. READ MORE
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2. Sharing is caring – the sharing economy, a tool to promote social sustainability in Sege Park?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : This study examines how the sharing economy is utilized in an emerging area to promote social sustainability. Sege Park in Malmö provide this study's research area. This community served as a testbed for a Sharing Cities Sweden initiative, with support from Malmö municipality, to create a collaborative neighbourhood. READ MORE
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3. Bridging space syntax and social capital : a participatory approach to analysing the potential of Light Rail Transit to reconfigure spatialised social segregation in Gottsunda
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : The geographic separation of population groups can perpetuate social inequalities in reaching socio-economic opportunity and can exacerbate social exclusivity. Gottsunda, an area in Uppsala, has experienced historically reinforced spatialised social segregation by concentrating groups with foreign-born and low socio-economic backgrounds within the same neighbourhood. READ MORE
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4. Shifting paradigms in practice? Investigating the compatibility of Germany's energy cooperatives with sustainable degrowth
University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutetAbstract : The concept of sustainable degrowth presents itself as a normative response to some of the most pressing socio-ecological challenges of our time. The energy sector plays a prominent role in the degrowth debate, however, there is limited conceptual and empirical understanding of how energy production and consumption might look like from a degrowth perspective and which actors might be compatible with the degrowth ideals. READ MORE
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5. Upscaling agroecology in Sweden : a participatory-backcasting approach to investigate top-down measures for promoting an agroecological transition of the Swedish agricultural system
University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and SocietyAbstract : Alongside its important contribution to the increase of yields, industrial agriculture has also generated environmental, social and economical negative side effects. Moreover, the forecasted growth of the world’s population puts more pressure for solutions on how to increase food supply while reducing the negative effects of the current agricultural system. READ MORE