Essays about: "emergy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word emergy.

  1. 1. Vertical Farming Sustainability and Urban Implications

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Daniela García-Caro Briceño; [2018]
    Keywords : Emergy; Food sovereignty; Security; Sustainable development; Urbanization; Urban political agroecology;

    Abstract : Meeting current and future demands for food is one of the biggest problems facing the world today. Despite the positive correlation that exists between food production and urban food demand, food systems remain separate and excluded from cities. Vertical farming has been proposed as a solution projected to address these issues in a sustainable way. READ MORE

  3. 2. Food consumption in Rosendal : the environmental support to diets in a “green” urban district

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Jacinda Maassen; [2017]
    Keywords : food consumption; emergy; environmental support; urban; green district; sustainability;

    Abstract : Food is a vital component to the survival of all life forms. Development of a global food system has increased food security yet produced greater environmental impacts, amplified by various threats to the global food system as well as a major use of natural resources. READ MORE

  4. 3. Eko 765 : Causality between GDP, Renewable Energy and CO2 within a sustainable development framework

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Par Isar Robert Cristian; [2016]
    Keywords : Economic growth; GDP; emissions; MDG; environment; transformity; sustainability; policies;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to investigate the causal relationship between GDP and renewable energy. In order to find a significant relationship, a literature review is first analyzed in order to select the right methods for analysis. READ MORE

  5. 4. Emergy synthesis on the initial phase of a sustainable urban food garden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Attila Marádi; [2014]
    Keywords : sustainability; emergy synthesis; systems ecology; sustainable agriculture; urban food production;

    Abstract : In recent years various benefits of small scale, sustainable agriculture have been revealed. However such systems have rarely been assessed on a system level. In this study emergy synthesis of a sustainable urban, food-producing plot was performed in order to assess the benefits and possible obstacles of such systems. READ MORE

  6. 5. Emergy analysis of biodiesel and biogas production from Baltic Sea macro algae

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Christoffer Jarméus; [2013]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to compare the production of biodiesel or biogas from macro algae harvested from the Baltic Sea from an energy perspective. The macro algae were considered to be harvested from an area along the southern coast of Sweden, between Malmö and Simrishamn. READ MORE