Sökning: "small-scale society"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 144 uppsatser innehållade orden small-scale society.
1. Småbrukbondens förökningsmetoder på Siargao - Traditionellt småbruk på en tropisk ö i Stilla havet, Filippinerna
Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvårdSammanfattning : Several studies and reports regarding traditional knowledge are describing the importance of this knowledge in development of a sustainable farming in the future. Traditional farming is important in sustaining ecosystems and their services as well as the planets biodiversity. LÄS MER
2. Education, Employability and Imagining the Future: A Minor Field Study of Goals and Motivations in a South African Small-Scale Development Programme
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/SociologiSammanfattning : South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world, and that shows in the distribution of opportunities amongst South Africans. In the face of political failures to deliver improvements for unemployed youth NGO projects become more important avenues for young people to acquire resources needed to improve their lives. LÄS MER
3. Governance and decision-making : Lessons from three French eco-villages
Master-uppsats, KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikSammanfattning : In a context of rising environmental pressure and slow societal changes in response, the emergence of ecovillages comes as a small-scale solution to actively propose sustainable alternatives to the modern consumerist society. The human factor plays a key role in enabling such ecovillages to last. LÄS MER
4. If a Tree Falls in the Forest - Three Interventions in the Swedish Forest to Come
Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, KTH/ArkitekturSammanfattning : Our thesis project consists of three architectural interventions: The Mushroom, The Gnat and The Snake, fitting into a vision of a Swedish forest managed in a more sustainable way. A future in which the practice of clear-felling has been abandoned in favor of alternative methods falling under the umbrella term Continuous Cover Forestry (CCF). LÄS MER
5. Stability improvement to a ruthenium catalyst for partial oxidation of methane
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Kemiteknik (CI)Sammanfattning : Catalytic partial oxidation of methane (CPOM) is an energy-efficient alternative to steam reforming, the currently prevailing method for energy production from natural gas. Hulteberg Chemistry & Engineering AB has developed a catalyst for the partial oxidation of methane into syngas, for use in solid oxide fuel cells. LÄS MER