Essays about: "rural development and natural resource management"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 54 essays containing the words rural development and natural resource management.

  1. 1. The effects of mining on a community in rural Syria : a case Study of mining in the region of ArRuhayba, Syria

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

    Author : Mohamad Turkman; [2023]
    Keywords : rural; mining; livelihoods; development; sustainability; participation; governance; Syria; ArRuhayba;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the effects of mining activities on the livelihoods of rural people and their environment in ArRuhayba, close to Syria’s capital Damascus. A public and political debate about such potential effects has not existed yet in Syria, probably because of the ongoing civil war in the country, which leaves a research gap to be filled. READ MORE

  3. 2. Environmentally friendly diets : perceptions and behaviours of sustainability students

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

    Author : Amelie Claire Grassl; [2022]
    Keywords : Environmentally friendly diets; sustainable diets; theory of planned behaviour; sustainability students; food choices; food behaviour; eating environmentally friendly; perceptions; views;

    Abstract : The food sector has massive consequences on the environment as it causes, among others, GHG emissions, deforestation, water scarcity and climate change. Therefore, it is essential to transform the food sector and the related diets of individuals. READ MORE

  4. 3. Hållbar utemiljöförvaltning av stadens biologiska mångfald

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

    Author : Johanna Ericsson; [2022]
    Keywords : hållbar stadsutveckling; hållbar förvaltning; biologisk mångfald; utemiljöförvaltning; grönyteskötsel; urban biologisk mångfald;

    Abstract : Utemiljöförvaltningar är en central del i arbetet med att främja en biologisk mångfald i våra städer. Klimatförändringar, invasiva arter, föroreningar och förtätningen av våra städer är direkta hot mot biologisk mångfald som bottnar i det lokala utemiljöförvaltningars arbete. READ MORE

  5. 4. Woolgathering : Wool as a resource for rural regeneration

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Rebecca Lindkvist; [2022]
    Keywords : rural development; rural regeneration; architecture; waste utilization; wool;

    Abstract : Woolgathering aims to speculate around ways to reduce the wasteof wool and how wool can catalyze the regeneration of ruralvillages in the north of Sweden. In Sweden today, we producearound 1000 metric tons of wool per year, yet only about half of it isused. READ MORE

  6. 5. Impact of social-ecological changes on resilience in the Senegalese Sahel

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Frida Åberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Sahel; Ferlo; Resilience Assessment; Wayfinder; Agro-silvo-pastoralism;

    Abstract : Understanding how social-ecological changes influence the resilience of dryland agro-silvo-pastoral systems can offer new perspectives on current sustainability challenges. In this study I use mixed methods to explore how resilience thinking can guide development towards sustainable and just future pathways in the Sahelian part of northern Senegal. READ MORE