Essays about: "Azores"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word Azores.

1. 1. A methodology to achieve sustainability within the food & beverage industry

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för energivetenskaper

   Author : Douglas Edström; [2022]
   Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : With the world heading towards a global increase of temperature of more than 1.5°C, societies are trying to limit the dependence on fossil fuel by adopting renewable energy sources in order to limit the emission of greenhouse-gases. READ MORE

3. 2. Understanding ecological tourism by different local business stakeholders: a case study of Sao Miguel.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Industriell teknik

   Author : Maureen Le Vaillant; [2020]
   Keywords : ecotourism; local stakeholders; sustainable destination development; Sao Miguel; Portugal; Azores; case study;

   Abstract : Tourism represents 10.3% of the global GDP. Moving abroad for holidays has never been simpler and cheaper. Destinations answer tourist's demands, they build more hotel complex, create new fun activities, provide more resources. READ MORE

4. 3. Towards a Tephrochronology for the Lakselv Peat Sequence in Finnmark County, Northern Norway

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

   Author : Anny Höglund; [2017]
   Keywords : Tephra; Tephrochronology; Lakselv; Norway; Jan Mayen; São Miguel; Electron Microprobe Analysis; Density Separation;

   Abstract : To provide an increased breadth in the knowledge of tephra dispersal, this pilot study examines a peat core from Lakselv in Finnmark County in northern Norway. Peat samples are exposed to burning, HCl, density separation and polarized light microscopy. One sample from a depth of 37.5-40 cm was analysed using an electron microprobe analyser (EMPA). READ MORE

5. 4. Is there an influence of solar activity on the North Atlantic Oscillation? : a literature study of the forcing factors behind the North Atlantic Oscillation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

   Author : Ida Johansson; [2015]
   Keywords : stratospheric-tropospheric couplings; solar activiy; The North Atlantic Oscillation; blockings; climatic variations; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Nordatlantiska Oscillationen (NAO) är ett atmosfäriskt cirkulationsfenomen som kännetecknas av skillnader i havsnivåtryck mellan högtrycksområdet vid Azorerna och lågtrycksområdet över Island. NAO varierar mellan en positiv och negativ fas beroende på hur väl utvecklade dessa högtrycksområden är. READ MORE

6. 5. Sustainable Energy for Islands: Opportunities versus Constraints of a 100%Renewable Electricity Systems. El Hierro (Canary Islands) and Flores (Azores) case studies

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Beatriz Medina Warmburg; [2006]
   Keywords : renewable energy sources; 100% renewable electricity systems; holistic approach; driving forces; Environmental studies; Miljöstudier; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Islands? characteristics provide several advantages as laboratory for studying 100% renewable energy sources (RES) systems. Their isolation makes them a ?unique laboratories, to gain knowledge and understanding of people/environment relationships? ; to prove its feasibility and acquire the needed knowledge for such systems to work; to be pioneer project, basis of other islands? projects and even a global 100%RES electricity system. READ MORE