Search for dissertations about: "resilience"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 444 swedish dissertations containing the word resilience.

  2. 11. Exploring the resilience in coral reefs

    Author : Jerker Lokrantz; Magnus Nyström; Morgan Pratchett; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Coral Reefs; Resilience; Functional Groups; Vulnerability; Overfishing; Ecosystem Indicators; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Marine ecology; Marin ekologi; naturresurshushållning; Natural Resources Management;

    Abstract : Considering the unprecedented global decline of coral reefs concerns about their future existence are well-justified. Safeguarding ecological resilience (i.e. the capacity of ecosystems to absorb disturbance without changing their identity) has become a prime goal for management in order to combat further degradation of coral reefs. READ MORE

  4. 12. Urban Disaster Governance : Resilience and Rights in the Unequal City

    Author : Eija Meriläinen; Anja Nygren; Finland Helsinki Hanken School of Economics; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; disaster governance; urban disasters; resilience; right to the city; marginalisation; community;

    Abstract : While a hazard, such as an earthquake, may result from natural processes, the unequal ways in which it impacts people’s lives are not an outcome dictated by forces of nature. Indeed, the disaster unfolding from a hazard has much to do with how human societies are governed. READ MORE

  5. 13. Resilience in transport services -focus on constraints

    Author : Bernt Saxin; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Resilience; constraints; bottlenecks; capacity use; reserve capacity; quality; coherence; problem solving; capability; customer satisfaction; productivity; information; communication; decision-making; policy; systems thinking; complexity; service industries; services operations; capacity management; sustainability; resource-based competition;

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  6. 14. Exploring Software Resilience

    Author : Björn Ståhl; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Software has, for better or worse, become a core component in the structured management and manipulation of vast quantitates of information, and is therefore central to many crucial services and infrastructures. However, hidden among the various benefits that the inclusion of software may bring is the potential of unwanted and unforeseen interactions, ranging from mere annoyances all the way up to full-blown catastrophes. READ MORE

  7. 15. Deltaic Dilemmas : Ecologies of Infrastructure in New Orleans

    Author : Joshua Lewis; Henrik Ernstson; Nik Heynen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Infrastructure; New Orleans; resilience; historical ecology; urban ecology; disturbance; naturresurshushållning; Natural Resources Management;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the relationship between water infrastructure, ecological change, and the politics of planning in New Orleans and the Mississippi River Delta, USA. Complex assemblages of water control infrastructure have been embedded in the delta over the last several centuries in an effort to keep its cities protected from floodwaters and maintain its waterways as standardized conduits for maritime transportation. READ MORE