Essays about: "rural-urban migration"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 33 essays containing the words rural-urban migration.

1. 11. Food security and rapid urbanization : A case study of urban agriculture in Hanoi

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknik

   Author : Helge Drebold; [2017]
   Keywords : Food-Safety; Supermarketization; Food system; Land-seizure; Urban Development;

   Abstract : As demand for food and farmland is increasing in Hanoi, the transition from an agricultural-based economy to an industrial one puts the livelihoods of urban farmers at risk. The urbanization displaces people and alter livelihoods of many urban poor in the peri-urban areas of Hanoi. READ MORE

3. 12. Empowering Women through Rural-Urban Migration in China.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Agata Kunka; [2017]
   Keywords : migration; empowerment; rural migrant women; hukou system; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Gender equality and empowerment of women and girls were presented at the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG5) by the United Nations. It has been realized that empowerment of women plays a crucial role in development. This study examines the empowerment process of rural migrant women in China. READ MORE

4. 13. Framing Environmental Migration - An Analysis of Indian Government Policies

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Fabienne Stämpfli; [2017]
   Keywords : Environmental Change; Migration; Framing; Vulnerability; India; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Environmental change has the potential to displace people all over the world, particularly those with high exposure to change and low adaptive capacities. In this context, migration is a response to individual and collective vulnerabilities, and thus represents an adaption strategy. READ MORE

5. 14. "Hoy por ti, mañana por mi"

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Sophie Baumgartner; [2015]
   Keywords : reciprocity; Ayni; Aymara; agriculture; non-monetary economy; Bolivia; Taraco; rural-urban migration; globalization; agency; Cultural Sciences; Agriculture and Food Sciences; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Las prácticas de cooperación y reciprocidad dentro de la agricultura han sido ampliamente discutidas como importantes estrategias para la reducción de riesgos y costos en la mano de obra y la adquisición de capital. En los Andes, las normas de reciprocidad parecen estar más institucionalizadas debido al arraigo histórico en la cultura Andina. READ MORE

6. 15. Institutional Alterations and Economic Growth --Focus on Hangzhou’s household (Hukou) registration system

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Yang Zheng; [2015]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : In the recent three decades, the great development of China’s economy cannot separate from its institutional alterations. Hukou system, an institution with Chinese feature, is a kind of “passport” that admitted in the country. READ MORE