Search for dissertations about: "Ecological knowledge"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 291 swedish dissertations containing the words Ecological knowledge.

2. 16. The Global Fashion System : On its social-ecological intertwinedness

   Author : Celinda Palm; Sarah E. Cornell; Tiina Häyhä; Fredrik Moberg; Kate Fletcher; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sustainability; Fashion; Social-ecological system; Transdisciplinarity; Critical realism; Positionality; Hållbarhet; Mode; Social-ekologiska system; Tvärvetenskap; Kritisk realism; Positionalitet; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling; Sustainability Science;

   Abstract : The fashion industry contributes to shaping the state of the planet: impacts of production and consumption of textile fast-fashion are rising, and the growing number of sustainability-oriented actions have not slowed current trends. The industry’s (un)sustainability is mainly researched within two epistemic communities: fashion studies concerned with social sustainability, and circular economy focused on material biophysical and technological aspects of material cycles along the value chain. READ MORE

4. 17. Humans and Seagrasses in East Africa : A social-ecological systems approach

   Author : Maricela de la Torre-Castro; Nils Kautsky; Carl Folke; Patrik Rönnbäck; Edward H. Allison; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : seagrasses; social-ecological systems; institutions; seaweed farming; artisanal fisheries; common-pool resources; natural resource management; Zanzibar; Tanzania; East Africa; Western Indian Ocean;

   Abstract : The present study is one of the first attempts to analyze the societal importance of seagrasses (marine flowering plants) from a Natural Resource Management perspective, using a social-ecological systems (SES) approach. The interdisciplinary study takes place in East Africa (Western Indian Ocean, WIO) and includes in-depth studies in Chwaka Bay, Zanzibar, Tanzania. READ MORE

5. 18. Knowledge elicitation as abstraction of purposive behaviour

   Author : Anton Axelsson; Anders Arweström Jansson; Mats Lind; Annika Wallin; John Flach; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; knowledge elicitation; expertise; context; human factors; Computer Science with specialization in Human-Computer Interaction; Datavetenskap med inriktning mot människa-datorinteraktion;

   Abstract : Researchers use knowledge elicitation methods to document expert knowledge for the primary purpose of understanding cognitive processes and with this understanding, technical solutions to resolve human factors issues can be produced. This dissertation offers a novel perspective on knowledge elicitation as an abstraction process. READ MORE

6. 19. What's in your mind? : Collegial Verbalisation – An ecological approach to knowledge elicitation

   Author : Mikael Erlandsson; Anders Jansson; Stefan Seipel; Neville Stanton; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Datavetenskap med inriktning mot människa-datorinteraktion; Computer Science with specialization in Human-Computer Interaction;

   Abstract : Knowledge elicitation of the work of professional operators, using traditional methods such as concurrent or retrospective verbalization is problematic. Concurrent verbalization distracts the operators from their primary task, and the operators have difficulties in verbalizing about their automated work tasks. READ MORE

7. 20. Effects of warming on the green alga Cladophora glomerata : Ecological and genetic responses

   Author : Jenny Zie; Pauline Snoeijs; Mats Grahn; Anna Godhe; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; AFLP; Baltic Sea; Cladophora glomerata; climate change; community ecology; genome scan; global warming; selection; Marine Ecology; marin ekologi;

   Abstract : Since the beginning of the 20th century, average global surface temperature has increased ~0.7 °C and the current scenarios predict that it will continue to rise additional 2-4 °C during the 21st century. READ MORE