Search for dissertations about: "Arctic oil"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words Arctic oil.
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1. Arctic Offshore Hydrocarbon Resource Development : Past, Present and Vision of the Future
Abstract : Energy issues have always been on the global economics and geopolitics agenda, even though energy sources have been changing over time.In recent years, the awareness of Arctic offshore oil and natural gas development has escalated, yielding economic opportunities and incurring risks. READ MORE
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2. The monetary value of marine environmental change
Abstract : The marine ecosystems are fundamental for human welfare. A number of current environmental pressures need attention, and the formulation of management strategies requires information from a variety of analytical dimensions. The linkage between environmental change and resulting implications for human welfare is one such dimension. READ MORE
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3. State Learning and Role Playing : International environmental cooperation in the Arctic Council
Abstract : This study investigates state interaction as a social learning process, where the ultimate aim is to enhance an understanding on how states learn of environmental norms. An entry into the domain on such learning processes is offered through a Constructivist approach and more specifically through the employment of a role theoretical perspective; a role here is signified as a state's repertory of behavior and its social position within a group. READ MORE
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4. The constitutive power of maps in the Arctic
Abstract : As maps are widely used, circulated, and recognised, they have consequences for how people view and understand the world. They mediate political meaning-making and frame the conditions for political alternatives to emerge or to be silenced. READ MORE
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5. The global energy system through a prism of change : The oil & gas industry and the case of the Arctic
Abstract : The energy industry as a whole and the oil & gas industry in particular is experiencing changes under the influence of a variety of trends and the changing needs of society. Current social, economic, environmental and climate challenges are raising sharp questions for the established principles of energy production and consumption, increasingly arguing for sustainable trajectories in the development of the global energy system. READ MORE