Essays about: "rural revitalization"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words rural revitalization.
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1. Retirement Home in Krapina - Zagorje, Croatia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljöAbstract : Population decline in rural areas is observed in almost every European country. In Croatia, there are no meaningful strategies to mitigate the consequences of depopulation. As a result, many rural communities have already disappeared, while more are becoming unsustainable. READ MORE
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2. Dissecting the sharing paradigm: A case-study research of rural Japan
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : The sharing economy emerged in the last decade as an innovative business model in response to economic fallout, societal distress, and surging awareness over the devastating effects of the climate crisis. It pledges to repudiate mass consumption in favour of a democratization of access to common resources. READ MORE
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3. The Aragonese resistance : A qualitative study on the attitudes and motivations of new speakers of an endangered language in Zaragoza
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologiAbstract : While the number of Aragonese speakers is in steady decline in the rural areas of Spain where it was traditionally spoken, the efforts of grassroots movements since the end of Franco’s dictatorship in 1975 have contributed to create a community of new speakers in Aragon’s largest cities, mostly thanks to courses for adults organized by cultural associations. The capital, Zaragoza, which has been practically monolingual for centuries, after Spanish became the language of power and prestige in the 15th century, is now home to several thousand Aragonese speakers. READ MORE
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4. Post-Disaster Recovery Through Art: A case study of Reborn-Art Festival in Ishinomaki, Japan
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studierAbstract : This thesis closely examines Reborn-Art Festival, a new arts and culture festival inaugurated during the summer of 2017 in one of the regions hardest hit by the triple disaster that devastated the northeastern coastline of Japan in 2011. In the face of an unspeakable tragedy like the Great East Japan Earthquake art may not seem like a central concern, but this thesis focuses on that subject specifically, investigating the ways in which art has become part of the healing process in the small community of Ishinomaki by way of the large-scale festival. READ MORE
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5. Revitalization of Urban Village --An analysis of case-study in Tengzi village, Nanjing
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planeringAbstract : Since 1980s, rapid urbanization progress took place in China. It promoted the development of urban economy and reflected the prosperity of the country. But at the same time, it brought side-effects among which urban village is one of the most significant problems. READ MORE
