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21. Between modernization and heritage: Sustainable rural tourism as a viable alternative for Transylvania's countryside.
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : Transylvania’s countryside, characterized by a mostly agrarian society with a rich multicultural heritage is being threatened by Romania’s tendencies of chaotic modernization and rapid urbanization. This research aims to find a viable solution for sustaining the cultural, natural, and social environment in rural Transylvania, by analysing the potential of tourism development. READ MORE
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22. Gå mot naturen : ett gestaltningsförslag för Inre hamnen, Söderhamn
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Forskningen visar att gröna miljöer har en positiv påverkan på människors hälsa genom att bidra till socialt, fysiskt och mentalt välbefinnande. Även senare tids forskning påvisar att blåa miljöer har en positiv inverkan på människors hälsa. READ MORE
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23. Principles and Values from Cooperatives on Gotland: Fostering Sustainable Destination Development through Alternative Economies and Regenerative Practices
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknikAbstract : This research investigates the values and principles of cooperatives in relation to regenerative development and evaluates how these principles can be applied to foster SDD on Gotland. As alternative economies, cooperatives represent an opportunity to facilitate a regenerative type of development that is needed to face the issues brought by the capitalist system and the tourism industry. READ MORE
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24. Kom närmre! : tillägg i landskapet för att locka ut fler besökare till naturområden, med ett förslag på utvecklingsplan för en del av Orlångens naturreservat i Huddinge
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Det finns mängder av olika typer av studier som visar på de positiva effekterna som vistelsen i naturen har på vårt välmående. Det hjälper oss både psykiskt och fysiskt genom att till exempel ge oss återhämtning, en minskad känsla av stress och miljöer för fysisk aktivitet. READ MORE
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25. Salvaging Death Worlds : Drivers and Barriers to the Adoption of Biogas and Biofertilizer Production Systems on Gotland
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknikAbstract : Utilizing an interdisciplinary, multi-level perspective analysis this thesis reviews niche- regime-landscape interactions (analogous to the clusters of actors working at the local level of Gotland representing niche; the regime being national governance goals; and the landscape incorporating global level affairs and institutions such as the European Union (EU)) and their (mis)alignments within the biogas/biofertilizer production system of Gotland, Sweden, a small-island case study for energy-food-transportation transition and sustainable destination development. The study analyzes the heterarchical and polycentric development of biogas on Gotland—a socio-technical niche, nested within a larger energy regime and global landscape for transition—developing an understanding of (mis)alignments of pressures interacting on, at, and between the niche-regime- landscape as they combine with the peculiar competencies, as Loorbach describes, “creative minds, strategists, and visionaries” of a cluster of actors working in the food- energy-transport nexus on the island (2010, p. READ MORE
