Search for dissertations about: "consumption"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 3112 swedish dissertations containing the word consumption.
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16. A Beef with Meat : Media and Audience Framings of Environmentally Unsustainable Production and Consumption
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to identify potential routes of participation in environmentally sustainable changes of the Swedish meat production and consumption. Changes are needed as meat production and consumption have been linked to serious environmental problems, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and land use change. READ MORE
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17. Sustainable consumption for policymakers: measuring, learning and acting
Abstract : Current patterns and levels of consumption are a key driver of unsustainable resource use and pollution, which contributes to global environmental degradation. Rapid reductions in environmental pressures are required to avoid irreversible loss of fragile ecosystems and social and economic crises. Consumption must become sustainable. READ MORE
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18. Essays on Fiscal Policy, Private Consumption and Non-Stationary Panel Data
Abstract : In the first essay of this thesis, we examine whether the effects of fiscal expansions and contractions exert a symmetric influence on the relationship between fiscal policy and private consumption. Our results indicate a considerable asymmetry across fiscal expansions and contractions. READ MORE
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19. From consumption to sharing: Generating knowledge to support urban governance of the sharing economy
Abstract : The increasing rates of household consumption and their environmental effects highlight the urgency of transitioning to more sustainable consumption patterns. The Sharing Economy (SE) has emerged as a potential pathway to sustainable consumption in cities, allowing households to access products without making private purchases. READ MORE
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20. Consumption and loss of commercial stabilisers in polyethylene exposed to different natural environments
Abstract : A procedure for the extraction and analysis of commercialstabilisers in low density and medium density polyethylene(LDPE and MDPE) films was developed and used to study theconsumption of stabilisers in polymers exposed to differentnatural environments. An ultrasonic technique was applied toextract HALS-3 (Chimassorb 944) from LDPE film and antioxidants(Irganox 1010 and Irgafos 168) from MDPE film. READ MORE