Search for dissertations about: "thesis on environmental pollution"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 391 swedish dissertations containing the words thesis on environmental pollution.
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1. Research and reflections on European air pollution policy support models
University dissertation from Gothenburg : Chalmers tekniska högskolaAbstract : European emissions to air of SO2, NOx, PM2.5, NH3 and NMVOC still today cause harm to human health and the environment. These pollutants are associated with the premature death of ~400 000 people annually in the EU (25 000 perished in traffic accidents 2017). Improvements are expected but problems will persist. READ MORE
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2. Enhancing Environmental Performance by Green Procurement A study of environmental procurement preferences in the construction industry
University dissertation from Stockholm : KTHAbstract : In recent years, the general awareness of the environmental impacts that industrial production gives rise to has radically increased throughout the world. Finding ways to minimise these impacts has become a major concern of the authorities in many countries. READ MORE
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3. Lake sediment as environmental archive : natural and anthropogenic influence on the chronology of trace elements
University dissertation from Örebro : Örebro universitetsbibliotekAbstract : The focus of this thesis is the historical pollution of some seldom-monitored trace elements (SMTEs; Ag, Be, Ga, In, Sb and Tl) that have been involuntarily released for several thousands of years but whose usage have increased during the industrial era. Sediment cores from four rural lakes in a south to north transect in central Sweden, and two urban lakes have been used as environmental archives for chronological studies. READ MORE
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4. Temporal and spatial trends of organohalogens in guillemot (Uria aalge) from North Western Europe
University dissertation from Stockholm : Institutionen för miljökemiAbstract : The Arctic and sub-Arctic region of the North Atlantic is a remote area, also in relations to environmental contaminants, such as POPs, BFRs and last but not least, PFCs. Both the BFRs and PFCs are considered emerging pollutants of significant environmental concern. READ MORE
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5. Toxic Textiles Towards Responsibility in Complex Supply Chains
University dissertation from Stockholm : Institutionen för miljökemiAbstract : The governance of the environmental and health problems that follow in the wake of globalised trade is one of the great contemporary challenges. One of these challenges is the management of chemical pollution and associated risks, and one sector facing this challenge is the textile industry, which has complex supply chains spread across continents. READ MORE
