Sökning: "Local Turn"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 462 uppsatser innehållade orden Local Turn.
1. Spatial Stories of Peace. The case of the Greater Gola Landscape.
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolSammanfattning : This thesis follows the interdisciplinary tradition that exists in global studies by performing a spatial analysis of the imaginary of peace(s) and conservation as a practice of peace(s) and thus contributing to the fields of environmental peacebuilding, peace- and conflict studies, and geography. The thesis has its theoretical starting point in environmental peacebuilding and is drawing and building on spatial theory as a way of understanding the construction of peace(s) in the context of the Greater Gola Landscape, straddling the border of Sierra Leone and Liberia. LÄS MER
2. Local Voltage Control in Converter Based PV Generation
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Lunds universitet/Industriell elektroteknik och automationSammanfattning : As the world is trying to rid itself of its dependence on fossil fuels, the need for renewable energy is rapidly increasing. In the power distribution network (DN), this takes the form of distributed generation (DG) from renewable sources, such as photovoltaic (PV) power production. LÄS MER
3. Time Series Forecasting on Database Storage
Kandidat-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DM)Sammanfattning : Time Series Forecasting has become vital in various industries ranging from weather forecasting to business forecasting. There is a need to research database storage solutions for companies in order to optimize resource allocation, enhance decision making process and enable predictive data storage maintenance. LÄS MER
4. DRR in Colombia: The risk of reproducing rather than reducing disasters : A discourse analysis on the local sense-making of DRR in Huila, Colombia
Master-uppsats, FörsvarshögskolanSammanfattning : The international community has been working on reducing disaster risks for decades, investing millions of dollars and implementing hundreds of projects in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). There is a broad consensus nowadays between academia and practitioners of how disasters result from exposure and vulnerabilities, where it’s essential to reduce these vulnerabilities. LÄS MER
5. Bidding Farewell to the Ancient City of Ashur: A Qualitative Case Study of the Social and Cultural Impacts of the Makhoul Dam in Iraq
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolSammanfattning : This qualitative case study explores through semi-structured Interviews the social and cultural impacts of the Makhoul Dam, planned as part of Iraq’s climate change mitigation work. It was based on the research question: How do local individuals experience the Makhoul Dam’s impact on their home environments including the surrounding archaeological sites? And supported by the two operational questions: How are individuals in the dam-affected areas wellbeing and identity interlinked to their native areas including the surrounding archaeological sites? and How does the Makhoul Dam including its decision making process affect individuals in the dam-affected areas’ wellbeing and identity? By using Albrecht's theory of solastalgia, the theory of place attachment, where a broader definition of the theory was applied and community participation theory, eight sub-themes were identified under three main themes; “Our Area”, Who’s decision? and Wellbeing and identity. LÄS MER
