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Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 120 avhandlingar innehållade ordet livelihoods.
21. The Conditions of Peasant Organisation : Fragmented Livelihoods and Social Memory in post-Independent Mozambique
Sammanfattning : The thesis is an inquiry into peasants’ collective organisation inMozambique since the country’s Independence in 1975. It brings togetherfour published studies and aims to understand the historical and socioeconomic conditions for different forms of peasant organisation in postIndependence Mozambique. LÄS MER
22. Drawing a Livelihoodscape from the Slum : Towards a spatial understanding of gendered livelihoods in Zambia
Sammanfattning : The overarching aim of the thesis was to draw a livelihoodscape from the slum. The questions guiding this endeavour were: Where do slum dwellers carry out their livelihood activities and how can these spatial livelihood patterns be understood? This involved outlining how livelihoods emerged from and interacted with the slum; following how they detached themselves and unfolded further in urban space; and finally, how they transcended the urban territory and migrated onwards to translocal destinations. LÄS MER
23. Informal livelihoods: Womens´biographies and reflections about everyday life : A time-geographic analysis in urban Colombia
Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the everyday life conditions of low-income women who work mainly in the informal sector in Bogota, Colombia. The work has its point of departure in an analysis of the complex daily lives of two women over an extended time period and from the perspective of the individual. LÄS MER
24. "Everybody knows every child should be educated" : The Strive Towards Universal Primary Education in Tanzania
Sammanfattning : In 2001, the first Primary Education Development Plan declared that the previous obligatory primary education fee was to be abolished in Tanzania. This was an attempt to increase the access to public primary education for all children. LÄS MER
25. Environmental Effects of Agricultural Expansion in the Upper Amazon : A study of river basin geochemistry and hydrochemistry, and farmers' perceptions
Sammanfattning : In this thesis natural science is combined with environmental psychology in order to determine how deforestation and subsequent agricultural expansion in the Peruvian highland jungle has affected the natural environment and rural livelihoods. This region is part of one of the most biodiverse areas on Earth and is also exposed to high pressure from deforestation that threatens the ecosystems as well as the well-being of local populations. LÄS MER