Search for dissertations about: "concern"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1944 swedish dissertations containing the word concern.

2. 1. Views of Nature and Environmental Concern in Iceland

   Author : Þorvardur Árnason; Elfar Loftsson; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Views; Nature; Environmental; Concern; Ethics; Iceland; Miljöhistoria; Island; Naturuppfattning; Naturskydd; Historia; Water in nature and society; Vatten i natur och samhälle;

   Abstract : Environmental concern in contemporary societies is a complex phenomenon which is shaped and influenced by a host of different factors. One of the most important of these is the interplay between culture and nature that has taken place during the course of a nation’s history and the various ‛views of nature’ that such interplay has generated. READ MORE

4. 2. Territories of Environmental Concern

   Author : Geoffrey Gooch; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract :   During recent decades, the "environment" has become established in many countries both as an important item on the political agenda, and as an area of concern for large sections of the public. However, "environmental concern" is often treated as homogeneous, with little regard being taken to the influence of actual physical conditions - such as degradation of the biosphere - individual's and group's differing belief systems, and the territorial aspects of environmental perceptions. READ MORE

5. 3. Value Orientation, Awareness of Consequences, and environmental Concern

   Author : André Hansla; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Value orientation; awareness of environmental consequences; environmental concern; green electricity;

   Abstract : The tenets of the value-basis approach to environmental concern are (i) that environmental concern is motivated by beliefs about adverse egoistic (e.g. own health), social-altruistic (e.g. READ MORE

6. 4. Body composition and quality of life in patients with IBD, ileostomy and short bowel syndrome

   Author : Eva Carlsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; inflammatory bowel disease; Crohn´s disease; ulcerative colitis; short bowel syndrome; quality of life; health related quality of life; coping; concern; body composition; bioelectric impedance spectroscopy; Dual-energy absorptiometry; total body water;

   Abstract : Patients with IBD are at risk for intestinal disability (e.g. having a stoma, malnutrition). The general aim of the thesis was to investigate physiological, psychological and social consequences of having IBD and an ileostomy or short bowel syndrome (SBS). READ MORE

7. 5. The last policeman : On the globalisation of local policing

   Author : David Sausdal; Magnus Hörnqvist; Henrik Vigh; Ian Loader; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Policing; globalisation; cross-border crime; concern; nostalgia; everyday life; ethnography; kriminologi; Criminology;

   Abstract : Global threats, such as cross-border crime and terrorism are on the rise! At least, this is a popular notion amongst politicians, policy makers and the police, who are therefore advocating a need for policing to become as peripatetic and pervasive as these criminal developments. This has led to a rise in transnational or international police collaborations, notably through institutions such as Interpol, Europol, Frontex, UNPOL and many bilateral partnerships. READ MORE