Search for dissertations about: "Environment values knowledge"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 128 swedish dissertations containing the words Environment values knowledge.

  2. 1. Exploring changes of conceptions, values and beliefs concerning the environment : A longitudinal study of upper secondary school students in business and economics education

    Author : Caroline Ignell; Shu-Nu Chang Rundgren; Cecilia Lundholm; Peter Davies; Jeppe Læssøe; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; environment; sustainability; interdisciplinary; longitudinal study; conceptual change; prices; externalities; values-beliefs-norms; climate change solutions; upper secondary school students; business and economics education; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : This thesis examines students’ understanding of economic aspects of global environmental problems. The first aim is to identify and characterise changes in business and economics students’ conceptions of negative environmental effects and pricing goods and services. READ MORE

  4. 2. Values and Attitudes across Peace Operations : Change and Stability in the Political Psychology of Swedish ISAF Soldiers

    Author : Ralph Sundberg; Kristine Höglund; Erik Melander; Karen Brounéus; Christopher Cohrs; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; peace support operations; peacekeeping; soldiers; ISAF; Afghanistan; political psychology; combat exposure; values; value change; attitudes toward violence; attitude change; personality; Big Five; person-environment fit; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

    Abstract : Participation in Peace Support Operations (PSOs) is one of the most common military duties assigned to present-day Western soldiers. Previous research concerned with the psychological effects of these missions on the individual soldier has focused on issues of mental health and how to ensure military effectiveness. READ MORE

  5. 3. Values Behind Welfare Technology and Their Possible Realization : Creation of a Technology Evaluation Method for Care Practices

    Author : Annika Hasselblad; Leif Olsson; Katarina L Gidlund; Aron Larsson; Xiu Gu; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : Care; evaluation; technology; values; welfare technologies.;

    Abstract : In 2018 the Swedish government approved a SEK 350 million grant to increase the municipal implementation and use of welfare technologies in areas such as health care, care, and social service. Welfare technologies have been criticized for their effects on care workers’ work environment, such as increased stress due to time and performance demands. READ MORE

  6. 4. Environmental Assessment Tools for Neighbourhoods and Buildings in relation to Environment, Architecture, and Architects

    Author : Marita Wallhagen; Göran Finnveden; Tove Malmqvist; Ola Eriksson; Josefin Wangel; Koen Steemers; KTH; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; architects; architecture; buildings; environment; environmental assessment tools; environmental sustainability; neighbourhoods; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis explores Neighbourhood and Building Environmental Assessment Tools’ (NBEATs’) function as assessment tools and decision support, and their relation to environment, architecture and architects. This is done by analysing, testing, and discussing a number of NBEATs (LEED-NC, Code for Sustainable Homes, EcoEffect, LEED-ND, BREEAM-C, and ENSLIC-tool), their manuals and use. READ MORE

  7. 5. Car(ing) for our environment? : Consumer eco-innovation adoption and curtailment behaviors: The case of the alternative fuel vehicle

    Author : Johan Jansson; Agneta Marell; Annika Nordlund; John Thøgersen; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Diffusion of innovations DOI ; value-belief-norm VBN theory; alternative fuel vehicles AFV ; eco-innovation; early adoption; curtailment behaviors; proenvironmental attitudes; innovation characteristics; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; företagsekonomi; Business Studies;

    Abstract : Determinants influencing consumer eco-innovation adoption and green curtailment behaviors in a travel context are at the center of this thesis. Previous research on green consumer behavior has uncovered that internalized personal attitudinal factors such as values, beliefs, and norms are influential in determining mainly non-consumption and post-purchase behaviors. READ MORE