Sökning: "West Africa"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 80 avhandlingar innehållade orden West Africa.

  1. 16. 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

  3. 17. Diaspora at Home? : Wartime Mobilities in the Burkina Faso-Côte d'Ivoire Transnational Space

    Författare :Jesper Bjarnesen; Sten Hagberg; Mats Utas; Joseph Hellweg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Wartime mobilities; home; transnational space; diaspora; urban anthropology; West Africa; conflict; return; migration; youth; intergenerational relations; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Sammanfattning : In the period 1999-2007, more than half a million Burkinabe returned to Burkina Faso due to the persecution of immigrant labourers in neighbouring Côte d’Ivoire. Ultranationalist debates about the criteria for Ivorian citizenship had intensified during the 1990s and led to the scapegoating of immigrants in a political rhetoric centred on notions of autochthony and xenophobia. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Sweet Battlefields : Youth and the Liberian Civil War

    Författare :Mats Utas; Ovesen Jan; Alcinda Honwana; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cultural anthropology; Liberia; anthropology; civil war; youth; children; child soldiers; street children; conflict; violence; women in war; West Africa; liminality; Kulturantropologi; Cultural anthropology; Kulturantropologi; Kulturantropologi; Cultural Anthropology;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation presents an ethnography of youth in Liberia and of how their lives became affected by a civil war which raged in the country between 1990 and 1997. The focus is on the experiences, motivations, and reflections of young combatants who fought for a variety of rebel factions. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Industrial development and sustainable livelihood : three case studies from West Africa

    Författare :Sullay S. Kamara; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; industrial development; environmental impact assessment; partnership; sustainable livelihood projects; mining industry;

    Sammanfattning : .... LÄS MER

  7. 20. Assessing sustainable approaches to sanitation planning and implementation in West Africa

    Författare :Jennifer R. McConville; Gunno Renman; Jan-Olof Drangert; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Decision-Making; Implementation; Planning; Sanitation; Sustainable; Civil engineering and architecture; Samhällsbyggnadsteknik och arkitektur;

    Sammanfattning : The challenge of achieving global sanitation targets is that it requires application of both technology that is appropriate and a supporting organizational structure. The interactions between the two begin during the planning/decision-making process and continue throughout the system lifetime. LÄS MER