Search for dissertations about: "Sustainability Transformations"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 38 swedish dissertations containing the words Sustainability Transformations.

2. 21. Profit-Orientation and Post-Growth Economies : Building Theory for Social-Ecological Resilience

   Author : Jennifer Hinton; Sarah Cornell; Wijnand Boonstra; Somya Joshi; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Systems thinking; Systems analysis; Post-growth economy; Degrowth; Sustainable economy; Sustainable business; Theory of the firm; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

   Abstract : This thesis takes a post-growth perspective in order to answer the overarching research question:  How does business profit-orientation affect social-ecological sustainability? It is the result of putting different pieces of the puzzle together - across the microeconomic and macroeconomic scales - in order to build a stronger conceptual and theoretical basis for sustainable post-growth economies.In Part 1, I describe what a post-growth perspective entails, as an inherently social-ecological systems approach. READ MORE

4. 22. Adaptive capacity for social and environmental change : The role of networks in Chile’s small-scale fisheries

   Author : Andrés Marín; Beatrice Crona; Nadine Marshall; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; artisanal; benthic; Chile; coastal areas; collaborative management; disasters; ecosystem services; hazards; livelihoods; post-disaster; QCA; recovery; TURFs; Análisis Cualitativo Comparativo; artesanal; bentónico; Chile; desastres; manejo colaborativo; medios de vida; peligros; post desastre; recuperación; servicios ecosistémicos; zonas costeras; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

   Abstract : World’s small-scale fisheries (SSF) face permanent and increasing external changes and shocks that challenge their viability and potential as an engine of human sustainable development. It is broadly assumed and expected that fishers and their communities have the capacity to adapt to current and future social and ecological changes. READ MORE

5. 23. Meanwhile, in Aysén-Patagonia : exploring discursive transformations on environment and development in a remote periphery

   Author : Pamela Bachmann-Vargas; the Netherlands Wageningen Wageningen University; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Patagonia, is an imaginary territory that comprises the south of Chile and Argentina. Historically, Patagonia has captivated an image of far-off lands and wilderness, embedded in a remote and peripheral context, which in turn has often been idealized as ‘pristine’. READ MORE

6. 24. Reconfiguration Methodology to improve the agility and sustainability of Plug and Produce Systems

   Author : Pedro Neves; Mauro Onori; Åsa Fasth Berglund; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Production Engineering; Industriell produktion;

   Abstract : The emergence of globalisation, market turbulence and sustainability requirements is challenging production companies to devise new strategies to offer large product diversity, keep low inventories, and timely produce small batches of customised and personalised products. Agile shop-floors that can be promptly deployed and re-configured with minimum integration and programming efforts are perceived as a promising strategy to tackle this problem. READ MORE

7. 25. Housing Themselves : Transformations, Modernisation and Spatial qualities in Informal Settlements in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

   Author : Huba Nguluma; KTH; []
   Keywords : Tanzania; housing; transformation; informal settlements; modernisation; spatial qualities and house types.;

   Abstract : This thesis is an attempt to address issues of housingtransformation in informal settlements. Transformation ofhouses is seen to be associated with modernisation forceswhereby people adapt their houses to suit their needs anddesires. READ MORE