Search for dissertations about: "science and policy connected to sustainability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words science and policy connected to sustainability.

2. 1. Between Growth and Sustainability : Exploring the Construction of Sustainable Mobility in Swedish Transport Policy

   Author : Elias Isaksson; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Stadsmiljöavtal; Urban Environment Agreements; Discourse Analysis; Planning; Environmental politics; Environmental politics; Urban Environment Agreements; Discourse Analysis; Planning; Stadsmiljöavtal;

   Abstract : Transport policies in Western Europe are increasingly framed in terms of sustainable mobility. This is a response to an urgent need to tackle adverse consequences of the transport system and implies changes in discourses related to transport. READ MORE

4. 2. Understanding processes and travel behaviour changes connected to electric vehicle adoption

   Author : Joram H.M. Langbroek; Joel P. Franklin; Yusak Susilo; Jilian Anable; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Transportvetenskap; Transport Science;

   Abstract : The use of electric vehicles (EVs) has the potential to increase the sustainability of the transport system, especially in case of unchanged or decreased car use, eco-driving and charging during hours of low electricity demand in case of an electricity generation mix with a large share of renewable energy sources. However, EVs still use much energy and EV-use does not solve problems regarding accessibility, social equity, traffic safety and has only a limited beneficial effect on liveability (e. READ MORE

5. 3. The role of industrial energy management in the transition toward sustainable energy systems : Exploring practices, knowledge dynamics and policy evaluation

   Author : Mariana Andrei; Patrik Thollander; Anna Sannö; Patrik Rohdin; Kornelis Blok; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Energy management; Practices; Transition to sustainable energy systems; Knowledge-creation; Process innovation; Incremental and radical innovations; Voluntary initiatives; Digital technologies for energy efficiency;

   Abstract : Mitigating climate change represents one of the most pressing challenges of our time. The EU has set the goal of reaching climate neutrality by 2050. The transition of manufacturing organizations is essential in reaching the EU’s goal, since industry accounts for circa 25% of the total final energy use and about one-fifth of EU’s GHG emissions. READ MORE

6. 4. Decision-making and decision support connected to biogas use in Sweden

   Author : Sofia Dahlgren; Stefan Anderberg; Thomas Magnusson; Jonas Ammenberg; Iva Ridjan Skov; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY;

   Abstract : Human activities cause many sustainability challenges in the world, which need to be dealt with. One way to decrease the negative impacts related to those challenges is by replacing currently dominating technologies with better, alternative technologies. READ MORE

7. 5. Planning processes for transport and ecological infrastructures in Poland – actors’ attitudes and conflict

   Author : Malgorzata Blicharska; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
   Keywords : LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Biodiversity conservation is an important contemporary issue on global, EU and national policy agendas. However, in the face of human economic development, the important question is how to protect, maintain and restore biodiversity, without compromising economic and social dimensions of sustainability. READ MORE