Essays about: "Ecocentric"

Showing result 16 - 19 of 19 essays containing the word Ecocentric.

  1. 16. Testing the (legal) waters: interpreting the political representation of a river with rights in New Zealand : “let’s talk to the river, instead of talking about the river”

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

    Author : Wouter Blankestijn; Anna Martin; [2018]
    Keywords : earth jurisprudence; rights of nature; political representation; ecocentrism; human-nature communication; river management; indigenous justice; environmental justice; communicative ethic; thematic analysis; New Zealand;

    Abstract : In 2017, after protracted litigation between Māori iwi (tribe) and the Crown, the Whanganui River in Aotearoa/New Zealand was granted the status of a ‘legal person’. The river is described as an indivisible and living whole, so-called Te Awa Tupua. READ MORE

  3. 17. Assessing total legitimacy in in Swedish large carnivore policy

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Katarina Hansson; [2017]
    Keywords : Large carnivores; public policy; total legitimacy; policy ideas;

    Abstract : The importance of nature and biodiversity became widely acknowledged during the second half of the past century. The environmental movement contributed greatly to the initiation (and later adoption) of various international agreements on protection and sustainable use of natural resources around the globe. READ MORE

  4. 18. Valuing nature : ethical considerations of biodiversity in sustainability science

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Jonathan Bartling; [2016]
    Keywords : biodiversity; sustainability science; ecosystem services; valuation; anthropocentrism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Species extinction rates have during the last centuries reached levels leading scholars to proclaim a sixth mass extinction, even referred to as defining element of the Anthropocene. How humanity relates to nature and biodiversity has thus become part of how we delineate and describe the geological epoch we live in. READ MORE

  5. 19. SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLES - AN EXPERIMENT IN LIVING WELL : Northern European examples of sustainable planning

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Yael Bratel; [2012]
    Keywords : sustainable lifestyles; technocentrism; ecocentrism; governmentality; biopower pro-environmental behaviour; sustainable habits; The Royal Seaport; The Western Harbour; Houthaven; guidelines for sustainable lifestyles; sustainable urban planning; Stockholm; Malmo; Amsterdam; hållbar stadsplanering; hållbara livsstilar; Norra Djurgårdsstaden; Västra Hamnen; Malmö;

    Abstract : This study examines the concept of sustainable lifestyles. It is concluded that the concept of sustainable lifestyles is derived from the bigger term sustainable development and that the concept sustainable lifestyles exists as an antipode to unsustainable lifestyles. READ MORE