Search for dissertations about: "Miljöhistoria"

Found 5 swedish dissertations containing the word Miljöhistoria.

  2. 1. Egypt Ignited : How Steam Power Arrived on the Nile and Integrated Egypt into Industrial Capitalism (1820s-76)

    Author : Amr Ahmed; Humanekologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Energy history; history of technology; environmental history; steam power; capitalism; Industrial Revolution; Global warming; Egypt; modern history; agrarian production; biofuels; Sugar industry; cotton; Energihistoria; Teknikhistoria; Miljöhistoria; Ångmaskin; Kapitalism; Industriella revolutionen; global uppvärmning; Egypten; Modern historia; Jordbruksproduktion; biobränslen; Sockerindustrin; Bomull;

    Abstract : How did fossil-fuelled technology find its way to Egypt on its way to global dominance? This thesis presents a socioecological history of energy technologies in agrarian production in pre-colonial Egypt (1820s – 76). It situates them in the nineteenth century, understood as the beginning of the epoch of the Capitalocene; and in Egypt’s case, this is simultaneously part of the rise of Britain’s fossil empire. READ MORE

  4. 2. Views of Nature and Environmental Concern in Iceland

    Author : Þorvardur Árnason; Elfar Loftsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Views; Nature; Environmental; Concern; Ethics; Iceland; Miljöhistoria; Island; Naturuppfattning; Naturskydd; Historia; Water in nature and society; Vatten i natur och samhälle;

    Abstract : Environmental concern in contemporary societies is a complex phenomenon which is shaped and influenced by a host of different factors. One of the most important of these is the interplay between culture and nature that has taken place during the course of a nation’s history and the various ‛views of nature’ that such interplay has generated. READ MORE

  5. 3. Planetary Timemaking : Paleoclimatology and the Temporalities of Environmental Knowledge, 1945-1990

    Author : Erik Isberg; Sverker Sörlin; Sabine Höhler; Adam Wickberg; Etienne Benson; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; paleoclimatology; environmental history; temporality; ice core; deep-sea core; North Atlantic; timemaking; theory of history; planetary-scale environmental knowledge; paleoklimatologi; miljöhistoria; temporalitet; iskärna; borrkärna; Nordatlanten; tidsskapande; historieteori; planetär miljökunskap; History of Science; Technology and Environment; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns the history of paleoclimatology in the postwar period. It follows the trajectory of two climate proxy records – ice cores and deep-sea cores – in the North Atlantic region, from their emergence as scientific objects in the 1940s to their incorporation into Earth System Science in the 1980s. READ MORE

  6. 4. A QUEST FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SOVEREIGNTY : Chicana/o Literary Experiences of Water (Mis)Management and Environmental Degradation in the US Southwest

    Author : María Isabel Perez-Ramos; Sverker Sörlin; Marco Armiero; Joni Adamson; Maria Herrera Sobek; KTH; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Environmental humanities; ecocriticism; environmental history; comparative literature; U.S. Southwest; Chicana o; subaltern literature; environmental justice; water; political ecology; postcoloniality; decoloniality.; Miljöhumaniora; ekokritik; miljöhistoria; litteraturhistoria; sydvästra USA; Chicana o; subaltern litteratur; miljörättvisa; vatten; politisk ekologi; postkolonialitet; dekolonialitet.; Historiska studier av teknik; vetenskap och miljö; History of Science; Technology and Environment;

    Abstract : The U.S. Southwest is a semi-arid region affected by numerous environmental problems. Chicana/o communities have been directly affected by such problems, especially ever since the region was annexed from Mexico by the United States in the mid-nineteenth century. READ MORE

  7. 5. Life-Cycle Considerations for Environmental Management of the Swedish Railway Infrastructure

    Author : Niclas Svensson; Mats Eklund; Tomas Kåberger; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Enviornmental management; railways; life cycle perspective; environmental pressures; material use; Miljöledning; järnvägar; livscykelperspektiv; miljöpåverkan; materialhantering; Environmental engineering; Miljöteknik;

    Abstract : Syftet med den här avhandlingen är att förbättra möjligheter till miljöledning av järnvägens infrastruktur genom att utveckla en metod för att rikta in ansträngningar på att minska miljöpåverkan från infrastrukturens produkter. Metodens används i ett byggprojekt och dess robusthet blir testad. READ MORE