Essays about: "world-system analysis"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 35 essays containing the words world-system analysis.
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21. Farmers' practices and the metabolic rift: An analysis of the interconnections between coffee production and climate change adaptation in the Nicaraguan mountain region
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : Climate smart territories are proposed as the solution to the perceived problems of poverty, food insecurity, gender equality, degradation of eco-systems, and climate change vulnerability, in the mountain region in Nicaragua. By educating farmers and rural families the practices that lead to these problems can be changed. READ MORE
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22. The survival of an island: A study on landownership and depopulation on the islands Mykines and Skúgvoy
University essay from Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : Urbanisation is an ongoing trend all over the world, and these same trends occur in the Faroe Islands as well. Some of the small peripheral islands are now believed to be on the verge of becoming unpopulated. This study investigates the role of landownership in depopulation on the outer islands in the Faroe Islands. READ MORE
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23. Environmental concern in global perspective: Exploring relations between core-periphery, vulnerability, environmental problems, post-materialism and environmental concern
University essay from Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : Objective: Within the literature there has not been a coherent answer to the question what influences environmental concern. Previous research have found partial explanations but have not looked at the underlying relations In this study I will look at the connection between (1) core-periphery, (2) vulnerability, (3) environmental problems and (4) post-materialism on (5) environmental concern. READ MORE
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24. Understanding brain drain in Nigerian universities
University essay from Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Global migration of both skilled and unskilled persons from developing countries to developed countries is on the increase and to understand the underlying factors behind the increase, this research examines how migration theories like pull-push factors of migration, world system theory and Maslow’s hierarchy of need explain those factors that cause migration among Nigerian university workers. I reviewed the data from the research conducted by Omonijo et al (2011) titled: ’’Understanding the Escalation of Brain Drain in Nigeria from Poor Leadership Point of View’’, ‘’An Examination of the causes of Brain drain in Nigerian universities’’ conducted by Aliyu 2005, ‘’Effect of brain drain of librarians on service delivery in some selected Nigerian Universities’’ examined by Okolo et al (2014) and a research titled ‘’An analysis of the cause and effect of the brain drain in Zimbabwe’’ conducted by Chetsange and Muchenja (2003). READ MORE
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25. The rise of cities: analysis of urbanization in Southeast Asia
University essay from Lunds universitet/HumanekologiAbstract : In the second part of the twentieth century Southeast Asia experienced rapid urbanization with an unequal spatial distribution pattern. At least one city per country grew in terms of population disproportionally compared to other urban areas. READ MORE
