Sökning: "rural water schemes"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 uppsatser innehållade orden rural water schemes.
1. Att formge Norbergs platsidentitet : ett gestaltningsförslag för parkstråket längs med Norbergsån
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentSammanfattning : Detta arbete handlar om att tolka en plats och som utomstående betraktare förstå dess identitet. Att tolka en plats handlar om att förstå vad som gör platsen speciell, därav syftar arbetet till att undersöka en platsidentitet, vad som kännetecknar den och hur den kan ta sig uttryck i en gestaltning. LÄS MER
2. The role of urban agriculture towards livelihood and food security : the case of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentSammanfattning : Urban agriculture plays a major role in providing food and income in cities. It also serves as a tool for poverty alleviation. LÄS MER
3. Environmental issues from sugarcane plantations in Brazil and how to handle them with market-based instruments
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildningSammanfattning : This study is a literature review of three market-based instruments used for land management; environmental offsets, payments for ecosystem services (PES) and certification, and how they could be used to mitigate environmental impacts from sugarcane cultivation in Brazil when purchasing biopolymers. The study showed that certification is the most common market-based instrument in Brazil. LÄS MER
4. Climate change impacts on water resources of the Ganges : Suitable adaptation options for agriculture in the Indian-Himalayan region
Master-uppsats, KTH/Industriell ekologiSammanfattning : Climate change is affecting several environmental factors and together with socio-economic changes put high pressure on water resources. Climate change manifest itself through increasing temperatures and changes in precipitation patterns and intensities, with knock-on effects on hydrologically-relevant parameters such as water flows, evapotranspiration rates, glacial melt etcetera, all of which have already been observed in the recent past and are predicted to continue in the future. LÄS MER
5. "L'eau c'est la vie": Seeking Sustainable Water Access and Community Participation in Rural Cameroon
Magister-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Sammanfattning : In the rural water scheme projects across sub-Saharan Africa, the participatory Community Based Management model has become the norm. Through initial financing by oustide funders, the goal is for communities to independently take on the financing of the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the improved water schemes, thereby ensuring sustainability and functionality of the pumps. LÄS MER