Essays about: "rural development agents"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words rural development agents.

  1. 1. Exploring metropolitan governance in the Öresund Region

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

    Author : Roger Barres; [2021]
    Keywords : metropolitan area; city-region; metropolitan governance; urban politics; cross-border metropolitan region; democratic governance; Öresund region;

    Abstract : For the first time in history, more people in the world live in urban areas than in rural areas. Almost half of this world urban population now live in metropolitan areas, which are becoming central spaces of world economic and social activity, and where major global challenges happen and should be tackled. READ MORE

  3. 2. Testing the wildland urban interface fire evacuation tool WUI-NITY: A case study of a rural community

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Brandteknik

    Author : Afroza Mallick; [2021]
    Keywords : WUI-NITY; fire evacuation tool; evacuation; wildland-urban interface.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This thesis makes use of a freely available platform based on multi-physics simulations, named WUI-NITY, to model WUI fire evacuation. This simulation platform includes three sub-models addressing fire spread, pedestrian movement and traffic movement allowing the representation of their interaction to produce outputs useful for dynamic vulnerability assessment. READ MORE

  4. 3. ‘What the Monkey ate before, and what he is eating now’ : a small-scale case study of local climate change adaptation in rural Nepal

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

    Author : Gerrit Jan Hofert; [2020]
    Keywords : community-based adaptation; local adaptation plans of action; climate change adaptation; climate vulnerability; participation;

    Abstract : Community-based adaptation (CBA), a decentralized bottom-up climate planning approach, has become increasingly important in the corresponding literature and in practice. CBA is a significant part of the debate of how to create and provide sustainable and adaptive solutions to the negative effects of climate change. READ MORE

  5. 4. Engaging the plurality of values in the improvement of the Environmental Impact Assessment in Colombia : what’s the problem represented to be of the Colombian Environmental License Process?

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

    Author : Andrea Maria Cantillo Carrero; [2019]
    Keywords : problem representations; practice; power; environmental impact assessment; environmental license process; environmental authorities; environmental consultants; non-governmental organizations; assumptions; effects; what’s the problem represented to be;

    Abstract : The Environmental License Process in Colombia is the tool which is used to decide if a project that will impact the environment of the country can take place, and under which requirements. The decision is made by assessing the impacts that potential projects can have in the environment and surrounding communities, presented in the Environmental Impact Assessment by companies who are interested in developing the project. READ MORE

  6. 5. Om allt går åt skogen : organiseringen av den svenska livsmedelsberedskapen och skogsmiljöernas bidrag ur ett kapacitetsperspektiv

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

    Author : Karin Larsson; [2018]
    Keywords : livsmedelsberedskap; kapacitetsteori; skogliga livsmedelsresurser; beredskap; civilt försvar;

    Abstract : Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur organiseringen av den svenska livsmedelsberedskapen ser ut. Bakgrunden till detta är att Sverige för första gången sedan början av 2000-talet har påbörjat återuppbyggnaden av ett civilt försvar, där livsmedelsberedskapen är en aspekt att ta hänsyn till. READ MORE