Sökning: "livelihoods approach"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 39 avhandlingar innehållade orden livelihoods approach.

  1. 1. Bolivian transnational livelihoods : Impacts of labour migration on wellbeing and farming in Cochabamba

    Författare :Johanna Carolina Jokinen; John Östh; Susanne Stenbacka; Aida Aragão-Lagergren; Mariel Cristina Aguilar-Støen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; transnational labour migration; livelihoods approach; remittances; agricultural land use change; Cochabamba; Bolivia; Social and Economic Geography; Kulturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the diverse consequences of transnational labour migration on individual migrants and their household members within out-migration communities in the agricultural valleys of Cochabamba, Bolivia. Using a multiple methods approach and the livelihoods framework, the aim of this work is to shed light on different experiences of migration in terms of objective wellbeing, subjective wellbeing, and changed practices in agricultural production. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Coastal livelihoods : A study of population and land-use in Noarootsi, Estonia 1690 to 1940

    Författare :Hele Kiimann; Tom Mels; Peeter Maandi; Göran Hoppe; Ulf Jansson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :Noarootsi; Estonia; cartographical analysis; interdisciplinary study; soil cover change; landscape history; coastal peasants; Estonian-Swedish; feudal manor system; land reform.;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates how the inhabitants formed the coastal landscape of northwest Estonia through both internal change and external impact by estate owners, provincial government and imperial decrees. Two villages on the largely Swedish populated Noarootsi peninsula, Einbi (Enby) and Kudani (Gutanäs), are examined in detail. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Interdisciplinary knowledge integration and the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach. Case studies on rural livelihoods in Kenya and China

    Författare :Per Knutsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sustainable livelihoods approach; rural development; climate change; land use; interdisciplinary; transdisciplinary; China; Kenya;

    Sammanfattning : To understand the complex and multifaceted problems of rural development in Africa and Asia, perspectives that have the capacity to consider, combine and integrate contributions from different disciplines and different stakeholders are needed. Through five papers based on case-studies in rural Kenya and China, this dissertation contributes towards reaching such a perspective. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Humans and Seagrasses in East Africa : A social-ecological systems approach

    Författare :Maricela de la Torre-Castro; Nils Kautsky; Carl Folke; Patrik Rönnbäck; Edward H. Allison; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :seagrasses; social-ecological systems; institutions; seaweed farming; artisanal fisheries; common-pool resources; natural resource management; Zanzibar; Tanzania; East Africa; Western Indian Ocean;

    Sammanfattning : The present study is one of the first attempts to analyze the societal importance of seagrasses (marine flowering plants) from a Natural Resource Management perspective, using a social-ecological systems (SES) approach. The interdisciplinary study takes place in East Africa (Western Indian Ocean, WIO) and includes in-depth studies in Chwaka Bay, Zanzibar, Tanzania. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Benefits from ecosystem services in Sahelian village landscapes

    Författare :Hanna Sinare; Line J Gordon; Elin Enfors Kautsky; Lowe Börjeson; Jennie Barron; Berta Martín-López; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; agroforestry; Burkina Faso; ecosystem services assessment; landscape change; livelihoods; smallholder agriculture; social-ecological system; West Africa; naturresurshushållning; Natural Resources Management;

    Sammanfattning : Rural people in the Sahel derive multiple benefits from local ecosystem services on a daily basis. At the same time, a large proportion of the population lives in multidimensional poverty. LÄS MER