Search for dissertations about: "interdisciplinary methodology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 81 swedish dissertations containing the words interdisciplinary methodology.

2. 1. Climate vulnerability assessment methodology : Agriculture under climate change in the Nordic region

   Author : Lotten Wiréhn; Tina-Simone Schmid Neset; Björn-Ola Linnér; Giuseppe Feola; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Agriculture; Assessment methodology; Climate change; Geographic Visualization; Indicator-based methods; Vulnerability; Bedömningsmetodologi; Geografisk Visualisering; Indikatorbaserade metoder; Jordbruk; Klimatförändringar; Sårbarhet;

   Abstract : Food security and climate change mitigation are crucial missions for the agricultural sector and for global work on sustainable development. Concurrently, agricultural production is directly dependent on climatic conditions, making climate change adaptation strategies essential for the agricultural sector. READ MORE

4. 2. Managing the flows? Furthering a socio-material flow methodology for industrial ecology

   Author : Mathias Lindkvist; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; industrial ecology; actor-network-theory ANT ; methodology; action nets; socio-material; field studies; conceptualisation; material flow; review; life cycle assessment LCA ;

   Abstract : This dissertation defends the thesis that application of the socio-material methodology that I present can assist environmentally more effective decision-making. The methodology provides a recipe for a systematic and accurate understanding of how human actions determine environmental impacts via material (tangible) flows. READ MORE

5. 3. Environmental Assessments of Landscape Changes : Interdisciplinary studies in rural Tanzania

   Author : Louise Simonsson; Lennart Strömquist; Annika Dahlberg; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Geography; Environmental assessment; interdisciplinary methodology; landscape; perceptions; preferences; land; forest; miombo woodlands; resources; biodiversity; Tanzania; Geografi; Other earth sciences; Övrig geovetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to show how biogeophysical and social processes are interlinked in landscape change, and to propose approaches for interdisciplinary environmental assessments (such as EIAs), concentrating on developing countries’ situations, and representation of findings from such studies. Landscape in its holistic sense is a very good concept and basis for intellectual and practical use in environmental dialogues. READ MORE

6. 4. Navigation Methodology and Teamwork in High Tempo Operations

   Author : Fredrik Forsman; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Maritime navigation of small vessels at high speed can be very hazardous. Vessels are becoming more potent with greater speed capabilities. The demand of deliverance is also manifesting itself within organizations and there are fewer possibilities for slowing down the overall pace. READ MORE

7. 5. Science mapping and research evaluation : a novel methodology for creating normalized citation indicators and estimating their stability

   Author : Cristian Colliander; Rickard Danell; Olle Persson; Jesper Schneider; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; document-document similarity; science mapping; citation analysis; citation normalization; stability analysis; citation impact; research evaluation; library and information science; biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the methodology at the intersection of relational and evaluative bibliometrics. Experimental investigations are presented that address the question of how we can most successfully produce estimates of the subject similarity between documents. READ MORE