Search for dissertations about: "sustainable development goals"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 181 swedish dissertations containing the words sustainable development goals.
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1. Sustainable Goals : Feasible Paths to Desirable Long-Term Futures
Abstract : The general aim of this licentiate thesis is to analyze the framework in which long-term goals are set and subsequently achieved. It is often claimed that goals should be realistic, meaning that they should be adjusted to known abilities. READ MORE
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2. Governing Development : The Millennium Development Goals and Gender Policy Change in Sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract : Recent decades have witnessed an upsurge in the use of different forms of global performance assessments as a means to influence the behavior of states. Within the area of international development, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) reinforced the practice of development governance through global performance indicators (GPIs) and gained considerable agenda-setting power among the international development community. READ MORE
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3. Sustainable tourism development : Social sustainability, planning and strategic development for better cities
Abstract : The main goal of this thesis has been to contribute towards improved understanding of how cities can influence tourism development. A great deal of earlier tourism studies has been concerned with aspects of social sustainability. This has naturally concentrated on potential as well as real anomalies and conflicts related to urban tourism. READ MORE
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4. Towards sustainable development : Indicators as a tool of local governance
Abstract : Beginning in the 1990s, sustainability indicators have rapidly been developed in different political contexts to measure progress towards reaching sustainable development. Previous research has largely focused on developing models and criteria for defining indicators in order to identify scientifically sound systems. READ MORE
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5. Unveiling the path towards sustainability: scientific interest at HEIs from a scientometric approach in the period 2008-2017
Abstract : Humanity has experienced the impact of an unsustainable economic model at all levels. This topic has crystallized in different summits and conferences during the 20th century. As a result of this concern, the concept of sustainable development (SD) emerged. READ MORE