Essays about: "Degrowth"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 64 essays containing the word Degrowth.

  1. 1. Transforming Consumption Practices: A Social Practice Theory Analysis of Repairability and Lifetime Extension of Smartphones

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

    Author : Ester Ósk Gestsdóttir Waage; Marite Putna; [2023]
    Keywords : Keywords: smartphones; sustainable consumption; social practice theory; degrowth; environmental impact; repair; lifetime extension.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The lifetime extension of smartphones is seen as a prominent way to reduce the environmental impacts caused during the production of the devices. Smartphones may be small devices, but their impact is no longer small as for the past years e-waste has been the largest growing waste generated globally. READ MORE

  3. 2. Sustainable housing for everyone: A qualitative study of sustainable urban development and housing provision in Malmö

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Malin Hansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how the city of Malmö plans for the housing provision from a sustainability perspective by studying social and environmental sustainability in the urban development process with a focus on housing. The study is a qualitative case study and interviews with employees working in the municipality and a document study have been conducted. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Correlation Between CO2 Emissions and GDP in Bhutan - A Threat to Carbon Neutrality?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Wollnert; [2023]
    Keywords : Bhutan; Gross Domestic Product GDP ; Carbon dioxide CO2 emissions; Carbon Neutrality; Environmental Kuznets Curve EKC ; The Decoupling Theory; Green Growth; Degrowth; Gross National Happiness GNH ; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The nexus between environmental degradation and economic growth is becoming of greater importance globally and in order to limit global warming at an increase of 1.5 ° C there needs to be a net zero-transition towards carbon neutrality. READ MORE

  5. 4. Shifting paradigms in practice? Investigating the compatibility of Germany's energy cooperatives with sustainable degrowth

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Leon Bartling; [2023]
    Keywords : degrowth; community energy; cooperatives; renewable energy transition; degrowth framework for community energy; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The concept of sustainable degrowth presents itself as a normative response to some of the most pressing socio-ecological challenges of our time. The energy sector plays a prominent role in the degrowth debate, however, there is limited conceptual and empirical understanding of how energy production and consumption might look like from a degrowth perspective and which actors might be compatible with the degrowth ideals. READ MORE

  6. 5. Navigating the Growth Paradox in an Incumbent Business Context : Managerial Implications from a Degrowth Perspective

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Sabrina Dietrichs; Gitte Thorsén; [2023]
    Keywords : Degrowth; Degrowth Frameworks; Growth Paradigm; Growth Paradox; Organizational Paradox Theory; Managerial Paradox Response; Post-Growth Economy;

    Abstract : Our study investigates how the organizational growth paradox is perceived and managed by incumbent firms from a degrowth perspective. There is a growing critique against the growth paradigm, an increasing support for its abandonment. Scholars are calling for a paradigm shift towards a post-growth economy. READ MORE