Essays about: "policy space"

Showing result 36 - 40 of 264 essays containing the words policy space.

  1. 36. Can degrowth policies move the OECD closer to reaching social thresholds within planetary boundaries?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Kristborg Sóley Þráinsdóttir; [2022]
    Keywords : degrowth; safe and just space; social thresholds; planetary boundaries; sustainability science; policy; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As the environmental and social challenges humanity faces are intertwined, a holistic policy approach is needed to bring operations into the ecologically safe and socially just space (SJS). Degrowth has been presented as a means for high-income countries to reach the SJS. READ MORE

  3. 37. Managing Risk in Water Reuse: Policy Analysis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Lindsay Emily Van Beck; [2022]
    Keywords : Water reuse; risk management; water scarcity; agriculture; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Water scarcity is an increasingly prevalent problem, with changing hydrological regimes due to climate change and human development taxing freshwater systems. One way to tackle this issue is through planned water reuse. READ MORE

  4. 38. Digital Citizen Participation in Urban Planning : A comparative analysis between Helsingborg and Linköping smart cities

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Maria de los Angeles Persson; [2022]
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    Abstract :   The study sets out to examine digital citizen participation in urban planning in two Swedish smart cities, Helsingborg, and Linköping.   The theoretical framework combines three perspectives, the Habermas’ communicative theory, the Arnstein’s citizen participation concept and the smart city concept. READ MORE

  5. 39. Rights of The Child in The Right to The City : Exploring participatory practices of child engagement and the construction of their Sense of Place in Kibera, Kenya

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Lovisa Stenhammar; Disa Nilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Sense of Place; Right to The City; Children s Participation; Critical Development and Children s Rights in Kenya; Platskänsla; rätt till staden; barns deltagande; kritisk utveckling och barns rättigheter i Kenya;

    Abstract : In this minor field study, we have employed a qualitative methodology to examine the role of  the non-governmental organisation Wale Wale in the operationalisation of supranational mandates to improve the rights and experiences of children in Kenya through participatory activities. In doing so, this study is able to combine the literature on Sense of Place and The Right to The City with Critical Development in novel ways. READ MORE

  6. 40. Political Parties on the Move: Computational Scaling Method Applied to Swedish Parliamentary Debates

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Carl-Oscar Källström Ståhlgren; [2022]
    Keywords : Estimation methods; political space; parliamentary speeches; political speech; text analysis; Swedish politics; algorithm; models; word frequency analysis; time series; left-right; Wordfish;

    Abstract : Over the years, a variety of methods have been used in order toestimate policy positions for political parties in national parliaments. This papersets out to apply a novel computational method called Wordfish and apply it to aheavily under-researched form of political text, parliamentary speeches. READ MORE