Search for dissertations about: "ENVIRONMENT DISSERTATIONS"

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  2. 1. Essays on trade and environment

    Author : Mark Sanctuary; Rikard Forslid; Josh Ederington; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International trade; environment; border carbon adjustments; climate change policy; discreet choice; labelling; econometrics; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : The thesis comprises four essays examining aspects of international trade and environment."Border carbon adjustments (BCAs) and Strategic Climate Policy" examines how BCA affects government incentives to regulate emissions and trade in a strategic setting and contrasts the impact of a BCA and a tariff: the distinction being that the level of the BCA is a function of the difference in the trade partner's emission taxes whereas the tariff is not. READ MORE

  4. 2. Gene-Environment Interaction in Adolescent Deviant Behaviour

    Author : Kent W. Nilsson; Leif Lindström; Lars Oreland; Jerzy Leppert; John Öhrvik; Rickard L. Sjöberg; Marie Åsberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Neurobiology; Adolescent; Alcohol; Criminology; Genes; Environment; Monoamine Oxidase; Serotonin; Social Support; Neurobiologi; Neurobiology; Neurobiologi;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore gene-environmental (G*E) interactions in relation to deviant behaviour among 200 Swedish adolescents, with a focus on criminality, alcohol consumption and depressive symptoms. Those behaviours have been extensively investigated in relation to both psychosocial and biological risk factors. READ MORE

  5. 3. Urban and rural environments from Iron Age to Medieval time in northern Europe : Evidence from fossil insect remains from South-Eastern Sweden and Novgorod, Russia

    Author : Magnus Hellqvist; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Earth sciences; Late Holocene; Iron Age; Medieval time; subfossil insects; Coleoptera; environment; climate; human environment; taphonomy; south-eastern Sweden; Novgorod; Geovetenskap; Earth sciences; Geovetenskap; Quarternary Geology; Kvartärgeologi;

    Abstract : This thesis presents and discusses results from studies in of subfossil insect remains of natural and cultural origin. Samples were obtained by coring in sediments or by collection during archaeological excavations. The aim was to reconstruct local environment and climate in rural and early urban situations from Iron Age to medieval time. READ MORE

  6. 4. Urban and Rural Environments from Iron Age to Medieval time in Northern Europe : Evidence from Fossil Insect Remains from South-Eastern Sweden and Novgorod, Russia

    Author : Magnus Hellqvist; Högskolan Dalarna; []
    Keywords : Late Holocene; Iron Age; Medieval time; subfossil insects; Coleoptera; environment; climate; human environment; taphonomy; south-eastern Sweden; Novgorod; Miljöhistoriska studier av förhistoriska bosättningar i Mälardalsregionen;

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  7. 5. Trees and the environment : Possibilities and challenges in tree-ring research across spatial and temporal scales based on case studies in Sweden

    Author : Eva Rocha; Steffen Holzkämper; Björn Gunnarson; Anders Moberg; Martin De Luis; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Tree rings; Sweden; climate variability; environmental monitoring; ring width; maximum latewood density; stem radial increment; ED-XRF; light rings; Physical Geography; naturgeografi;

    Abstract : The need to understand and quantify the magnitude and frequency of past and current environmental changes increased the demand for high-resolution proxy data across spatial and temporal scales. Due to their long lifespan and global distribution, trees provide a unique and continuous record of environmental variability. READ MORE