Search for dissertations about: "Crisis management in construction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words Crisis management in construction.

2. 1. Energy Efficiency in Residential Buildings in Mozambique - Measurements and Simulations

   Author : Gabriel Auziane; Byggproduktion; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Energy; Building; Measurements; Simulations; DEROB-LTH; Mozambique; Subtropical and Tropical climates; Energy efficiency; PV system; Electrical energy savings.;

   Abstract : Mozambique, situated in south-east Africa, has sub-tropical and tropical climate and plenty of natural resources for energy production. The country is however poor, and only about 25% of the population has access to electricity from the grid. READ MORE

4. 2. Politicizing crisis communication via social media : A contextual understanding of organizational crises in China

   Author : Hui Zhao; Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; strategic communication; crisis communication; Politics; social media; context; organizational crisis; China;

   Abstract : This dissertation aims to increase the knowledge about how societal contexts shape the social construction of crises in Chinese social media. It consists of four articles to advance current crisis communication research theoretically and empirically. READ MORE

5. 3. The Northward Course of the Anthropocene : Transformation, Temporality and Telecoupling in a Time of Environmental Crisis

   Author : Eric Paglia; Sverker Sörlin; Nina Wormbs; Charles Parker; John McNeill; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Anthropocene; Arctic; Fernand Braudel; environmental and climate crisis; environmental history; expertise; polar geopolitics; securitization; Svalbard; telecoupling; History of Science; Technology and Environment; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö; Statsvetenskap med inriktning mot krishantering och internationell samverkan;

   Abstract : The Arctic—warming at twice the rate of the rest of the planet—is a source of striking imagery of amplified environmental change in our time, and has come to serve as a spatial setting for climate crisis discourse. The recent alterations in the Arctic environment have also been perceived by some observers as an opportunity to expand economic exploitation. READ MORE

6. 4. Apartment price determinants : A comparison between Sweden and Germany

   Author : Sviatlana Anop; Hans Lind; Kerstin Annadotter; Bo Söderberg; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Apartment price determinants; house price determinants; valuation for mortgage purposes; bank lending policies; Nationalekonomi; Economics; Fastigheter och byggande; Real Estate and Construction Management;

   Abstract : Similar development of economic fundamentals in Germany over the last two decades did not lead to the same dramatic house price increases as it is in Sweden. What can explain this house price stability over a long period? This thesis attempts to find the answer this question. READ MORE

7. 5. On the politics of Responsibilization : diverting and diffusing responsibilities at the intersection of food and the climate crisis

   Author : Friederike Cornelia Simone Döbbe; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Transformative ways of addressing the climate and socio-ecological crisis remain scarce despite a flurry of attempts to organize for ‘sustainability’. Organization and management research has shown how climate responses are often viewed with scepticism and how powerful actors contribute to climate inaction and the maintenance of business as usual of high-emitting sectors. READ MORE