Essays about: "people as resource in a country"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 43 essays containing the words people as resource in a country.

  1. 21. Conflicting interests in natural resource management : - A case study on mining in northern Sweden

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Miljövetenskap

    Author : Evelina Svensson; [2017]
    Keywords : mining; natural resource management; sustainability; resource curse; extractivism; Sweden;

    Abstract : Sweden is the leading mining country in Europe and the Swedish government intends to retain this position by fostering innovation, investments and cooperation. However, mining is an extractive industry with massive consequences on the surrounding environment and the people living there. READ MORE

  3. 22. Re-discovering the potentials of invisible rivers : Strategy for mutual ecological and economical benefits

    University essay from KTH/Stadsbyggnad

    Author : Victoria Volina-Luchian; [2017]
    Keywords : Chișinău; river Bîc;

    Abstract : Republic of Moldova is a small landlocked country in Eastern Europe. State of the environment is one of the many concerns of national government. Unfortunately, being the poorest country in Europe, Moldova is not able to provide necessary funding for the large-scale projects. Water resources are scarce: the one major river is Dniester. READ MORE

  4. 23. What are trees for : an ethnographic study of local firewood practices in Uganda in the context of deforestation and climate change discourses

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

    Author : Filippa Giertta; [2016]
    Keywords : firewood; deforestation; climate change; carbon forestry; CDM; Kachung;

    Abstract : Interventions and schemes are being introduced all over the world to stop deforestation and reduce climate change. These interventions, on all levels of scale, follow a dominant global discourse based on a human-environment dichotomy and neo-Malthusian logic, and are driven by narratives of degradation by the local population and linear environmental change. READ MORE

  5. 24. The Social Construction of Swedish Nature as a Touristic Attraction

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

    Author : Emelie Fälton; [2016]
    Keywords : Nature - culture relations; Sweden; Text analysis; Tourism; Visual analysis;

    Abstract : Sweden is a country with a lot of tourism that is dependent on nature as a touristic resource. Nature itself is a complex concept with different interpretations. In this thesis, the social construction of the Swedish nature as a touristic attraction is scrutinized. READ MORE

  6. 25. Forbidden spaces? : public participation in solid waste management in Lusaka

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

    Author : Clive Mutame Siachiyako; [2016]
    Keywords : public participation; public sphere; power; trust; communication;

    Abstract : Participatory processes are increasingly sought (internationally and nationally) in natural resource and environmental decision-making to embrace different interests, values and knowledge. In Zambia, public participation is anchored on the National Decentralisation Policy (NDP). READ MORE