Sökning: "environmental degradation and poverty"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 29 uppsatser innehållade orden environmental degradation and poverty.

1. 6. Sowing hope, harvesting justice: How Vila Nova Esperança transformed the environment into an ally to claim rights

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Författare :Luciana Capuano Mascarenhas; [2019]
   Nyckelord :environmental justice; sustainable favelas; urban poverty; degradation narrative; informal settlements; sustainability science; Brazil; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : The presence of informal settlements in large cities of the developing world is a concrete expression of urban poverty. The residents of Brazilian favelas are more likely to be exposed to environmental risks, lower life quality and risks of eviction. LÄS MER

3. 7. Time preferences and community-based conservation: Insights from elephant patrolling efforts in Aras Napal, Indonesia

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Författare :Helena Rydberg; [2018]
   Nyckelord :Indonesia; individual time preferences; social time preferences; patience; community-based conservation; Business and Economics;

   Sammanfattning : This study took place in an Indonesian village in Aras Napal, North Sumatra, which previously has been involved in an elephant patrolling conservation program to mitigate human-elephant conflicts and protect the neighboring Leuser National Park. The study examines the villager’s individual and social time preferences, particularly comparing those who were actively involved in the elephant patrolling unit and those who were not. LÄS MER

4. 8. No agency, no sustainability : conceptualising the loss of agency and how to restore it for sustainability

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Författare :Jan Peter Glock; [2017]
   Nyckelord :agency; unconditional basic income; neoliberalism; insecurity; structural transformation; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Anthropogenic climate change and environmental degradation demand humanity to depart from the growth imperative forming the economic structure of the world. In other words: Structural transformation is needed. LÄS MER

5. 9. Joining Forces: A Study of Multinational Corporations' Sustainability Contributions to a Cross-Sector Social Partnership

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Jönköping/Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Författare :Malin Backman; Klas Jangsell; Josephine Lönnqvist; [2017]
   Nyckelord :Climate Council of Jönköping CC - Klimatrådet ; Cross-Sector Social Partnership CSSP ; Multinational Corporation MNC ; Sustainability; Triple Bottom Line TBL ;

   Sammanfattning : Background: Cross-sector social partnership (CSSP) is a joint effort that utilizes resources from different sectors to solve social issues, such as poverty, pandemics and environmental degradation. According to the United Nations, the environmental tipping point of global warming is soon reached, and to avoid this irreversible situation, the collaboration between state and non-state actors is a requirement. LÄS MER

7. 10. Can urban agriculture become a planning strategy to address social-ecological justice?

   Master-uppsats, KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Författare :Javier Fernández Andrés; [2017]
   Nyckelord :urban agriculture; urban farming; social-ecological justice; equity; food security; food sovereignty; globalisation; industrialisation; inequality; global food system; climate change; food deserts;

   Sammanfattning : Last century witnessed an unprecedented growth of cities which has led to the consolidation of an eminently urbanised world population. Meanwhile, agriculture has adopted industrial methods of production in the shape of large-scale, chemical-laden crops in the countryside, which, together with the liberalisation of global trade, have undermined the livelihood of small-scale peasants throughout the world, forcing many of them out of business. LÄS MER