Essays about: "small project governance"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words small project governance.
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1. Data-Driven Decision-Making In Small Organizations : A qualitative study in optimizing BI deployment in Vasaloppet
University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)Abstract : Organizations are social systems established to make decisions. Modern organizational decision-making is complex and can easily overwhelm the capacity of individuals. Because of the complexity of multi-person decisions, there is a big risk for uncertainty in decision-making. READ MORE
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2. Urban Planning & Governance in the Age of AI : A Study of the Potential Benefits and Risks
University essay from KTH/Skolan för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad (ABE)Abstract : Artificial intelligence (AI) is a rapidly developing technology which in this project refers to software that given objectives generate content, predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing their environment. Using literature reviews and semi-structured interviews, the current and future uses, sentiments, regulations, and risks of AI in urban planning and governance are gathered. READ MORE
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3. The creation of a democratic food certification : How the Slow Food Participatory Guarantee System attempts to defend local food systems and traditions
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : This thesis explores if and how an alternative certification system for agricultural products, the Participatory Guarantee System (PGS), could support small-scale farmers to preserve and promote biocultural and food heritage, linked to the landscape they inhabit, their identity as farmers and traditional knowledge. The PGS has been identified by Slow Food as an efficient low-cost and local 'bottom-up' quality assurance system, in order to develop their Presidia project and to re-embed agricultural productions within their traditional socio-ecological contexts. READ MORE
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4. Development of a GIS methodology to evaluate informal urban green areas for inclusion in a community governance program
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Informal green spaces are “small green areas” which are some square meter plots along streets or in junctions, in front of public or private buildings. Informal urban green space become or remain in neglected condition due to the lack of capacity of the municipality to maintain them. READ MORE
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5. Synergies and trade-offs between REDD+ pilot project and communities’ livelihoods : case study in Nepal
University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research CentreAbstract : Carbon trading through Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, forest conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of carbon stocks (REDD+) payment scheme has been initiated to reduce greenhouse gas emission from deforestation and forest degradation. However, there are several critics about the implementation of REDD+ in developing countries. READ MORE
