Essays about: "public participatory measures"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words public participatory measures.

1. 1. 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 Society

   Author : Pablo Ratti; [2023]
   Keywords : Agroecology; transition; top-down; scenario; participatory policies;

   Abstract : 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

3. 2. Assessing the Transformative Potential of a Sociocracy-Informed Climate Change Adaptation Lab in Lund, Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Rory Daniel Antoniuk; Spilios Iliopoulos; [2023]
   Keywords : Climate change; climate change adaptation; sociocracy; transformational change; transformative change; power; power cube; ladder of participation; complexity; systems; public participation; climate change adaptation lab; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Effective climate change adaptation necessitates enhanced public participation as there is a need for the voice of people to be meaningfully incorporated to facilitate transformational adaptation, contend with complexity, and avoid maladaptation. Despite this, widespread participation in climate change adaptation governance in Global North countries like Sweden is currently restricted by rigid power dynamics, even in spaces that purport to be transformationally participatory. READ MORE

4. 3. Participatory Rights in the Honduran Renewable Energy Sector : An International Environmental Law Perspective

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholms miljörättscentrum (SMC)

   Author : Alicia Vargas; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This study approaches participatory rights regime that includes Access to Environmental Information, Public Participation in decision making and Access to Justice in relation to environmental matters. It explores the Honduran law with the purpose of verifying if the regulations that control and manage the renewable energy sector are compatible with the participatory rights regime that International Environmental Law and Human Rights Law states. READ MORE

5. 4. Groundwater Crisis in Southern Rural India : Understanding Farmers’ Perspectives and Local Participatory Mitigation Strategies

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Rohini Srivyshnavi Korlakunta; [2022]
   Keywords : water conservation and management; public participatory measures; understanding farmers’;

   Abstract : India is the largest user of groundwater in the world with an estimated utilization of 230 cubic kilometers per year which is over a quarter of the global total. More than 60% of irrigated agriculture is dependent on groundwater and when there is no adequate recharge of groundwater due to over exploitation and lesser rainfall, water scarcity and thus drought occurs. READ MORE

6. 5. The Impact of COVID-19 on Child Protection Policy in Humanitarian Action : Case study; South Sudan internally displaced people in camps settlement.

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   Author : Charlotte Wara; [2021]
   Keywords : COVID-19 measures; Child Protection Policy; Participatory Communication; Community Engagement; IDPs in Camp Settlements; and South Sudan.;

   Abstract : The principle of child protection and the efforts to protect children from abuse and neglect in pre-modern societies have different notions. According to De Mause, the past was a barbaric place for children and the history of childhood is a nightmare (De Mause, 1995, p. 1). READ MORE