Essays about: "auto sustainability"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 13 essays containing the words auto sustainability.

  1. 6. Sowing hope, harvesting justice: How Vila Nova Esperança transformed the environment into an ally to claim rights

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Luciana Capuano Mascarenhas; [2019]
    Keywords : environmental justice; sustainable favelas; urban poverty; degradation narrative; informal settlements; sustainability science; Brazil; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The presence of informal settlements in large cities of the developing world is a concrete expression of urban poverty. The residents of Brazilian favelas are more likely to be exposed to environmental risks, lower life quality and risks of eviction. READ MORE

  3. 7. When's the holiday over? Assessing the sustainability of local government debt in Sweden

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Sebastian Röing; [2017]
    Keywords : Local government debt; Public finance; Sustainability; VAR model;

    Abstract : Swedish local governments are emerging from an era of low indebtness after the Swedish financial crisis in the 1990s preceded the creation of a comparatively robust, rules-based macro-prudential framework. Yet, the persistently low interest rates observed since 2008 have allowed an accelerating debt accumulation under those frameworks, pre-empting questions of debt sustainability should interest rates reverse. READ MORE

  4. 8. Embedded control system for the Shower of the Future

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för tillämpad signalbehandling

    Author : Patryk Jankowski; Przemysław Szyszkiewicz; [2017]
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    Abstract : The Orbital Systems Company faces the really important issues such a lack of water, sewerage and even public health infrastructure. Its proposition of the Shower of the Future, which is a high-tech purification system that recycles water was inspired by the NASA, spaceship technology with limited sources of water and can be the solution of these problems. READ MORE

  5. 9. Examining the impact of driving factors of Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions using the STIRPAT model: The case of Ethiopia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Gebremariam Natnael Demeke; [2016]
    Keywords : Carbon dioxide emission; energy; population; efficiency; STIRPAT method; Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This paper analyzes the impact of population growth, GDP per capita and technological improvement on Ethiopia’s carbon dioxide emission in the period 1971-2011. Using a STIRPAT model and Auto Regressive Distributive Lag (ARDL) l to analyze this impact, the study found that the highly growing population of Ethiopia has the greatest impact on carbon dioxide emission. READ MORE

  6. 10. Chachaklum, a viable initiative? : a stakeholder management approach towards a community enterprise

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Ella Lundström; [2014]
    Keywords : business; CBE; community; forest; Guatemala; Petén; smallholder; stakeholder;

    Abstract : Due to poorly functioning local and regional markets, the smallholders in San Francisco, Petén, were dependent on intermediaries that took advantage of the smallholder’s distance to markets. In an attempt to secure income and strengthen their bargaining position, 189 smallholders joined forces through the creation of a social smallholder network, held together by a community based enterprise. READ MORE