Essays about: "socio-economic and environmental degradation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words socio-economic and environmental degradation.

  1. 1. Digging Deeper: Exploring Roads to Inclusive Development Through Mine Closure Policy and Practices in the Dominican Republic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Bianca Terrero Vega; [2023]
    Keywords : mine closure; inclusive development; mineral governance; community engagement; energy transition metals; just transitions.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Mining operations have significant environmental and social impacts, including ecosystem fragmentation, biodiversity loss, pollution, and social issues such as low wages and unsafe working conditions. Despite these negative effects, mining plays a crucial role in the transition to low-carbon technologies and the demand for energy transition minerals is expected to surge. READ MORE

  3. 2. Securing Costa Rica’s Sustainable Future: A multi-level perspective analysis of the sustainability transition to operationalise the 3Rs in the plastic waste management system in Costa Rica

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Maricruz Bravo Gallegos; Stephanie Dowlen; [2022]
    Keywords : Circular economy; integrated sustainable waste management; plastic pollution; waste pickers; recycling; recovery; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Plastic waste and pollution have proliferated globally causing environmental degradation and biodiversity loss. Costa Rica hosts 5-6% of global biodiversity and struggles to balance socio-economic development with environmental protection in the context of plastic waste management. READ MORE

  4. 3. Environmental Leapfrogging in Kenya: The Role of Human Capital, Wealth and Institutions for the Adoption of Solar Energy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Cecilia Pampararo; [2022]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : While developing countries are faced with pressing socio-economic challenges, they are also increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of environmental degradation. Starting from this double challenge, current research has been focusing on the synergies between economic development and environmental protection. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Spatially Explicit Agent-Based Model of Human-Resource Interaction on Easter Island

    University essay from KTH/Numerisk analys, NA

    Author : Peter Steiglechner; [2020]
    Keywords : Agent-based modelling; applied mathematics; socio-economic modelling; Agentbaserad modellering; tillämpad matematik; socioekonomisk modellering;

    Abstract : The history of Easter Island, with its cultural and ecological mysteries, has attracted the interests of archaeologists, anthropologists, ecologists, and economists alike. Despite the great scientific efforts, uncertainties in the available archaeological and palynological data leave a number of critical issues unsolved and open to debate. READ MORE

  6. 5. Burning the woods and flooding the slums : examining the socio-economic and environmental burden of wood charcoal in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Laura Maja Stenbæk Fløytrup; [2020]
    Keywords : Cooking fuels; Energy Justice; Supply chains; Good Governance; Sub-Saharan Africa; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Wood charcoal is the main source of energy for cooking in urban Sub-Saharan Africa. It is widely known that charcoal production causes numerous environmental impacts, such as deforestation and environmental degradation. READ MORE