Sökning: "Land-grabbing"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 39 uppsatser innehållade ordet Land-grabbing.

1. 16. Development and underdevelopment: an examination of land grabbing in the DRC

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Alice Mutambala; [2017]
   Nyckelord :Foreign Investments; Land grabbing; Neocolonialism; Dependency; Capitalism; Law and Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : As foreign investments are conducted to a larger extent on the African continent and governments as well as corporations from the Western world are profiting from the countries’ resources, cases of exploitation of vulnerable groups are likewise being observed. These cases indicate how parties with great, economic power occasionally use their superior position when negotiating with, for example, rural communities that lack any means to oppose them. LÄS MER

3. 17. Markrättigheter och mänskliga rättigheter

   L2-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Författare :Linete Roque Andersson; [2017]
   Nyckelord :Mänskliga rättigheter; Human rights; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Using interview as a method this paper aims to obtain a deeper comprehesion of the life situation of the rural population in Xitanda and Itepela, in the northern part of Mocambique, where the Swedish company Chikweti were accused of land grabbing. With the approach of Grounded Theory and the constuction of a theory through the data analysis, the interviews plays a central role in the search for not only an understanding of the phenomenon of land grabbing in itself but most importantly the context where it occurs. LÄS MER

4. 18. Biofuel Production : Examining the development of sub-Saharan Africa through the concepts of land grabbing, environmental justice and different views on development theories

   Kandidat-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Miljövetenskap

   Författare :Oskar Fredrikson; [2017]
   Nyckelord :Biofuel; environmental justice; land grabbing; sub-Saharan Africa;

   Sammanfattning : This paper examines and problematize the effects of biofuel production by focusing on local communities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The premise lays in a critique of neoliberal thoughts of development and the concept of sustainable development. LÄS MER

5. 19. Social Impact of Coca Crops in Colombia. : From socio-territorial processes to new social configurations: the role of land tenure, armed conflict, environment and coca crops.

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Författare :Nuñez Ciceros Carolina; [2016]
   Nyckelord :Coca crops; Land grabbing; Pacific region; social impact; political ecology.;

   Sammanfattning : This paper explores alterations in social dynamics caused by coca crops in Curvaradó and Jiguamiandó, at Choco department in the Colombian Pacific region. The research analyzes the role of armed actors such as paramilitaries and guerrillas in the conformation of new social spaces where local people find resistance as the main tool to survive in chaotic environments. LÄS MER

7. 20. Revealing distal drivers in coral reef social-ecological systems : Mapping land grabbing and human migration at a global scale

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Författare :Linnéa Joandi; [2016]
   Nyckelord :Coral reef ecosystems; distal drivers; human migration; land grabbing; coral reef social-ecological system framework; teleconnection framework; telecoupling framework; coral reef management;

   Sammanfattning : It is well recognized that coral reefs are suffering from a multitude of anthropogenic stressors which are threatening their integrity and existence. This includes stressors such as overharvesting, reduced water quality and habitat fragmentation. LÄS MER