Sökning: "Costa Rica"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 29 avhandlingar innehållade orden Costa Rica.

1. 1. Periferins micrópolis - genus, rum och fattigdom i Costa Rica

   Författare :Karin Grundström; Boende och bostadsutveckling; []
   Nyckelord :stadsdel; arkitektur; appropriation; Costa Rica; fattigdom; genderisering; genus; kvinnor; micrópolis; periferi; planering; plats; rumsliga praktiker; rum; slum; stadsutveckling; urbanisering; vardagsliv;

   Sammanfattning : I urbaniseringens fotspår materialiseras fattigdomen i slum, kåkstäder och favelas i städer värl-den över. Trots millenniemålen om att minska antalet invånare som lever i slum, visar statistik från FN-Habitat att urbaniseringstakten ökar och att städernas fattiga idag utgör en fjärdedel av världens stadsinvånare. LÄS MER

3. 2. Space, Activities and Gender- Everyday Life in Lindora, Costa Rica

   Författare :Karin Grundström; Boende och bostadsutveckling; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Architecture; Costa Rica; Everyday Life; Gender; Housing; Planning; Private; Urban; Public;

   Sammanfattning : The thesis analyzes the everyday life of women and men in a neighbourhood planned for low-income housing in the ourskirts of the capital San José in Costa Rica. The research uses an everyday life perspective and shows how gender organization leads to a division of labour and a use of space that differentiate between women and men's activities. LÄS MER

4. 3. Costa Rican coffee and bananas : A social-ecological study of management practices and their effects on the environment

   Författare :Angelina Sanderson Bellamy; Micheal Tedengren; Charles Francis; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Costa Rica; coffee; banana; production system; pesticides; organic; conventional; Rainforest Alliance certification; Biology; Biologi; marin ekotoxikologi; Marine Ecotoxicology;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis investigates the variability in management practices on coffee and banana farms in an attempt to identify practices that reduce the environmental impact of export crop production. Different banana production systems are studied to determine their level of environmental impact. LÄS MER

5. 4. Migration of Sea Turtles from Caribbean Costa Rica: Implications for Management

   Författare :Sebastian Troëng; Biologiska institutionen; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Animal ecology; conservation; predation; remigration; annual survival probability; mtDNA; satellite telemetry; tagging; Costa Rica; Tortuguero; endangered; migration; Djurekologi; sea turtles;

   Sammanfattning : Tortuguero National Park in Costa Rica hosts nesting by four species of highly migratory and endangered sea turtles (green, hawksbill, leatherback and loggerhead turtles). Sea turtle research at Tortuguero has been continuous since Dr. Archie Carr began studies in the 1950?s. LÄS MER

7. 5. PRO-POOR PLANNING: A Tool for Strategic Territorial Planning and a Conceptual Framework Drawn from Studies in Colombia and Costa Rica

   Författare :Carlos de la Espriella; Boende och bostadsutveckling; []
   Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Poverty Reduction; Statistical Information; Social Housing; Urban Governance; Urbanization; Poverty Impact Assessments; Poverty Mapping; Local Authorities; Poverty; Integrated Urban Planning; Inequality; Geographic Information Systems; Decentralization; Costa Rica; Census Microdata; Colombia; Urban Residential Segregation; Urban Planning;

   Sammanfattning : Few planning practices in the South seem to be equipped with key concepts and technical, empirical and administrative capacities required to comprehend and visualize the phenomenon of poverty at inter- and intra-urban levels, which compromises their ability to inform decision-makers on the effects on poverty reduction of the land-based actions they design, implement and monitor. This challenge was addressed from conceptual, technical, empirical, and administrative angles, which correspond to the research objectives. LÄS MER