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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 18 uppsatser innehållade ordet devolution.

1. 11. The Origin and Implementation of the Smart-Sustainable City Concept: The Case of Malmö, Sweden

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Författare :Gabrielle Freeman; [2017]
   Nyckelord :smart-sustainable cities; sustainable development; ICT; climate change; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : The concept of a smart-sustainable city (SSC) has recently come to dominate urban sustainability political agendas and academic discourses in Europe. This thesis investigates (1) the origination of the SSC concept, (2) how it is being framed as an approach to sustainable urban development, and (3) how it can be contextualized in concrete projects and urban planning initiatives in the city of Malmö, Sweden. LÄS MER

3. 12. When's the holiday over? Assessing the sustainability of local government debt in Sweden

   D-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Författare :Sebastian Röing; [2017]
   Nyckelord :Local government debt; Public finance; Sustainability; VAR model;

   Sammanfattning : Swedish local governments are emerging from an era of low indebtness after the Swedish financial crisis in the 1990s preceded the creation of a comparatively robust, rules-based macro-prudential framework. Yet, the persistently low interest rates observed since 2008 have allowed an accelerating debt accumulation under those frameworks, pre-empting questions of debt sustainability should interest rates reverse. LÄS MER

4. 13. Forest resource governance and the devolution of power through co-management approach: policy vs practice : a case study in Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary, Bangladesh

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

   Författare :Sujoy Subroto; [2017]
   Nyckelord :co-management; power devolution; partnerships; accountability; actors Capability;

   Sammanfattning : In recent years co-management has been widely used as a strategy to address the challenges related to protected area governance, and devolution of power, management responsibility and empowerment of actors are recognized as central to this approach. This study examines the extent to which present co-management arrangements in Rema-Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary (RKWS), Bangladesh has achieved devolution of power, responsibility and resource use rights and what are the prevailing gaps between policy and practice. LÄS MER

5. 14. What explains success and failure in Community Based Natural Resource Management? A comparison of Botswana and Zambia

   Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Arthur Chisanga; [2016-07-01]
   Nyckelord :Community Based Natural Resource Management; Devolution; Local Community; Common Pool Resources; Community Trust; Community Resource Boards; Controlled Hunting Areas; Game Management Areas;

   Sammanfattning : This study was set out to understand why some African countries succeed in implementing co-management programmes in natural resource management while others fail to do so. This relevant problem is at the center of this thesis and was examined in a comparative empirical investigation of Community Based Natural Resource Management (CBNRM) in Botswana and Zambia. LÄS MER

7. 15. Political Entrepreneurs and Regioneers: A Netnographic Study of Regional Identity and Soft Regionalism in Somerset, England

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Författare :Zachary Mooney; [2015]
   Nyckelord :identity; cultural analysis; political entrepreneur; commodification; soft regionalism; heritage; region; Somerset; England; Britain; MACA; Cultural Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Soft regionalism and regional identities in Great Britain has seldom been explored beyond the national debates of Scotland, Wales, and Cornwall. Many recent local studies in England have, too, been neglected. LÄS MER