Essays about: "Bornholm"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the word Bornholm.

  1. 1. ”There is a need for people who can provide a transition”: A case study of how educational activities empower actors to engage in a local transition of the waste system on Bornholm, Denmark

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Kathrine Gjesing Hansen; [2023]
    Keywords : socio-institutional transitions; Denmark; power; education; municipal waste management; Sustainability Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Sustainable waste management is a complex task within environmental governance, and municipalities play a key role in governing a transition of the waste system toward prevention and reuse. This calls for an enhanced understanding of local capacities for change, and therefore this thesis adopts a socio-institutional perspective on the power of actors to influence local transitions. READ MORE

  3. 2. Negotiating Political Power on Bornholm : The Anonymous Philander Letter and the Response of the Danish Absolutist State, 1737–1739

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Matthías Aron Ólafsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Social history; early modern state; absolutism; Denmark; Bornholm; commissions; interaction; negotiation; political power; political culture;

    Abstract : This thesis studies the negotiation of political power between the Danish absolutist state, the local government on Bornholm, and its subjects there during the winter of 1738–1739. The aim is to better understand how political power was negotiated in a peripheral region of an early modern state, but also to explore what caused this interaction to begin with and why its eventual outcome was a compromise by the state. READ MORE

  4. 3. Nature Nexus - Small town sustainability in an island context

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Emily Axtell Himber; [2022]
    Keywords : Urban Design; Rural Design; Denmark; Nexø; Bornholm; Small Town Sustainability; Residential; Yderområde i Danmark; Yderkommuner; Sunshine Island; Solskinsøen; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Despite its sandy beaches, lush forest, and many sunshine hours, Bornholm was placed on a list along with 23 other municipalities as a peripheral area by Erhvervsstyrelsen in 2014. This designation means that the municipality’s income per capita is less than 90 percent of the national average and over an hour away from a large city. READ MORE

  5. 4. EV Fleet Flexibility Estimation on the Distribution Network

    University essay from KTH/Energiteknik

    Author : Bilal Fares; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : A new electricity market model was drafted in Denmark (1) to define the roles of different players and promote the integration of renewable generation as well as the gradual shift towards smartgrids. Along with a clear political will and adjustments of some regulatory barriers, this potentiallyopens the market for an increased share in electric vehicles (EVs). READ MORE

  6. 5. Exploring waste prevention possibilities through public procurement in public institutions -A case study from Bornholm, Denmark

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Maria Amosa Diamara Jäppinen; [2019]
    Keywords : Waste prevention; dematerialisation; public institutions; public procurement; Bornholm; the EU; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The thesis explored how waste could be prevented through public procurement in the public institutions on the Danish island, Bornholm. The island has set an ambitious vision, ‘Bornholm showing the way – without waste 2032’, aiming for 100 % waste recycling and reuse by 2032. READ MORE