Essays about: "utveckling"

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  1. 1. Bygdebolag : en ny metod för landsbygdsutveckling

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Elin Sjöman; [2020]
    Keywords : bygdebolag; utvecklingsbolag; landsbygdsutveckling; socialt kapital; mobilisering; governance; Bourdieuconomics;

    Abstract : Kommunsammanslagningar och centraliseringar har lett till att statens närvaro på landsbygderna minskat och en större del av ansvaret för landsbygdsutveckling ligger på lokalsamhället. Mot den här bakgrunden har bygdebolagen växt fram – lokala aktiebolag som ägs av personer i eller med anknytning till bygden där all vinst återinvesteras i lokalsamhället. READ MORE

  3. 2. Needs and requirements for the development and application of safe and cost-efficientmedical technology in low resource settings

    University essay from KTH/Medicinteknik och hälsosystem

    Author : Linda Maria Nummisalo; [2020]
    Keywords : Bangladesh; Medical Devices; Health Care;

    Abstract : Growing populations and especially the growing proportion of elderly in the developing countries in South Asia pose an increasingly higher pressure on the health care systems in these countries. For example, in Bangladesh, a part of the pressure is currently eased by the unofficial health care workers called village doctors but with the cost of wrong diagnoses and unnecessary medications leading to excess use of e. READ MORE

  4. 3. Evaluated density estimates of young forest stands using high resolution 2D imagery from UAV

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Resource Management

    Author : Victor Kingstad; [2020]
    Keywords : UAV; forestry; inventory; survey; cleaning; tending; PCT; pre com-mercial thinning;

    Abstract : After more than three decades of advanced technology and methods to evaluate young forest attributes, the forestry still prefers laborious field surveys in regenera-tion forests. Preceding studies have virtually all successfully identified the saplings, but the cost has outweighed the benefits or at least not yet convinced the companies to step away from the traditional field surveys; high-resolution photogrammetric point clouds and ALS-data can provide accurate estimations of the biophysical prop-erties but requires intense data processing. READ MORE

  5. 4. Is Deforestation in Colombia Caused by Oil Palm Expansion?

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Mona Date; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The palm oil industry is growing globally and palm oil is today the most used vegetable oil for biofuels, however, over the last years research has showed that it has caused great deforestation in Southeast Asia where the grand majority of oil palm is produced. There has also been reports on poor working conditions showing that the palm oil is not socially sustainable either. READ MORE

  6. 5. Modelling of aquifer on Ingarö island : A Steady-State model

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Magnus Dahlberg; [2020]
    Keywords : GMS; MODFLOW; GIS; RCP; climate change; archipelago; esker; glaciofluvial soil;

    Abstract : Värmdö municipality, in the archipelago of Stockholm, has one of Sweden’s fastest growing populations and is a popular location for tourism and summer houses. This puts a lot of pressure on groundwater reservoirs and will likely be even more strained in the future as the climate continues to heat up due to anthropogenic activities. READ MORE