Essays about: "sustainable income planning"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 59 essays containing the words sustainable income planning.

1. 16. Developing a Least Cost Electrification Plan for Kakamega County in Kenya - A Bottom up Approach to the geospatial electrification analysis with OnSSET

   University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

   Author : Rahul Cumbalam Kumaresh; [2018]
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   Abstract : This thesis discusses the role of “Productive Uses of Electricity” (PUE) in the development of sustainable electrification pathways. The definition of PUE involves in broader terms agricultural, industrial, commercial and social activities, which involve electricity services as a direct input to the production of goods or provision of services towards a sustainable and progressive future of the planet. READ MORE

3. 17. Social determinants of contraceptive use among young women in Kenya

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

   Author : Elodie Paquette; [2018]
   Keywords : family planning; youth; Kenya; social determinants of health; long-acting reversible contraceptives; reproductive health;

   Abstract : Contraceptive use has far-reaching social and health benefits for women in low and middle-income countries. While socioeconomic factors are known to be associated with contraceptive use, few studies on this topic have focused specifically on young women, whose reproductive health is a target of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Family Planning 2020 agenda. READ MORE

4. 18. Bevarande av orangutangen : en studie av de största hoten mot arternas överlevnad

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

   Author : Johanna Dahl; [2018]
   Keywords : orangutang; bevarande; regnskogsskövling; palmolja; tjuvjakt;

   Abstract : Orangutanger är endemiskt förekommande på öarna Borneo och Sumatra i Malaysia och Indonesien. Det finns tre arter: Sumatraorangutangen (Pongo abelii), Borneoorangutangen (Pongo pygmaeus) och den nyupptäckta Tapanuliorangutangen (Pongo tapanuliensis). READ MORE

5. 19. Adopting a resilience lens in managing decentralized water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Claudius Mpofu; [2018]
   Keywords : resilience; drinking water; sanitation and hygiene WASH ; decentralized systems; small-scale; WASH planning;

   Abstract : Climate change and increased pressure on water resources through urban and peri-urban population growth present some major uncertainties to the sustainable provision of good quality water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services, particularly to small-scale decentralized systems which are considered more vulnerable compared to centralized systems. The concept of “resilience” could be useful when dealing with such uncertainties. READ MORE

6. 20. Exploring Stockolm’s Spatial Capital in Relation to Sustainable Development : a quantitative study on the impact of geographical proximity on education and income

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Tobias Karström; [2018]
   Keywords : Spatial capital; human capital; regional planning; Stockholm county; sustainable development;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to examine if the theoretical concept of spatial capital explains the distribution of the human capital and high incomes in an urban region using Stockholm county as an empirical example. The spatial capital theory suggests that geographical proximities can explain social and economic distributions in urban regions and is divided into two subcategories;position and situation capital where the former measures the geographical proximities to urban environments and cultural amenities and the latter measures to proximities to public transportation alternatives. READ MORE