Sökning: "rural development policies"

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1. 1. Carbon credit schemes & landownership in Scotland : an analysis of policy discourses

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

   Författare :Imogen Cadwaladr-Rimmer; [2024]
   Nyckelord :carbon credit schemes; discourse policy analysis; environmental governance; landownership; land reform; neoliberalisation; rural Scotland; sustainable development.;

   Sammanfattning : Carbon Credit Schemes have become an important feature of governance approaches to climate change in recent years and have been gaining prominence in the Global North. Scotland in particular has seen a rise in the development of carbon projects, with developers looking to sell carbon credits. LÄS MER

3. 2. Adapting to Extreme Weather Events : - Addressing Flood Risks Through Planning and Policy in Namibia

   Master-uppsats, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planering

   Författare :Tim Licke; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Spatial planning; strategical spatial planning; planning; adaptation; climate; resilience; floods; town planning; Namibia; Efundja; Implementation; climate change; extreme weather; policy; mitigation; Fysisk planering; strategisk fysisk planering; planering; anpassning; klimat; motståndskraft; översvämningar; stadsplanering; Namibia; Efundja; Implementering; klimatförändringar; extremväder; policy;

   Sammanfattning : This master thesis investigates planning initiatives to address extreme weather events' impacts, specifically focusing on floods in Namibia. The study highlights the significance of such events in the context of global climate change, emphasising their adverse effects on livelihoods, particularly in rural communities and informal settlements. LÄS MER

4. 3. Cultivating Resilient Local Food Systems: Identifying opportunities and strategies for sustainable public procurement

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Författare :Madison Sherwood-Walter; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Sustainable Development; Local Food Systems; Public Procurement; Innovation; Agricultural Policy; Rural Development;

   Sammanfattning : The industrialization of the global food system has drastically altered agricultural practices, transitioning from small-scale, subsistence farming to large-scale, transnational supply chains dominated by agribusinesses. While this shift has increased productivity, it has led to environmental degradation, economic inequity, and loss of traditional agricultural knowledge. LÄS MER

5. 4. Bridging space syntax and social capital : a participatory approach to analysing the potential of Light Rail Transit to reconfigure spatialised social segregation in Gottsunda

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

   Författare :Jelmer van der Ham; [2023]
   Nyckelord :public transport; spatialised social segregation; social capital; space syntax; participatory mapping; co-presence;

   Sammanfattning : The geographic separation of population groups can perpetuate social inequalities in reaching socio-economic opportunity and can exacerbate social exclusivity. Gottsunda, an area in Uppsala, has experienced historically reinforced spatialised social segregation by concentrating groups with foreign-born and low socio-economic backgrounds within the same neighbourhood. LÄS MER

7. 5. FISCAL POLICY AND GENDER INEQUALITY : A CASE OF AGRICULTURE SECTOR IN NIGERIA

   Magister-uppsats, Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

   Författare :Adetutu O Emmanuel; [2023]
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   Sammanfattning : Over the years governmental efforts to resolve the issues of gender inequality particularly in the developing countries appear to be less significant, and some scholars have identified this failing as the bane of economic growth and development in such countries. It is argued that the consequences which stems from discrimination against women who constitute about 70% of agricultural labor market in Nigeria and their low empowerment in Nigeria's agriculture sector led to the overall low productivity in the country's agriculture sector. LÄS MER