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2. 1. Forest water governance : challenges in cross-sectoral and multi-level collaboration

   Author : Irina Mancheva; Katarina Eckerberg; Anna Zachrisson; Susan Baker; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Forest water; Governance; Cross-sectoral governance; Multi-level governance; Governance mode; Collaborative governance; Natural resource management; Environmental policy; Water Framework Directive;

   Abstract : Forests and water are highly interconnected with forestry practices negatively affecting forest water. In the last five decades, the Swedish state has enacted multiple policy changes and allocated significant resources towards the implementation of soft policy instruments to alleviate the effects on forest water. READ MORE

4. 2. Introductory methodological support for cross-sectoral municipal and regional strategic work for sustainability

   Author : Lisa Wälitalo; Göran Broman; Edith Callaghan; Karl-Henrik Robèrt; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Strategic sustainable development; Cross-sector collaboration; Action research; Municipalities and regions; Methodological support;

   Abstract : Municipal and regional actors, and in particular their respective governments, have key roles to play for society’s transition to sustainability, and many good efforts have been made. However, co-creating sustainable visions and effective governance towards such visions is a complex challenge and an overarching systems perspective is often lacking in the decision making. READ MORE

5. 3. Methodological support for strategic sustainable development work in municipalities and regions

   Author : Lisa Wälitalo; Göran Broman; Karl-Henrik Robèrt; Edith Callaghan; Tony Svensson; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sustainability; strategic sustainable development; cross-sectoral collaboration; action research; municipalities and regions; methodological support; Strategic Sustainable Development; Strategisk hållbar utveckling;

   Abstract : Municipal and regional actors have key roles to play in society’s transition to sustainability. However, co-creating sustainable visions and effective governance towards these is a complex challenge and decision-makers often lack an overarching systems perspective. READ MORE

6. 4. Supply Chain Governance for Social Sustainability : A Study of the Ready-Made Garment Industry in Bangladesh

   Author : Nandita Farhad; Heiko Gebauer; Jakob Rehme; Marie Bengtsson; Chris Ellegaard; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social sustainability; supply chain governance; multi-stakeholder initiatives; ready-made garment industry.; social hållbarhet; leverantörsstyrning; multi-intressentinitiativ; klädindustrin;

   Abstract : This PhD thesis approaches the phenomenon of supply chain governance for social sustainability in the ready-made garment industry in Bangladesh. This research is based on a study of eight large multinational corporations (e.g. clothing brands and retailers) and their ready-made garment suppliers. READ MORE

7. 5. Insights to beachcast management on Gotland, Sweden : An Industrial Ecology perspective on waste-resource ambiguity

   Author : Hanna Nathaniel; Fredrik Gröndahl; Daniel Franzén; Sofia Lingegård; Johanna Spångberg; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Beachcast; natural resource management; policy; circular bio-economy; agroecosystems; governance; sustainable development; industrial ecology; Släke; naturresursteknik; policy; cirkulär bioekonomi; agroekologiska system; naturresursförvaltning; hållbar utveckling; industriell ekologi i; Industriell ekologi; Industrial Ecology;

   Abstract : Beachcast or beach wrack, washed-up algae and seaweed, used to be a highly sought-after agricultural resource (fertiliser and soil conditioner) in coastal communities around the world before being replaced by chemical fertilisers, but considering the talks of a circular bio-economy – can we reintroduce it? Since the abandonment of beachcast in agriculture, the amount of beachcast has significantly increased as an effect of eutrophication caused by the use of chemical fertiliser, and the material is commonly considered waste. Meanwhile, soils have degraded and need the multiple positive effects on agroecosystems that beachcast could provide. READ MORE