Search for dissertations about: "regional approach"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 381 swedish dissertations containing the words regional approach.

  2. 1. Regional citizenship regimes: Comparing ECOWAS and ASEAN

    Author : Amalie Ravn Weinrich; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Regional citizenship; Regional integration; Community-building; Regional organisations; Comparative regionalism; ECOWAS; ASEAN;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the relationship between citizenship and regional organisations in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Specifically, it studies variation in regional citizenship regimes, how regional actors interpret the notion of regional citizenship, and what these variations and interpretations mean for our understanding of regional citizenship regimes. READ MORE

  4. 2. The Arctic Ocean Palaeomagnetic Record : A Stratigraphic Approach

    Author : Steffen Wiers; Ian Snowball; Bjarne Almqvist; Matt O'Regan; Conall Mac Niocaill; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Arctic Ocean; Stratigraphy; Diagenesis; Palaeomagnetism;

    Abstract : The Arctic Ocean is an essential component of the global climate system, yet understanding of its geological archives is hampered by difficulties in age modelling. In addition to the scarcity of dateable microfossils, the palaeomagnetic record of Arctic sediments is unusual. READ MORE

  5. 3. Spatial Spillovers of Knowledge Production : An Accessibility Approach

    Author : Urban Gråsjö; Högskolan Väst; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; nationalekonomi; Business and economics; Ekonomi; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics;

    Abstract : The main focus of the thesis is on issues concerning production of knowledge. It is a common observation that knowledge activities have a tendency to agglomerate as well as to spill over in space. READ MORE

  6. 4. Sulphur Regulations for Shipping – Why a Regional Approach?: Scientific and Economic Arguments in IMO Documents 1988-1997

    Author : Erik Svensson; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; costs; framing; shipping; SECA; distribution; environmental; policy environment; international; MARPOL; conceptual lens; IMO; Annex VI; regional approach; economic interests; directional problem; benefits; policy-making; SOx; science;

    Abstract : Some environmental issues for shipping are regulated globally with uniform standards and others with stricter regulations in specific areas. This thesis aims to provide an understanding of why a regional approach was chosen with SOx Emission Control Areas (SECAs) as the main form of control of sulphur oxide emissions from international shipping, with explanations based on documents from negotiations within the International Maritime Organization (IMO) during 1988-1997. READ MORE

  7. 5. Understanding regional dynamics of vulnerability : a historical approach to the flood problem in China

    Author : Guoyi Han; Roger E. Kasperson; Graduate School of Geography Clark University; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Throughout its long history, China is among the world's most flood-prone and consequently the most experienced countries in coping with floods. This is a dissertation about developing a historical approach for understanding regional dynamic change of vulnerability to flood hazards in the Chinese context, and providing an analytic base for the country's shift of its flood management strategy from the current predominant and prevalent flood control approach to a broader and more comprehensive risk management paradigm. READ MORE