Search for dissertations about: "nature as a whole"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 191 swedish dissertations containing the words nature as a whole.

2. 1. The moral status of nature : reasons to care for the natural world

   Author : Lars Samuelsson; Roger Fjellström; Johan Brännmark; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Environmental ethics; ecocentrism; reasons; reason for action; normative reason; moral status; moral standing; moral considerability; final value; intrinsic value; biocentrism; nature-considerism; nature; nature as a whole; the natural world; complexity; indispensability; interests; Practical philosophy; Praktisk filosofi;

   Abstract : The subject-matter of this essay is the moral status of nature. This subject is dealt with in terms of normative reasons. The main question is if there are direct normative reasons to care for nature in addition to the numerous indirect normative reasons that there are for doing so. READ MORE

4. 2. Immunotoxicology in Marine Invertebrates - Effects of Manganese on Immune Response

   Author : Carolina A. M. Oweson; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Invertebrates; Immune system; Haemocytes; Manganese Mn ; Immunotoxicology; Crustacea; Mollusca; Echinodermata;

   Abstract : Manganese, Mn, is an abundant element in nature, particularly in soft bottom sediments of the oceans and in bedrock. The metal is predominantly bound to the sediment in the colloid state, MnO2. READ MORE

5. 3. Nature and the Social Sciences : Examples from the Electricity and Waste Sectors

   Author : Mikael Klintman; Sociologi; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ecology; critical realism; electricity; environment; epistemology; green identity; greening; meta-theory; nature; ontology; social science; public participation; waste; windpower; sociology; Sociologi;

   Abstract : The book has two interrelated objectives. One objective is meta-theoretical and concerns the exploration of theoretical debates connected to issues of studying society and environmental problems; another objective is empirical/analytical, referring to the analysis of "green" public participation in the electricity and waste sectors in Sweden, and partly in the Netherlands as well as the UK. READ MORE

6. 4. Needs and expectations of inbound tourists visiting a peripheral area : a case study in northern Sweden

   Author : Anna-Karin Kvist; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Kvalitetsteknik; Quality Technology and Management;

   Abstract : Tourism is the world's largest industry. It has power to change communities and has a large societal impact. The tourism industry is rapidly growing and by 2011 it is projected to generate 7.0 trillion USD of economic activity and 260 million jobs over the world. READ MORE

7. 5. Seeing the parts, understanding the whole : A technology education perspective on teaching and learning in processes of analysing and designing programmed technological solutions

   Author : Anne-Marie Cederqvist; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; technology education; programmin; programmed technological solutions; programming materials; phenomenography; LeaDS - Learning in a Digitalised Society; LeaDS - Lärande i ett digitalt samhälle; technology education; programming; programmed technological solutions; programming materials; phenomenography;

   Abstract : Analysing and designing Programmed Technological Solutions (PTS) has been introduced as a part of technology education in an effort to bring elements of programming into the curriculum for compulsory school, in order to develop pupils’ understanding of how PTS work and are controlled by programming. However, what an appropriate understanding entails at this level remains to be articulated, particularly how this understanding looks from a pupil’s perspective. READ MORE