Essays about: "the rainy season"

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1. 1. At home in the urban growth

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Boel Andersson; Fredrika Ek Linde; [2022]
   Keywords : Guniea-Bissau; Bissau; Housing;

   Abstract : Our project aims to investigate a housing typology that could meet the challenges of the urban sprawl in Bissau, and at the same time meet the needs of the residents.  Through a study trip together with KTH studio Adrift: In Situ, we made on-site investigations and mapping in Bissau. READ MORE

3. 2. Groundwater resources and vulnerability for mountain communities in the Andes

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

   Author : Raheela Fahd; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The purpose of the thesis is to review the effect of ongoing climate change and population growth ongroundwater resources of Katari Basin (Bolivian Andes) and the consequence of reduced groundwaterresources on the quality of water. El Alto city, situated in the Katari basin is most vulnerable to thewater shortage because of climate change and high population growth rate. READ MORE

4. 3. “I am fighting the best I can” : Women’s adaptive capacity when facing rain variability in Paje,Zanzibar (Tanzania)

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

   Author : Felicia Folkeryd; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Many of the world’s most impoverished populations rely on farming, hunting and gathering to eat and earn a living where people often have just enough food and assets to last through the next season, and ultimately inadequate reserves to fall back on in the event of a poor harvest. Rural resource-dependent livelihoods are embedded in high risks, as climate variability and climate extremes are additional stressors to poverty. READ MORE

5. 4. Water demand and supply in Dar es Salaam : A WEAP-model to estimate future scenarios

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Evelina Andersson; [2019]
   Keywords : WEAP; Dar es Salaam; Water Planning; Urbanisation; Megacity; WEAP; Dar es Salaam; Vattenplanering; Urbanisation; Megastad;

   Abstract : The water and sewage company in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania has expressed a lack of integrated development plan for their service area. The current planning does not combine the social, economic and environmental stakeholders. READ MORE

6. 5. Seroprevalence of foot and mouth disease and peste des petits ruminants in small ruminants in Zambia on the border to Tanzania : Searching for common traits among seropositive herds

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Clinical Sciences

   Author : Lydia Mitternacht; [2019]
   Keywords : foot and mouth disease; peste des petits ruminants; sheep and goat plague; seroprevalence; small ruminants; Zambia; transboundary diseases; sheep; goats; FMD; PPR;

   Abstract : Foot and mouth disease (FMD) and peste des petits ruminants (PPR) are highly contagious viral diseases affecting sheep and goats all over the world. Small ruminants are often owned by poor small-scale farmers in the developing world, and several studies have identified them to be among the most important livestock species for the poor. READ MORE