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Feasibility of waste-to-energy recovery technoligies in Lahore, Pakistan
(Master thesis, 2011-11-11)Solid waste remained a no longer more problem with establishment of innovate waste-to-energy recovery technologies. In this study, try to find out the most promising energy recovery technology among the other available ... -
Risky Business? Implications and perceptions of UNDP's contract-related interface in Mogadishu
(Master thesis, 2011-11-14)The last few years the UN has witnessed an increase in criticisms regarding their interactions in Somalia. The criticisms need to be coupled with the broadened understanding and activities of peace-building, and the ... -
Implementing new governance strategies for protected ares : Analysis of the transboundary conservation program on Mt ELgon in Uganda and Kenya
(Master thesis, 2011-11-16)This thesis aim to examine the process of how a transboundary protected area management strategy (TBPAM) is introduced and implemented, using the case of Mt. Elgon in Kenya and Uganda. TBPAM has received much attention ... -
Indigenous peoples in Costa Rica and El Diquís hydroelectric project : indigenous identity, consultation and representation
(Master thesis, 2011-11-28)This thesis investigates the Brunca and the Teribe, two indigenous groups in Costa Rica, and their response to a proposed hydropower development on their territories. The Costa Rican Institute of Electricity (ICE) started ... -
Social security for poverty reduction : a study of the MGNREGA in Karnataka, India
(Master thesis, 2011-11-28)This research addresses the impact of social security in reducing poverty with the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in rural Karnataka, southern India. The MGNREGA was incepted in India ... -
Physical variables influencing macro-invertebrate assemblages in epiphytic bromeliads in the rain forest of Belize
(Master thesis, 2011-12-01)Epiphytic bromeliads from the genus Aechmea are found on many different tree species in the tropics. These bromeliads have evolved water storage tanks where they are able to host many different macro-invertebrate species. ... -
Can national parks deliver in a modern world? : cases from Mikumi National Park in Tanzania and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda
(Master thesis, 2011-12-01)Tanzania and Uganda are two countries in Africa with an outstanding abundance of biodiversity. This biodiversity is usually conserved in Protected Areas such as national parks. Mikumi National Park (MINAPA) and Bwindi ... -
(Not) a REDD Light District? : implementation of a REDD Programme in Kilosa District, Tanzania
(Master thesis, 2011-12-01)This study focuses on the globally emerging REDD+ programme as a way of tackling climate change, and it looks at challenges and implications for implementation at the Tanzanian national level and at the local level trough ... -
A High North strategy? : an assessment of place-vulnerability in Finnmark county and the Norwegian government's policies towards mitigating oil spills in the Barents Sea
(Master thesis, 2012-04-27)The objective of this thesis project is to determine how the Norwegian Government aims to mitigate Place-Vulnerability in Finnmark County, Norway from the risk of oil spills imposed by increasing volumes of maritime traffic ... -
A growing link? Organic farming and the tourist industry in Zanzibar
(Master thesis, 2012-05-18)Since Zanzibar opened up for tourism in the late 1980s, the industry has remained fairly detached from other spheres of society. Very few Zanzibaris are employed in this fast growing, high income industry. Moreover, a ... -
When aid workers sustain sex workers : a post-conflict study of urban livelihoods in Kigali, Rwanda
(Master thesis, 2012-05-18)As billions of aid dollars has been flourishing from the North to the South the past six decades, many developing countries are still poor and destitute. This thesis argue that by giving cash to the poor, they will know ... -
Perceptions and actions regarding industrial and domestic wastewater among groups of citizens in Zhuzhou City, China
(Master thesis, 2012-05-18)Perceptions and actions of professional regarding wastewater are essential elements in water management of a whole society. In this paper, studying of present policies and comparing perception of three types of people – ... -
The role of civil society in democratizing development : a study of Burma/Myanmar
(Master thesis, 2012-06-19)This paper presents as a qualitative research to describe and to analyze the role of civil society in democratizing development in a study of Burma. The contextualization approach for understanding my study is the concepts ... -
The potential of REDD in Ghana : a study of the pilot area, Aowin Suaman district in the western region, Ghana
(Master thesis, 2012-06-21)This study is aimed at describing peoples’ livelihoods, access to and use of land to determine whether REDD could be successful in Ghana as part of the globally emerging agenda of tackling climate change. To accomplish ... -
A study of socio-cultural barriers and human rights of women with disabilities in Livingstone and Kazungula districts of Zambia
(Master thesis, 2012-08-06)Zambia is a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and as such is expected to provide for people with disabilities. There are at present very few reports on the status ... -
The making of...CSR decisions : behind the scenes of Tullow's CSR Program in Kaiso-Tonya, Uganda
(Master thesis, 2012-08-07)Throughout the last decades, the yet-evolving concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) received a lot of attention from researchers, governments, civil society and businesses. Whereas the rationale for doing CSR ... -
Rural energy assessment and potential alternative energy resources & technologies in rural areas of Abbottabad, Pakistan
(Master thesis, 2012-08-07)This report provides an in-depth review and critical analysis of the various rural energy resources and their socio-economic, health and indoor environmental impacts on rural people and their livelihoods in Abbottabad, ... -
Green values in the 2010 Brazilian elections : an application of Inglehart's postmaterial theory to the Partido Verde in Brazil.
(Master thesis, 2012-08-14)This study examines the emergence of green values in Brazil through a case study of the Partido Verde in the 2010 elections. With Inglehart’s thesis on postmaterial values as a point of departure, I set out to demonstrate ... -
The Norwegian International Climate and Forest Initiative : an analysis of the process and motivations of policy making
(Master thesis, 2012-08-20)REDD+ is perceived to be the among the most appropriate measures available for the collective effort to reduce global emissions, due to expectations of cost-efficiency, quick reductions of emissions, and multiple benefits. ... -
Urban and rural in South Sudan : case studies from Juba and Yei country
(Master thesis, 2012-08-21)On July 9th 2011 South Sudan declared its independence. A referendum was organized in January the same year where the vast majority voted for secession. It was the end of the second civil war with the Sudan. The two wars ...