Search for dissertations about: "Civil Society"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 315 swedish dissertations containing the words Civil Society.

  2. 21. Climate impact of the sustainable use of forest biomass in energy and material system : a life cycle perspective

    Author : Sylvia Haus; Johan Bergh; Bishnu Chandra Poudel; Krushna Mahapatra; Göran Berndes; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; forest residues; fossil fuel substitution; forest management; radiative forcing; land use change; climate change; bioenergy; Bioenergiteknik Energi- och Miljöteknik; Bioenergy Technology; Byggteknik; Civil engineering;

    Abstract : Human society releases greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere while providing housing, heat, mobility and industrial production. Man-made greenhouse gas emissions are the main causes of climate change, coming mainly from burning fossil fuels and land-use changes. READ MORE

  4. 22. The Failure of Civil Society? : An Ethnography of NPOS and The State In Comtemporary Japan

    Author : Akihiro Ogawa; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Social anthropology ethnography; Socialantrolopologi etnografi; Japanology; Japanologi;

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  5. 23. Projective Planning - An Inquiry into the Justifications for Urban Planning

    Author : Mikkel Schönning Sörensen; Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; cooperation; urban planning; project activity; flexibility; network society; entrepreneurialism; risk-taking; control.;

    Abstract : Projective Planning explores recent trends in urban planning, asking how planning practices associated with these trends are justified and organized. The constantly changing conditions of capitalist societies require a form of urban planning that is alert and responsive to the circumstances in which it operates. READ MORE

  6. 24. Environmental Impact of Concrete Structures - with Focus on Durability and Resource Efficiency

    Author : Nadia Al-Ayish; Folke Björk; Kjartan Gudmundsson; Katarina Malaga; Otto During; Katja Fridh; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Life cycle assessment; environmental impact; concrete structures; resource efficiency; durability; supplementary cementitious materials; Byggvetenskap; Civil and Architectural Engineering;

    Abstract : Concrete is essential for the construction industry with characteristic properties that make it irreplaceable in some aspects. However, due to the large volumes consumed and the energy intense cement clinker production it also has a notable climate impact. READ MORE

  7. 25. A pluralist state? : civil society organizations’ access to the Swedish policy process 1964-2009

    Author : Erik Lundberg; Erik Amnå; Thomas Sedelius; Pia Brundin; Göran Sundström; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; access; interest representation; civil society; neo-corporatism; pluralism; political opportunity structures; policy network; resource exchange; consultations; governmental commissions; remiss procedure; Sweden; Political Science; Statskunskap;

    Abstract : Including civil society organizations in the policy process is a distinctive trait of democratic governance. But, while being highly valuable from a democratic point of view, not all civil society organizations are represented in the policy process. READ MORE