Search for dissertations about: "Namibia"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 24 swedish dissertations containing the word Namibia.

  2. 16. Essays on environmental and development economics : Public policy, resource prices and global warming

    Author : Linda Sahlén; Thomas Aronsson; Kenneth Backlund; Ing-Marie Gren; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Climate policy; technology transfer; computable general equilibrium model; environmental fiscal reform; revenue recycling; water scarcity; resource prices; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : This thesis consists of four self-contained papers, which are all related to important environmental and natural resource issues from a developing country perspective.Paper [I] concerns climate policy and addresses the potential welfare gains of introducing a technology transfer from the North (richer countries) to the South (poorer countries). READ MORE

  4. 17. Benthic environmental responses to climatic changes during the late Quaternary: a micropalaeontological and geochemical approach

    Author : Claire McKay; Kvartärgeologi; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; late Quaternary; rapid climate change; Benguela; Mauritania; productivity; upwelling; benthic foraminifera;

    Abstract : There is a limited understanding of how the benthic environment within upwelling regions responded to past rapid climatic changes. Within this thesis, a multiproxy approach is applied to two marine sediment cores from two coastal upwelling sites in the low latitude subtropical Atlantic. READ MORE

  5. 18. Genetic diversity and nutritional content of sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] accessions from Southern Africa

    Author : Tiny Motlhaodi; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] is an important cereal crop in semi-arid regions of the world especially in Africa, South Asia and China. It is an important food and fodder crop in the semi-arid tropics (SAT) of Africa, where it is used for making different kinds of food. READ MORE

  6. 19. Auditing the African State. International Standards and Local Adjustments

    Author : Maria Gustavson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; accountability; audit; public administration; development; Africa; organizations; profession;

    Abstract : Norms for how to create accountability within the public sector have long historic roots in organizing the democratic society, where auditors are particular public servants controlling the rest of the public sector performance. Significant divergent understandings of the establishment and development of such accountability mechanisms within states in Sub-Saharan African countries however exists within two different bodies of literature. READ MORE

  7. 20. The visible patient. Hybridity and inpatient ward design in a Namibian context

    Author : Catharina Nord; KTH; []
    Keywords : architectural theory; hospital design; healthcare building design; inpatient ward design; hybridity; embodiment; illness and disease; illness experience; patient-focused design; patient-centred design; healing environment; therapeutic environment; gl; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Even if one is confident that the staff provide the bestpossible treatment, being admitted into hospital is still astressful situation. In recent decades, architecturalresearchers have elaborated on aspects of the patient'sperspective where the design of the physical environment maypositively enhance the healing experience. READ MORE