Search for dissertations about: "Consumption patterns"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 253 swedish dissertations containing the words Consumption patterns.

  2. 11. Scaling sufficiency : Towards less material consumption

    Author : Ola Persson; Karin Bradley; Mikael Klintman; Kersty Hobson; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Urban and Regional Studies; Urbana och regionala studier;

    Abstract : Various researchers have pointed out that avoiding further catastrophicconsequences related to the deteriorating ecological state of the planet,brought about by unsustainable production and consumption patterns,requires not only technological innovation and efficiency in productionprocesses, but also absolute reductions in energy and material use (i.e. READ MORE

  4. 12. Consumption patterns and excretion in aquatic food websenrichment

    Author : Anders Persson; Enhet akvatisk ekologi; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Hydrobiology; trophic interactions; translocation; biomanipulation; enrichment; phosphorus; model; marine biology; aquatic ecology; limnology; Marinbiologi; limnologi; akvatisk ekologi;

    Abstract : This thesis links biogeochemical cycling to classical ecology. Predictions derived from food chain theory, based on Lotka-Volterra type of interactions, were tested in aquatic environments with the main hypothesis that consumers affect lower levels of organization by both predation and excretion of limiting nutrients. READ MORE

  5. 13. The Prima Porta Garden Archaeological Project. Terra sigillata from the Villa of Livia, Rome. Consumption and discard in the early Principate

    Author : Allan Klynne; Philip Kenrick; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Classical archaeology and ancient history; Villa of Livia; terra sigillata; Central Italian sigillata; fabrics; trade; consumption; discard; refuse; formation processes; chronology.; Antikens kultur och samhällsliv; Classical archaeology and ancient history; Antikens kultur och samhälle; Classical Archaeology and Ancient History; antikens kultur och samhällsliv;

    Abstract : This study examines a corpus of Italian sigillata from the Villa of Livia outside Rome, and presents the excavations during which it was found. Most of the material stems from archaeologically secure contexts, a refuse tip and dump dating to the late Augustan and Neronian periods respectively. READ MORE

  6. 14. Urban driving patterns - characterisation, variability and environmental implications

    Author : Eva Ericsson; Trafik och väg; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social sciences; Teknik; Technological sciences; speed limit; intersection density; driver age; gender; car performance; GPS; traffic flow; street environment; fuel consumption; deceleration; speed; acceleration; power demand; gear changing; exhaust emission;

    Abstract : Driving patterns, i.e. the speed and acceleration profiles of vehicles affect exhaust emission and fuel consumption considerably. READ MORE

  7. 15. Transforming Audiences. Patterns of Individualization in Television Viewing

    Author : Jakob Bjur; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Television; Individualization; Audience Studies; Audience Measurement; People Meter; Channel Repertoire; Social Viewing; Habitualness; Referential Space; Media Consumption;

    Abstract : TRANSFORMING AUDIENCES is an enquiry into Patterns of Individualization in Television Viewing. Central to the enquiry being performed is the linkage between television, as technological and cultural form, and television viewing behaviour as a social everyday practice. READ MORE