Search for dissertations about: "environmental discourse"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 85 swedish dissertations containing the words environmental discourse.

  2. 11. Biochar systems across scales in Sweden : An industrial ecology perspective

    Author : Elias Azzi; Cecilia Sundberg; Erik Karltun; Anders Strømman; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; biochar; bioenergy; agriculture; climate change; carbon dioxide removal; negative emission technology; industrial ecology; life cycle assessment; material flow analysis; environmental systems analysis; biochar; bioénergie; agriculture; changement climatique; capture de dioxyde de carbone; technologie à émissions négatives; écologie industrielle; analyse de cycle de vie; analyse de flux de matière; analyse de systèmes environnementaux; Pflanzenkohle; Bioenergie; Landwirtschaft; Klimawandel; Kohlendioxid-Entfernung; Negative-Emissions-Technologie; Industrieökologie; Lebenszyklusanalyse; Stoffstromanalyse; Umweltsystemanalyse; الفحم الحيوي، الطاقة الحيوية، الزراعة، تغيّر المناخ، إزالة ثاني اوكسيد الكربون، التكنولوجيا السلبية الانبعاثات، الايكولوجيا الصناعية، تقييم دورة الحياة، تحليل تدفق المواد، تحليل الأنظمة البيئية; biokol; bioenergi; jordbruk; klimatförändring; koldioxidlagring; negativa utsläpp; industriell ekologi; livscykelanalys; materialflödesanalys; miljösystemanalys; Industrial Ecology; Industriell ekologi;

    Abstract : Biochar – the carbon rich residue derived from biomass pyrolysis – is recognised as a potential solution to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, while simultaneously delivering socio-environmental benefits through biochar use as a material. Perceived as a sustainable innovation, biochar has raised interest throughout the world. READ MORE

  4. 12. Demonstration Projects for Sustainable Building: Towards a Strategy for Sustainable Development in the Building Sector based on Swedish and Dutch Experience

    Author : Paula Femenias; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; sustainable development; demonstration projects; sustainable building; case studies; change agency; architecture; housing; discourse in trade press; building sector; learning from experience; information dissemination;

    Abstract : This thesis explores demonstration projects as a potential strategy for supporting processes towards sustainable development in the building sector through making mainstream building more sustainable. The research question has been approached in four empirical studies carried out in Sweden and the Netherlands, which study demonstration projects for sustainable housing from different perspectives. READ MORE

  5. 13. Safeguarding nature and people : Integrating economics, politics, and human rights to transform biodiversity policies and governance

    Author : Niak Sian Koh; Thomas Hahn; Claudia Ituarte-Lima; Wiebren J. Boonstra; Grace Wong; Esther Turnhout; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; global environmental governance; human rights review mechanisms; biodiversity offsets; commensurability; commodification; economic instruments; transformations; Convention on Biological Diversity; compliance; safeguards; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Abstract : None of the world’s biodiversity goals from the last decade were fully met, as biodiversity losses are occurring at an unprecedented rate. Policies are not always effective; their use may have adverse effects on people and nature. READ MORE

  6. 14. The imagined environmental citizen : exploring the state - individual relationship in Swedish environmental policy

    Author : Simon Matti; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science; Statsvetenskap;

    Abstract : As environmental problems today are understood as being problems of collective action, they also depend on the broad engagement of individual citizens for their successful solution. Institutions directed towards resolving the environmental situation need, accordingly, to be perceived by the citizenry as promoting acceptable goals, for acceptable reasons and by the use of acceptable means. READ MORE

  7. 15. Scaling sufficiency : Towards less material consumption

    Author : Ola Persson; Karin Bradley; Mikael Klintman; Kersty Hobson; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Urban and Regional Studies; Urbana och regionala studier;

    Abstract : Various researchers have pointed out that avoiding further catastrophicconsequences related to the deteriorating ecological state of the planet,brought about by unsustainable production and consumption patterns,requires not only technological innovation and efficiency in productionprocesses, but also absolute reductions in energy and material use (i.e. READ MORE