Search for dissertations about: "resilience"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 257 swedish dissertations containing the word resilience.
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1. Advancing Resilience Practice Bridging social-ecological resilience theory and sustainable development practice
University dissertation from Stockholm : Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm UniversityAbstract : This thesis investigates the application of resilience thinking in different real-world settings and research-practice interfaces, for example in the context of natural resource management, local government planning and food systems. The number of cases of resilience practice are growing, including resilience assessments, planning and action, but there are still few scientific studies and even less synthesis across cases. READ MORE
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2. Development and Resilience Re-thinking poverty and intervention in biocultural landscapes
University dissertation from Stockholm : Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm UniversityAbstract : The practices related to the growing, harvesting, preparation, and celebration of food over millennia have given rise to diverse biocultural landscapes the world over. These landscapes – rich in biological and cultural diversity – are often characterised by persistent poverty, and, as such, are often the target of development interventions. READ MORE
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3. Social-ecological dynamics in a highly regulated fisheries system - Sources of resilience and limits to command-and-control management
University dissertation from Stockholm : Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm UniversityAbstract : Sustainable governance of natural resources is challenged by the poor understanding of complex human-nature couplings. Major advancements in resilience theory, acknowledging the importance of social-ecological linkages and the self-organizing capacity of social-ecological systems, provides a new perspective on research in sustainability science. READ MORE
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4. Opportunistic Networking Congestion, Transfer Ordering and Resilience
University dissertation from Uppsala : Acta Universitatis UpsaliensisAbstract : Opportunistic networks are constructed by devices carried by people and vehicles. The devices use short range radio to communicate. Since the network is mobile and often sparse in terms of node contacts, nodes store messages in their buffers, carrying them, and forwarding them upon node encounters. READ MORE
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5. A Biopsychosocial and Long Term Perspective on Child Behavioral Problems Impact of Risk and Resilience
University dissertation from Linköping : Linköping University Electronic PressAbstract : Mental health has become a prominent issue in society. Yet, much remains unknown about the etiology of psychiatric disorders. The aim of the present thesis was to investigate the association between biological, psychological and social factors of risk and resilience and behavioral problems in a birth cohort of Swedish children. READ MORE
