Publicação
Supporting forced migrant resettlement with a location based freecycling service
| dc.contributor.advisor | Degbelo, Auriol | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Kray, Christian | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Painho, Marco Octávio Trindade | |
| dc.contributor.author | Braun, Lucas Alan | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-05-06T11:21:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-05-06T11:21:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-02-05 | |
| dc.description | Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Geospatial Technologies | pt_PT |
| dc.description.abstract | Forced migrants face many challenges when trying to settle into life in a new city. Social isolation is one common consequence of the upheaval they experience. Research has shown that technology can ease various parts of the resettlement process, but work is needed to see how it can address social isolation in particular. We hypothesized that a location-based freecycling service would be particularly suitable for this purpose, due to freecycling's potential to bolster social engagement and location-based services' ability to adapt to the user's context. We conducted needs assessment interviews with ve forced migrants and six freecyclers in M unster, Germany. We analyzed the results of the interviews to develop user requirements for a theoretical service. We implemented a subset of the user requirements as part of a prototype mobile app. Then we evaluated the app with 6 forced migrants and 16 freecyclers during a two-week trial. Our investigation showed that, with careful design, a location-based freecycling service can meet the needs of both locally established freecyclers and forced migrants seeking to reduce their social isolation. These ndings contribute to literature on the needs of forced migrants and how to meet those needs with geospatial technologies. Our ndings can bene t researchers of forced migrant social isolation and developers of location-based and other services to support forced migrant resettlement. | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.tid | 202230333 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10362/68744 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Social isolation | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Location-based freecycling service | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Migrants | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Supporting forced migrant resettlement with a location based freecycling service | pt_PT |
| dc.type | master thesis | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | masterThesis | pt_PT |
| thesis.degree.name | Mestrado em Tecnologias Geoespaciais | pt_PT |