Sökning: "Wayuu"

Hittade 4 uppsatser innehållade ordet Wayuu.

  1. 1. Addressing Water Scarcity in La Guajira: A Comparative Analysis of Four Water Systems

    Kandidat-uppsats, KTH/Skolan för teknikvetenskap (SCI)

    Författare :Johan Hedstrand Welander; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Drought; wells; desalination; La Guajira; Colombia; windmills; solar panels; MFS; Minor Field Study; development;

    Sammanfattning : During the recent prolonged drought in La Guajira, Colombia, the child mortality rate surged to 23.4 per 1000. With the focal point in rural Alta Guajira, a lack of rainfall and wind resulted in an acute potable water scarcity. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Resilience in Action: An Exploration of the Motivations of Wayúu Indigenous Women Human Rights Defenders in their Endeavor to Safeguard their Rights in La Guajira, Colombia.

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Författare :Evelina Karlsson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Human right defender; Indigenous Peoples; Women human right defenders; Intersectionality; Resistance; Resilience.; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Objectives: Colombia is proving to be a notable epicentre of risk for individuals actively engaged in human rights advocacy. Notwithstanding this pervasive risk, individuals continue to champion their cause on a daily basis. A trend is emerging of more and more Indigenous women taking prominent leadership roles to catalyse social change. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Increasing the Resilience of Colombia’s Indigenous Wayuu Communities Through Renewable Energy Technologies

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Författare :Ian Granit; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Water-Energy-Food Security WEF Nexus; Renewable Energy; Energy Security; Water Security; Food Security; diffusion; innovation; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Small scale renewable energy systems (SSRES) serve as a potential solution to decrease energy poverty, increase water and food security, and a potential climate change adaptation (CCA) strategy. This thesis investigates the diffusion of such systems amongst indigenous Wayuu communities in La Guajira, Colombia, through Roger's Diffusion Theory. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Is the tide turning? Mobilizing indigenous rights for Environmental Justice: A case study from extractive projects in La Alta Guajira, Colombia

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Författare :Malin Hassler; [2015]
    Nyckelord :Natural resource management; Wayuu; Power struggles; Prior and Informed Consent; Free; Indigenous rights; Indigenous Identity; Environmental Justice; Resource extraction; Social Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explored the opportunities and challenges to Environmental Justice (EJ) for Wayuu communities as Colombia expands the resource frontier deeper into indigenous lands. Based on qualitative fieldwork the case study has discussed how, and why, indigenous Wayuu in La Alta Guajira engage with or resist a recent offshore hydrocarbon concession in their territories and how indigenous rights, through the formalization of Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), may offer possibilities for EJ for the Wayuu. LÄS MER