Search for dissertations about: "abandonment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 56 swedish dissertations containing the word abandonment.

  2. 1. Colonization processes of soil fauna and mycorrhizal fungi

    Author : Dagmar Gormsen; Biologiska institutionen; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Animal ecology; abandonment; land use; ectomycorrhiza; arbuscular mycorrhiza; lumbricid earthworms; Acari; soil fauna; collembola; Djurekologi; Microbiology; bacteriology; virology; mycology; Mikrobiologi; bakteriologi; virologi; mykologi;

    Abstract : Colonization consists of two parts, a dispersal phase followed by establishment and reproduction at a new site. Dispersal behaviour influences survival and the access to resources and mates of individuals and is thus closely linked to an organism's fitness. READ MORE

  4. 2. On Voyage with Cristóvão Colombo : The Privatization of Catholic Orphan Care in São Paulo City, 1892-1922

    Author : Marianne Wifvesson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Latin American History; Brazil; Catholic Church; privatization; abandonment; childhood; education; delinquency; institutional childcare; orphanage; Barnhem; Historia; Brasilien; 1892-1922; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : In 1890, the military overthrew the monarchy, separated the Church from the State, and installed a Federal Republic in Brazil. The decentralization of political powers enhanced the abilities of each federal state to shape its own politics of childhood. READ MORE

  5. 3. Managing for biodiversity and ecosystem services in a context of farmland abandonment

    Author : Cibele Queiroz; Regina Lindborg; Henrique M. Pereira; Carl Folke; Joern Fischer; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; farmland abandonment; agriculture; biodiversity; species richness; functional diversity; ecosystem services; forest regeneration; conservation views; response diversity; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : In agricultural landscapes around the world, intensification of production and land abandonment are the two main trends impacting biodiversity and ecosystem services. Intensified agriculture is mostly seen as negative for biodiversity but effects of abandonment are controversial among scientists and practitioners. READ MORE

  6. 4. The adoption, adaptation, and abandonment of value-based health care

    Author : Pedro Ramos; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Introduction: Value-based health care (VBHC) is a strategic framework designed to improve care in parallel with lowered or sustained costs. It was soon touted as “the strategy that will fix health care”, garnering increased attention in different countries. READ MORE

  7. 5. Sense of place and culture in the landscape of home : Understanding social-ecological dynamics on the Wild Coast, South Africa

    Author : Vanessa Anne Masterson; Maria Tengö; Thomas Elmqvist; Marja Spierenburg; Katrina Brown; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; agricultural abandonment; circular migration; community lands; Eastern Cape; narratives; place attachment; place meaning; photovoice; stewardship; Transkei; win-win conservation; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : Development for sustainable poverty alleviation requires engagement with the values and cultural frames that enable or constrain communities to steward ecosystems and maintain their capacity to support human well-being. Rooted in a social-ecological systems (SES) perspective, this thesis explores the concept of sense of place to understand how emotional and cultural connections to place mediate human responses to change and influence interventions for development. READ MORE