Search results for "MAAS"

Road verges provide alternative habitats for some, but not all, meadow plants

2021

Questions Agricultural intensification has led to the decline of biodiverse meadows and other semi-natural grasslands. Road verges offer potential alternative habitats for meadow species, but they may not be suitable for all meadow species due to different soil properties, frequent disturbances, pollution or suboptimal management. Are the communities of vascular plants and bryophytes similar or dissimilar to those in mown or grazed meadows? What kind of species are associated with road verges, mown meadows or grazed meadows? How do the habitat types differ in their soil conditions and disturbance intensity? Location The study was conducted on 36 sites in Central Finland. Methods We compared…

On the trail of local welfare innovations in rural Finland

2019

Final Draft In Finland, the rural areas have been most affected by the developments threatening the survival of the welfare state as well as by conflicting efforts to save it. However, there are rural communities that have—as a response to the mainstream policy emphasizing economic efficiency and individual responsibility—developed innovative solutions to secure their welfare. Based on a case study focusing on two of such communities, these local welfare innovations are a result from a combination of external causes and local resources including the sense of community and a diverse enough community structure. The authors argue that in the context of welfare policy, the promotion of local we…

Sustainability and Meanings of Farm-Based Bioenergy Production in Rural Finland

2013

Yrittämisen eetos : kulttuuriantropologinen tutkimus perheyrityksestä

2001

Public Organizations and Local Rural Development : an Empirical Analysis

2005

This paper describes an empirical approach designed and adopted to analyze and qualify the role of some public agencies devoted to rural development. These public organizations operate as critical agents in managing local public goods within a complex relation system functioning on a rural area. On the bases of the experiences and observations made on a case study in Central Italy, it emerges an analytical framework deriving from the correlation of an objective and subjective perspectives in the evaluation of these organizations’ performances. From these correlations, it derives a model to empirically classify these agencies evaluating also their potentials in creating integration, condensa…

Elinkeinopolitiikan ja paikallisen työpaikkakehityksen välinen yhteys Keski-Suomen maaseutukunnissa

2007

Risupartoja vai markkinamiehiä? : tapaustutkimus Etelä-Pohjanmaan luomutuottajista

1996

Julkaisu on loppuraportti syksyllä 1994 Chydenius-Instituutissa käynnistyneelle tutkimusprojektille Ympäristöeettinen yritystoiminta suomalaisella maaseudulla. Raportti on syntynyt kolmen tutkijan yhteistyönä, ja aihetta lähestytään monitieteellisesti sosiologian, taloustieteen, filosofian ja maantieteen näkökulmista.

Ehtymätön aitta on maaseutu : suomalaisuus Markku Pölösen elokuvissa

2001

Aspiration development among rural youth : case study Liceo Rural Sámara

2017

The aim of this thesis is to provide a preliminary analysis of the aspirations of rural youth in Sámara, Costa Rica and the factors influencing them. This study will supplement the existing literature on aspirations, while providing a new approach to this field. By assessing which factors are most influential to youth’s development of aspirations this study hopes to provide information which can help to improve infrastructure for the development of aspirations in the future. The ultimate goal is to guide future structural changes to promote the development and realization of youth’s aspirations. The study implements an actor-centered approach by utilizing questionnaire data gathered in the …

Social Inclusion and Exclusion in the Life Stories of Deported Asylum Seekers from Finland to Iraqi Kurdistan

2018

This study explores how social inclusion and exclusion manifest as a dynamic continuum in the everyday lived realities of irregular migrants. Based on narratives of Iraqi Kurdish asylum seekers, who were eventually deported from Finland, the analysis depicts the ways in which societal structures, personal negotiations as well as relationships and social networks interplay in lives characterized by multiple locations, transitions and positions. Establishing and maintaining social contacts, belonging to various networks and being able to decide and act are primary factors that help us understand how the narrators relate to the continuum. The participants construct narratives illustrating seve…