Sökning: "alvar"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 26 uppsatser innehållade ordet alvar.

  1. 1. Participation, Empowerment and Power Dynamics in the Digitalisation of Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa; Ethnographic Research on the Smallholder Farmers’ Use of Mobile Platforms for Agricultural Development in Kenya

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Författare :Álvar González Bujedo; [2023-02-09]
    Nyckelord :ICT; Digital Services; Rural Development; Economic Growth; Poverty Alleviation; Social Practice Theory; Site Analysis; Participant Observation.;

    Sammanfattning : Information and Communication Technologies, such as mobile phones, are hoped to contribute to rural development and poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Based on that mobile platforms bundle diverse digital services, including financing, marketing, and value chain management, they are supposed to be of support to smallholder farmers. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Are Skyscrapers Too Tall? : The Case of Southern Stockholm

    Magister-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

    Författare :Alvar Elmgren; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Skyscrapers; Shadows; Visibility; Tellus Towers; Sweden;

    Sammanfattning : The number of skyscrapers are increasing rapidly across the world. Interest is growing considerably in places such as Asia and Europe. Because of their height skyscrapers have a strong symbolic value and can help a city attract interest. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Social Sustainability of Digital Information Services in Sub-Saharan Africa : a Social Practice Perspective on Smallholder Farmers’ Use of Mobile Phone-Enabled Services for Agricultural Development in Kenya

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Författare :Alvar Gonzalez Bujedo; [2023]
    Nyckelord :ICT; Pro-Poor Innovation; Knowledge Processes; Social Practice Theory; Human Capital; Social Capital; Sustainability Transitions; Participant Observation;

    Sammanfattning : Nowadays, mobile phone-enabled services are reaching the rural poor farmer in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with digital information for agricultural development. These digital services consist of access to social networks and customised information that are expected to enhance farm management due to knowledge exchange and learning. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Looking for shrubs in an alvar: Investigating classification of orthophotos as a way of mapping shrub species Juniperus communis and Dasiphora fruticose on Stora Alvaret, Öland

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Lantmäteri (CI)

    Författare :Jorun Westman; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Physical Geography; Orthophoto; Stora Alvaret; Shrub; Monitoring; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Technology and Engineering;

    Sammanfattning : Loss of biodiversity is an immediate threat to the planet and if no actions are taken it is expected to accelerate. The highest species richness on smaller scale is found in semi-natural temperate grasslands, with one of the documented records from Stora Alvaret on Öland, Sweden. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Arkitektur från foucaultiansk maktperspektiv - Paimio Sanatorium

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Federica Riviera; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Paimio sanatorium; tuberculosis; Michel Foucault; Aino Aalto; Alvar Aalto; Power; Knowledge; Medical Discourse; Modernist Architecture; Sanatorium Movement.;

    Sammanfattning : The study aims at the investigation and analysis of power relations connected to the sanatorium as a buildingtypology within the modernist architectural contest. The chosen building is the tuberculosis sanatorium ofPaimio, located in southwest Finland and built by architects Aino (1894-1949) and Alvar Aalto (1898-1976)between 1928 and 1933. LÄS MER