Sökning: "landesque capital"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 uppsatser innehållade orden landesque capital.

1. 1. Uttryck i sten : En studie av röjningsrösen, stensträngar och husgrundsterrasser under mellersta järnålder i Uppland

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur

   Författare :Andrea Jäderlund; [2014]
   Nyckelord :;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with two types of agrarian remains in relation to settlement remains; clearance cairns, low stone walls and house terraces in the area of Northeastern Uppland and the area north of Lake Mälaren, during the middle Iron Age. The aim whit this thesis is trying to get a better understanding of the relation between agrarian and settlement remains in Uppland. LÄS MER

3. 2. Local dynamics and external drivers of agro-ecological change in Southwestern Ethiopia

   Master-uppsats, Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Författare :Julia Hedtjärn Swaling; [2012]
   Nyckelord :Ethiopia; agricultural change; agroecology; top-down; bottom-up; political ecology; landesque capital; participatory rural appraisal;

   Sammanfattning : While previous research on African smallholder agriculture has been criticized of focusing on the sole factor of population pressure as driver of agricultural degradation or intensification, the present study tries to nuance this debate by providing empirically grounded research, exploring the dynamics behind local agro-ecological change. The thesis specifically studies the dynamics behind small-scale farmers’ crop choices in relation to their management of trees in cropland in Gera District, Ethiopia. LÄS MER

4. 3. Maintaining ‘Invisible’ Landesque Capital : A Case Study of Soil Fertility Management in a Smallholder Irrigation System in Kenyan Drylands

   Master-uppsats, Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Författare :Manuel Fischer; [2012]
   Nyckelord :;

   Sammanfattning : Soils in sub-Saharan Africa have long been considered as seriously degrading due to traditional agriculture. This perception was challenged in recent years by new research which entailed a new understanding of African soils and their management. LÄS MER

5. 4. Small-Scale Farmers Land Use and Socioeconomic Situation in the Mount Elgon District in Northwestern Kenya : A Minor Field Study - Combined Field Mapping and Interview

   Kandidat-uppsats, Geografi

   Författare :Patrik Kaati; [2011]
   Nyckelord :land use; small-scale farmer; socioeconomic situation; sustainable soil and water conservation measures; GIS; semi-structured interviews; political ecology; landesque capital; land degradation; core-periphery relationships;

   Sammanfattning : This Minor Field Study was carried out during November and December in 2011 in the Mount Elgon District in Western Kenya. The objective was to examine nine small-scale farming household´s land use and socioeconomic situation when they have joined a non-governmental organization (NGO) project, which specifically targets small-scale farming households to improve land use system and socioeconomic situation by the extension of soil and water conservation measures. LÄS MER

7. 5. Lines in the Landscape : Land reform and the landscape in southern Ukraine

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Författare :Brian Kuns; [2010]
   Nyckelord :Land Reform; Ukraine; Landscape; Land Use; Agriculture;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is a field study focusing on change in the agricultural landscape following Ukraine’s post-independence land reform, in which Soviet era collective and state farms were dissolved and the ownership of 30 million hectares of agricultural land was distributed to former collective farm workers. It is based on an eight-week field visit to the southern Ukrainian province of Kherson, during which time the author was able to interview 21 farmers and agricultural officials. LÄS MER