Search for dissertations about: "governance for sustainable development"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 94 swedish dissertations containing the words governance for sustainable development.
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1. Towards sustainable development : Indicators as a tool of local governance
Abstract : Beginning in the 1990s, sustainability indicators have rapidly been developed in different political contexts to measure progress towards reaching sustainable development. Previous research has largely focused on developing models and criteria for defining indicators in order to identify scientifically sound systems. READ MORE
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2. Sustainable tourism development : Social sustainability, planning and strategic development for better cities
Abstract : The main goal of this thesis has been to contribute towards improved understanding of how cities can influence tourism development. A great deal of earlier tourism studies has been concerned with aspects of social sustainability. This has naturally concentrated on potential as well as real anomalies and conflicts related to urban tourism. READ MORE
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3. Governing Development : The Millennium Development Goals and Gender Policy Change in Sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract : Recent decades have witnessed an upsurge in the use of different forms of global performance assessments as a means to influence the behavior of states. Within the area of international development, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) reinforced the practice of development governance through global performance indicators (GPIs) and gained considerable agenda-setting power among the international development community. READ MORE
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4. Searching for sustainable aquaculture governance : A focus on ambitions and experience
Abstract : Aquaculture is one of the most diverse food-producing industries and is suggested as a key solution to a growing global food demand. It has been argued that aquaculture has the potential to expand sustainably in most parts of the world, especially in the EU where consumption far out weighs production. READ MORE
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5. Deep Roots and Tangled Branches : Bureaucracy and Collaboration in Natural Resource Governance in South India
Abstract : This is a study about collaboration within bureaucracies tasked with natural resource management in the contemporary Global South. It seeks to fill a considerable knowledge gap in the extant literature by exploring how individual public officials perceive the policy environment they work in. READ MORE