Essays about: "social capital and knowledge management"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 47 essays containing the words social capital and knowledge management.

1. 21. Cleaning Nairobi - A case study of community-based waste management and environmental justice in an informal settlement

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Klara Eitrem Holmgren; [2018]
   Keywords : community-based waste management; environmental justice; Nairobi; Kenya; informal settlement; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : As a response to a lack of formal solid waste management (SWM), CBOs and youth groups have become the main providers of waste collection in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. This thesis is a qualitative case study of community-based waste management (CBWM) in the informal settlements of Mathare, Nairobi. READ MORE

3. 22. Good meadows, good farmers? An assessment of the cultural sustainability of an Irish pilot results-oriented agri-environmental scheme

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Lorraine Guerin; [2018]
   Keywords : Results-oriented agri-environmental schemes; agri-environmental policy; Common Agricultural Policy; agriculture; farming; farmers; rural environment; policy evaluation; cultural sustainability; conservation; Ireland; Shannon Callows; high nature value grassland; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Agri-environmental schemes [AESs], which pay farmers to manage their land more environmentally sustainably, are the European Union’s primary policy instrument for addressing rural environmental problems. The majority of AESs in Europe are action-oriented (meaning they pay farmers to adhere to specified management prescriptions). READ MORE

4. 23. Fire Risk and Vulnerability in Urban Informal Settlements in Metro Manila

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Darlene Rini; [2018]
   Keywords : Urban fire risks; informal settlement fires; urban fire risk management; GIS; URDI; urban disasters; risk indexing; fire statistics; Metro Manila; Quezon City; Science General;

   Abstract : Urban fires, particularly in informal settlements in rapidly urbanizing cities in the developing world, are an “everyday disaster” that oftentimes goes unnoticed or under-served in the face of disturbances of the more “lethal reputation”. These disturbances of normal existence are arguably the most debilitating to vulnerable communities and sustainable development, and yet get little attention in disaster literature or in practice. READ MORE

5. 24. Musikarrangemang som hållbarhetsstrategi i Lindängen : projekt och processer i den urbana områdesutvecklingen

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Anna Sommardal; [2017]
   Keywords : medborgardeltagande; samverkan; projektprocesser; områdesutveckling; social hållbarhet; socialt kapital; kultur; pianon; musik; Lindängen; Lindängenstyle; boundary objects;

   Abstract : Denna masteruppsats bygger på en fallstudie av ett samskapande musikprojekt som genomfördes våren 2016 i ett bostadsområde av lokala aktörer och boende, tillsammans med uppsatsförfattaren. Lindängen, platsen där projektet ägde rum är ett miljonprogramsområde i utkanten av Malmö, med en ung befolkning och problematik som segregering och social exklusion. READ MORE

6. 25. Waste Management System Assessment in the North of Argentina

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Maria Eugenia Quiroga Ekman; [2017]
   Keywords : Integrated waste management; solid waste; methodology; waste management; waste treatment; landfill; organic waste; biogas;

   Abstract : During the last decades, solid waste management has been going through a lot of changes regarding, regulation and applications of models and systems. New practices to solve environmental problems have been approached in different scenarios, situations and in different countries. READ MORE