Search for dissertations about: "Environmental licensing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Environmental licensing.

2. 1. Behavioral Spillovers across Prosocial Alternatives

   Author : Claes Ek; Nationalekonomiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Behavioral spillovers; Prosocial Behavior; Public Goods; moral licensing; charitable giving; Environmental behavior; Dictator game; Recycling;

   Abstract : This thesis contributes to the economic literature on prosocial behavior. It includes three papers, all of which relate to the issue of policy-driven spillovers across prosocial alternatives. READ MORE

4. 2. From Green Image to Green Practice : Normative action and self-regulation

   Author : Minna Gillberg; Rättssociologiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; IPPC Directive; ISO 14001; EMAS; sustainability; norm world; ethical deliberation; phronesis; environmental management system; self-regulation; advanced practice; normative action; Environmental Protection Act; sociology of law; Sociology; Sociologi;

   Abstract : Ever since environmental issues appeared on the agenda of modern industrial society, through the work of whistle blowers such as Rachel Carson, Georg Borgström, Björn Gillberg and Hans Palmstierna, the Swedish state has exerted itself to project a green image. In practice this image has merely functioned as a defence for the legitimacy of industrial development. READ MORE

5. 3. Predictive Models and Eutrophication Effects of Fish Farms

   Author : Lennart Nordvarg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Earth sciences; Fish farm; eutrophication; model; Geovetenskap; Earth sciences; Geovetenskap; Sedimentology; sedimentologi;

   Abstract : Aquaculture has become one of the fastest growing food industries in the world. Like many other industries, aquaculture, and especially fish farms may cause negative effects on the environment, such as eutrophication, which is recognised as a major threat to aquatic ecosystems. READ MORE

6. 4. Assessing the effects of societal injury control interventions

   Author : Carl Bonander; Ragnar Andersson; Sven Bremberg; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; causal inference; epidemiology; injury; time series analysis; impact evaluation; Risk and Environmental Studies; Risk- och Miljöstudier;

   Abstract : Injuries have emerged as one of the biggest public health issues of the 21th century. Yet, the causal effects of injury control strategies are often questioned due to a lack of randomized experiments. READ MORE

7. 5. Searching for causal effects of road traffic safety interventions : applications of the interrupted time series design

   Author : Carl Bonander; Ragnar Andersson; Finn Nilson; Claes Tingvall; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Causal inference; Repeated measures; Methodology; Econometrics; Injury Epidemiology; Vulnerable Road Users; Time series analysis; Risk- och Miljöstudier; Risk and Environmental Studies;

   Abstract : Traffic-related injuries represent a global public health problem, and contribute largely to mortality and years lived with disability worldwide. Over the course of the last decades, improvements to road traffic safety and injury surveillance systems have resulted in a shift in focus from the prevention of motor vehicle accidents to the control of injury events involving vulnerable road users (VRUs), such as cyclists and moped riders. READ MORE