Essays about: "systems and ecological perspective"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 100 essays containing the words systems and ecological perspective.
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21. The Role of Public Innovation on Water Governance in Brazil
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Abstract : It is impossible for the world to exist without water, then why do socio-political systems treat it like an unnecessary, disposable resource? Currently, there is a water crisis happening globally, and specifically in Brazil it encompasses tremendous socio-ecological, political, cultural and economic injustices and challenges. The water resources management and the national infrastructures are inadequate to conserve and treat this valuable commodity. READ MORE
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22. 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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23. Study of optimization of two projects in "Million Program" areas : - a sustainable point of view in a suburb to a big city and a suburb to a small town
University essay from KTH/Byggteknik och designAbstract : The renovation and maintenance projects in the “Million program” areas are currently ongoing in many parts of the country. As the stocks in many descriptions have similar conditions with regard to urban structure, construction technology and socio-economic situation, there is great potential for comparison. READ MORE
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24. Seaweed as a future food : a nutritional perspective with focus on seaweed aquaculture in Scandinavia
University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular SciencesAbstract : Edible seaweeds or macroalgae have been a staple food for many centuries in parts of East Asia and have recently started to gain attraction in Europe. Seaweed aquaculture is a well-established food production system in many East Asian countries but has only recently started in Scandinavia. READ MORE
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25. An Upcoming Threat to Public Health: A case study on obesity and the structural challenges present in Indonesia
University essay from Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : Obesity rates have been increasing at an alarming pace across the globe however, little has been done to address the issue even in high income countries. To further problematize this issue, many researchers and public health officials have conceptualized obesity as being individually based, rather than analyzing it from a structural perspective. READ MORE
