Essays about: "Changes to the ecosystem"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 333 essays containing the words Changes to the ecosystem.

1. 41. Partnerships and Servitization in the Heavy-Truck Industry : A Case Study of the Original Equipment Manufacturers' Ecosystem

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Isabelle Eriksson; Daniel Engman; [2023]
   Keywords : Partnerships; Servitization; Ecosystems; Ecosystem Transformation; Product-Service Systems; Partnerskap; Tjänsteutveckling; Ekosystem; Ekosystemstransformation; Produkt-tjänstesystem;

   Abstract : Technological transformations are changing the demands within the transportation industry in terms of services, consequently affecting the value proposition of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), thus calling for the need for initiatives in servitization. Responding to this, manufacturers are initiating partnerships with external actors to secure resources, competency and similar. READ MORE

3. 42. Changes in Gishwati-Mukura Forest and effects on biodiversity, floods, and landslides - recommendations for sustainable forest management

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

   Author : Elisabeth Claesson; [2023]
   Keywords : Rwanda; Gishwati-Mukura; Rainforest; Natural forest cover; Deforestation; Biodiversity; Flood; Landslide; Biology and Life Sciences;

   Abstract : Rainforests are of great importance for biodiversity and several ecosystem services. In Rwanda, a considerable decline in rainforest covers have been observed during the last decades. The Gishwati-Mukura Forest is one of the rainforests in Rwanda that has experienced a substantial reduction in forest cover, 99.4 %. READ MORE

4. 43. Clearcut tourism : a framework for a forest regeneration initiative based on sustainable forestry and public participation involvement

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Tamara Hadházi; [2023]
   Keywords : sustainable forestry; landscape architecture; clearcutting; sustainable tourism; ecosystem-based forestry; single-tree selection; clearcut-tourism; sustainable business model; environmental psychology; environmental education; ecosystem services; detached tourism;

   Abstract : Swedish forestry (and forestry in general) is a long-term investment that should last through generations. Some generations are only putting in the money to take care of it and not seeing much profit. Sometimes there is a point, where an individual landowner decides, it is time to get at least some income by clearcutting the forest. READ MORE

5. 44. Evaluating the impact of agriculture on albedo using Sentinel-2 data in southern Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Victor Andréasson; [2023]
   Keywords : Physical geography and ecosystem science; Remote sensing; Sentinel-2; Albedo; Agriculture; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The climate impact of food production plays a big part in the anthropogenic climate impact. Mitigation strategies from this sector are hence of great importance. One area which mainly has been used to calculate climate impact is albedo, the overall reflectance of incoming radiation in all directions. READ MORE

6. 45. High tide flooding in near future projections for popular travel destinations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : David Ebert; [2023]
   Keywords : Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; High tide flooding; Projections; Adaptation and mitigation strategies; Lunar precession; Nodal cycle; Cycle of lunar perigee; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : High tide flooding (HTF) is becoming more common in coastal regions of the United States, although this phenomenon remains largely undocumented in published literature from other parts of the world. No matter the emissions scenario over the next decades, sea level rise (SLR) is projected to continue worldwide until at least the end of the 21st century, continually pushing the frequency and severity of HTF. READ MORE