Search for dissertations about: "Karin Edvardsson Björnberg"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 swedish dissertations containing the words Karin Edvardsson Björnberg.
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1. Rational Goal-Setting in Environmental Policy : Foundations and Applications
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to present a model for rational goal-setting and to illustrate how it can be applied in evaluations of public policies, in particular policies concerning sustainable development and environmental quality. The contents of the thesis are divided into two sections: a theoretical section (Papers I-IV) and an empirical section (Papers V-VII). READ MORE
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2. Ethical Issues in the Adoption and Implementation of Vision Zero Policies in Road Safety
Abstract : The aim of this doctoral thesis is to analyze ethical issues in the adoption and implementation of Vision Zero policies. The first article analyses criticisms against Vision Zero goals and measures promoted to reach them. We identify and assess “moral”, “operational”, and “rationality-based” arguments against Vision Zero. READ MORE
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3. The Rationality and Moral Acceptability of Vision Zero Goal and Its Interventions
Abstract : This licentiate thesis discusses moral issues associated with road safety work, with a particular emphasis on the Vision Zero (VZ) goal and its interventions. The licentiate thesis contains three articles and an introduction that briefly discusses issues and arguments presented in the articles. READ MORE
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4. Cautiously utopian goals : Philosophical analyses of climate change objectives and sustainability targets
Abstract : In this thesis, the framework within which long-term goals are set and subsequently achieved or approached is analyzed. Sustainable development and climate change are areas in which goals have tobe set despite uncertainties. READ MORE
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5. Sustainable Goals : Feasible Paths to Desirable Long-Term Futures
Abstract : The general aim of this licentiate thesis is to analyze the framework in which long-term goals are set and subsequently achieved. It is often claimed that goals should be realistic, meaning that they should be adjusted to known abilities. READ MORE