Search for dissertations about: "Sustainability Transformations"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 37 swedish dissertations containing the words Sustainability Transformations.
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11. Transformational knowledge practices in social-ecological systems
Abstract : Climate change and poverty alleviation are examples of interconnected challenges propelling changes across environmental, social, cultural and political spheres. Interconnected challenges are characterized by multiple causality, feedback loops, non-linear dynamics. READ MORE
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12. Steel Beyond Coal : Socio-Technical Change and the Emergent Politics of Steel Decarbonisation
Abstract : The steel industry is responsible for 8% of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions and is the second largest user of coal after the power sector. The main emission source in steel production is the blast furnace, which converts iron ore and metallurgical coal into pig iron that is then further refined into steel. READ MORE
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13. Metal-Free Catalysis for Efficient Synthesis
Abstract : The strength of efficient metal-free catalysis will be examined in this thesis. Efforts towards more sustainable processes will be demonstrated through implementation of strategies that meet several of the 12 principles of Green Chemistry. READ MORE
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14. Wood We Change? : Business Model Innovation Towards Sustainability Transitions: Studying the Wood Construction Industry
Abstract : Innovations based on sustainable technologies have been widely considered as a remedy for addressing societal and environmental problems in many industries. However, the large-scale adoption of such innovations goes beyond technology and requires organizing the business in a way that drive industrial transformations across actors and system layers, such as market structures, institutional frames, consumer behavior, and business values. READ MORE
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15. Experimenting with sustainability transformations: A study of Urban Living Labs in the food, water and energy nexus
Abstract : Scholars and practitioners increasingly emphasize the importance of transdisciplinary and experimental approaches for understanding and addressing sustainability challenges. While there is widespread agreement that human society must undergo deep and radical changes, or so-called transformation, how transformation happens depends on multiple and dynamic factors in local contexts. READ MORE