Search for dissertations about: "utopian goals"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the words utopian goals.

  2. 1. Sustainable Goals : Feasible Paths to Desirable Long-Term Futures

    Author : Patrik Baard; Sven Ove Hansson; Karin Edvardsson Björnberg; Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist; Edward Page; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; goal setting; adaptation; sustainability; utopian goals; realistic goals; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Abstract : The general aim of this licentiate thesis is to analyze the framework in which long-term goals are set and subsequently achieved. It is often claimed that goals should be realistic, meaning that they should be adjusted to known abilities. READ MORE

  4. 2. Cautiously utopian goals : Philosophical analyses of climate change objectives and sustainability targets

    Author : Patrik Baard; Sven Ove Hansson; Karin Edvardsson Björnberg; Armin Grunwald; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sustainability; climate change; environmental philosophy; climate ethics; goals; Filosofi; Philosophy;

    Abstract : In this thesis, the framework within which long-term goals are set and subsequently achieved or approached is analyzed. Sustainable development and climate change are areas in which goals have tobe set despite uncertainties. READ MORE

  5. 3. Sustainability goals combining social and environmental aspects

    Author : Eléonore Fauré; Göran Finnveden; Ulrika Gunnarsson Östling; Alf Hornborg; Jonas Nässen; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Sustainability goals; goal conflicts; trade-offs; environmental justice; backcasting; future scenarios; climate and energy targets.; Hållbarhetsmål; målkonflikter; miljörättvisa; backcasting; framtidsscenarier; klimat och energimål.; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how to take into account both environmental and social sustainability goals to be used in scenarios or in policymaking.In paper I, we select four sustainability goals that have to be fulfilled by 2050 in normative future scenarios for Sweden in a degrowth context. READ MORE

  6. 4. Rational Goal-Setting in Environmental Policy : Foundations and Applications

    Author : Karin Edvardsson Björnberg; John Cantwell; Luc Bovens; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; goal-setting; rationality; goal systems; precision; evaluability; attainability; motivity; coherence; operationalization; means and ends; support relations; goal conflicts; utopianism; self-defeating goals; management by objectives MBO ; environmental quality objectives; sustainable development; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

    Abstract :  The overall aim of this thesis is to present a model for rational goal-setting and to illustrate how it can be applied in evaluations of public policies, in particular policies concerning sustainable development and environmental quality. The contents of the thesis are divided into two sections: a theoretical section (Papers I-IV) and an empirical section (Papers V-VII). READ MORE