Sökning: "Chiloé"
Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade ordet Chiloé.
1. Collective Action in Response to an Environmental Disaster – A Case Study of the 2016 Social Movement in Chiloé, Chile
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/SociologiSammanfattning : In early 2016, a toxic algae bloom emerged along the coastline of Chiloé archipelago in southern Chile. Shortly thereafter, locals spotted dead animals – ranging from mussels, to penguins and whales – washed ashore along the beaches. LÄS MER
2. Salmon.Gender.Chiloe. Reflections on Sustainable Development.
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/HumanekologiSammanfattning : This study discusses sustainable development with the help of a case study of the Chilean province Chiloé between 1960 and 2009 – main scene of the salmon industry that developed very rapidly in recent decades. Today, Chiloé faces the now common dilemma of ecological devastations and increasing income disparity, widely perceived as inevitable side-effects of development leading to local employment opportunities and national economic growth. LÄS MER
3. Transnational Corporations and the Development of Labour Movements: The case of the salmon industry workers in Puerto Montt and Chiloé
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolSammanfattning : The purpose of my thesis is to understand in what ways economic and productive transnationalisation affects political and social participation in the local level. Particularly, what I wish to explore are the effects of integration into the global economy over labour movements in peripheral regions. LÄS MER
4. Development of a forest biomass supply model for a demonstration cogeneration project in Chile
Master-uppsats, KTH/Energi och klimatstudier, ECSSammanfattning : Although there is a great forest biomass potential in Chile and bioenergy could become a relevant energy industry in the country, its development has been prevented mainly by the lack of proper business models that can fit into the Chilean reality. Chilean forestry sector is characterized by small-scale ownership, a situation that requires the implementation of associative business models to provide a reliable supply for a cogeneration plant. LÄS MER