Sökning: "Ecological Unequal Exchange"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 uppsatser innehållade orden Ecological Unequal Exchange.
1. ‘Our own law is making us beggars’ : understanding the marginal experiences of governed, mine-side communities in Mutoko district, Zimbabwe
Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentSammanfattning : There is a rising interest in the Global South, to ensure that mineral resources are governed to benefit local communities where they are extracted. The shared Africa Mining Vision and economic aspirations in Zimbabwe seeking to integrate equity in governing and extracting mineral resources reflects such interests. LÄS MER
2. Discourses of Ecologically Unequal Exchange: Processes of ‘othering’ in the European Union’s framing of trade
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : The field of Ecologically Unequal Exchange (EUE) demonstrates how contemporary trade is based on time-space appropriation, from which the North owe the South an ecological debt. EUE researchers argue that free trade under the capitalist world-system reinforces the extractions and hinders ‘development’ of the south. LÄS MER
3. (Ine)quality of air and water - A political ecology approach to a multilevel analysis of individual- and country-level factors impacting people’s experience of environmental quality in their community
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development StudiesSammanfattning : The purpose of this study is to examine inequalities in terms of air and water quality in a cross-national study comparing determinants at both individual and national level using a subjective measurement. This study explores how uneven development and economic inequalities within and between countries affect people’s experience of environmental problems (i. LÄS MER
4. Countries Divided, Shared Pollution: Whose Mess is it? A Case Study on the issue of Transnational Border Sewage in the Tijuana River Valley Watershed
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/HumanekologiSammanfattning : This thesis critically examines the issue of shared border sewage between San Diego and Tijuana. In light of the recent sewage spill in February of 2017, dumping 143 million gallons of raw sewage into the Tijuana River, the phenomena of border sewage in the transnational environment of the Tijuana River Watershed has been a topic of interest in local and international contexts; raising questions of how this issue came about, what is causing it, and why it’s still happening. LÄS MER
5. Socioecological Transformation and the History of Indian Cotton, Gujarat, Western India
Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaSammanfattning : Landscape management is often referred to as a holistic concept, which deals with large-scale processes and multidisciplinary manners in regards to natural resource use with ecological and livelihood considerations. Seen in this light, landscape transformation should be understood within the context of the human-nature relationship, viewing human activities and their institutions as an essential part of the system rather than as external agents. LÄS MER
