Search for dissertations about: "Italien"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 44 swedish dissertations containing the word Italien.

  2. 16. Renewing power : Including global asymmetries within the system boundaries of solar photovoltaic technology

    Author : Andreas Roos; Humanekologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; solar energy; photovoltaic technology; ecologically unequal exchange; philosophical materialism; social metabolism; political artifacts; authoritarian technics; machine fetishism; environmental justice; environmental sustainability; solar power;

    Abstract : Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology is one of the most favored means of mitigating climate change. At the same time, there is a growing concern over how this technology is both environmentally harmful and unevenly distributed in the world economy. READ MORE

  4. 17. In Their Majesties’ Service : The Career of Francesco De Gratta (1613-1676) as a Royal Servant and Trader in Gdańsk

    Author : Michał Salamonik; Heiko Droste; Piotr Wawrzeniuk; Karin Friedrich; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; De Gratta; Career; Network; Nobility; Merchants; Early Modern Times; Royal Mail; Postmaster; Mint Service; Credit; Potash; Royal Secretary; Poland-Lithuania; Brandenburg-Prussia; Baltic Sea; Italy; Poland; Gdańsk; Historical Studies; Historiska studier; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : This study analyses the administrative and economic career of Francesco De Gratta (1613–1676) as Royal Postmaster, Royal Secretary, and trader within the postal and fiscal systems of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This investigation focuses mainly on his network and career strategies and is based on various sources from a number of European archives and libraries, mainly those situated in Italy, Poland and Germany. READ MORE

  5. 18. Models and Methods for Random Fields in Spatial Statistics with Computational Efficiency from Markov Properties

    Author : David Bolin; Matematisk statistik; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; random fields; Gaussian Markov random fields; Matérn covariances; stochastic partial differential equations; Computational efficiency;

    Abstract : The focus of this work is on the development of new random field models and methods suitable for the analysis of large environmental data sets. A large part is devoted to a number of extensions to the newly proposed Stochastic Partial Differential Equation (SPDE) approach for representing Gaussian fields using Gaussian Markov Random Fields (GMRFs). READ MORE

  6. 19. Coal Lives : Italians and the Metabolism of Coal in Wallonia, Belgium, 1945-1980

    Author : Daniele Valisena; Marco Armiero; Sverker Sörlin; Don Mitchell; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; environmental humanities; migration; environmental history; coal; mining; metabolism; Italians; ECSC; heritage; toxicity; geo-history; walking methodology; minatori; emigrazione; storia delle migrazioni; storia ambientale; CECA; patrimonio culturale; tossicità; metabolismo; geostoria; mineurs italiens; migration; CECA; patrimoine; metabolisme; geo-histoire; histoire de l environnement; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö; History of Science; Technology and Environment;

    Abstract : This manuscript focuses on the relationship between coal and the history of the over 300,000 Italian miners who moved to Wallonia, Belgium, from 1946 onwards, in accordance to the State agreement between Italy and Belgium known as “men in exchange for coal.” Notably, I use environmental history of migration to analyze what I define as “the metabolism of coal. READ MORE

  7. 20. Rummet och människans rörelser

    Author : Inger Bergström; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; utility of space; modern city concept; everyday social life; urban public space; form and motion; experience of room;

    Abstract : This book deals with objects and design of spatial elements and how they affect the motions of humans, their significance for the use of space as well as events in human life. As a framework, problems of perceptual research is dealt with and the possibilities to making general and valid notions on phenomena that occur from subjective experiences. READ MORE