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Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 215 avhandlingar innehållade orden social science 2015.
1. Barriers and bridges for introducing agroforestry and community-based forestry among food insecure households in eastern Africa
Sammanfattning : The aim of introducing agroforestry and community-based forestry is to secure and improve livelihoods, maintain and restore ecosystem services, and contribute to climate change mitigation and adaptation. However, the adoption and scaling up of these systems among food insecure communities have proved to be difficult. LÄS MER
2. Utsatthetens röster
Sammanfattning : Den här avhandlingen handlar om ungdomar i samhäilsvård och deras livsberättelser, om erfarenheter av att växa upp under kaotiska livsvillkor som karaktäriseras av psykiska problem, trasiga relationer, och andra fotmer av social utsatthet. Syftet är att undersöka hur ungdomar som är placerade i samhällsvård använder sina erfarenheteter för att skapa mening och sammanhang kring sig själva och sina liv. LÄS MER
3. Biological and mechanical subsoiling in potato production – a participatory research approach
Sammanfattning : Soil compaction in agricultural fields has increased due to the use of heavy agricultural machinery and intensified vehicular traffic. Compaction reduces total porosity, permeability and water-holding capacity in soil, leading to poorer aeration and impeded root development and nutrient uptake. LÄS MER
4. Forests at the limits : forestry, land use and climate change from political ecology and environmental communication perspectives : the case of Chile & Sweden
Sammanfattning : This thesis is based on a comparative study of forest use and land use for forestry in Sweden and Chile. Processes of forestry development in the two countries are placed in relation to world forestry. LÄS MER
5. Understanding poverty traps in biocultural landscapes
Sammanfattning : Over one and a half billion people live in poverty, with some 795 million suffering from chronic malnourishment. For many of these people this perilous situation has persisted for decades or more, in what is popularly characterized as a poverty ‘trap’. LÄS MER