Search for essays about: "ecological threats"

Found 5 essays containing the words ecological threats.

  2. 1. The Legitimacy and Efficiency Claims of Ecological Deliberative Democracy. A Case Study of the Municipality of Malmö.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sandra Nilsson Hedman; [2008]
    Keywords : municipalities; deliberative democracy; ecological values; social learning; legitimacy; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis illuminates the deliberative democratic ideal's claim for efficiency and legitimacy that is brought forward by Robyn Eckersley and John S. Dryzek as being an essential brick in the struggle for a societal development that is ecologically sustainable. READ MORE

  4. 2. Energy Strategies towards Sustainability: a comparative analysis of community energy plans from Sweden and Canada

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för Teknik (TEK)

    Author : Kerly Acosta; Arash Sangari; Jessica Webster; [2008]
    Keywords : hållbar utveckling; sustainability - energy; sustainability - strategic planning; community energy planning; community energy systems; sustainability; backcasting;

    Abstract : This thesis examines community energy planning in Sweden and Canada with the aim of revealing strategies that move communities towards energy sustainability. Unsustainable energy activities are identified as major threats on both local and global levels. READ MORE

  5. 3. Sustainability Opportunities and Challenges of Bioplastics

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för Teknik (TEK)

    Author : Eri Matsuura; Yan ye; Xiaoxuan He; [2008]
    Keywords : hållbar utveckling; sustainability - strategic planning; bioplastics; pla; lca; fssd;

    Abstract : Bioplastics (BPs) can be defined as plastics made of biomass such as corn and sugarcane. These substances have been increasingly spotlighted as means to saving fossil fuels, reducing CO2 emission and plastic wastes. READ MORE

  6. 4. Diffusion of innovations : reforestation in Haiti

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Konst, kultur, kommunikation, K3

    Author : Raffaella Bellanca; [2007]
    Keywords : Reforestation; Haiti; Sustainable development; Diffusion of Innovations;

    Abstract : Development discourse emerged from the implicit assumption that the technological achievements and societal organizations of western civilization represent successes of humankind in inhabiting the planet, and should therefore be promoted among other cultures. The ecological threats of this time suggest the contrary, forcing us to reconsider the positiveness of over exploitations of natural resources and to recognize the paradox of the economical growth model. READ MORE

  7. 5. Towards a Robust Society

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för Teknokultur, Humaniora och Samhällsbyggnad (TKS)

    Author : Erik Jansson; [2004]
    Keywords : fysisk planering; spatial planning - social planning; spatial planning - local planning; robusthet; robust samhälle; sydafrika; south africa; buffalo city municipality; risk assessment; riskbedömning; vulnerability; sårbarhet;

    Abstract : This is a project where a method for assessing the robustness of a neighbourhood/residential area has been introduced and applied in Buffalo City Municipality in South Africa. The purpose of the project was to investigate and evaluate the use of the Swedish analysis method for assessing the robustness of a neighbourhood /residential area. READ MORE