Essays about: "Ecological limits"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 43 essays containing the words Ecological limits.

1. 31. Phippsia concinna in Sweden : Exploring ecological dependencies in a regionally endangered plant species that occurs in alpine snowbeds

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

   Author : Mikael Marberg; [2015]
   Keywords : Snowbed; Climate change; Alpine plant ecology;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to 1: Get an updated population estimate for the regionally endangered alpine specialist plant Phippsia concinna in Sweden and 2: Explore the ecological dependencies that limits the distributions of this species to late melt-out alpine snowbeds on calcareous soils, and 3: Explore if climate change in the southern part of the Scandes mountain range is causing a decline in the population numbers of P. concinna. READ MORE

3. 32. Rush for the 'blue gold'. The governance of agricultural investments influencing the socio-ecological system of the Gambella region, Ethiopia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Kata Molnar; [2014]
   Keywords : Land deals; Resource-based conflicts; Water governance; SES Framework; Ethiopia; Gambella region; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This paper presents a case study from the Gambella region of Ethiopia, where large-scale land concessions shape the resource system and necessitate adoption of new institutions. Private investors are free from water charges, and have the right to take over already built irrigation structures such as dams or main canals. READ MORE

4. 33. Utemiljön ur ett ekosystemtjänstperspektiv : undersökning och gestaltning med fokus på en bostadsgård i stadsdelen Norra Fäladen, Lund

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

   Author : Mona Falck; [2014]
   Keywords : ekosystemtjänstperspektiv; ekosystemtjänster; grön bostadsgård; grön utemiljö; hållbar stadsutveckling; bostadsmiljö; landskapsarkitektur;

   Abstract : Målet med detta arbete är att undersöka vad begreppet ekosystemtjänster kan innebära i den urbana utemiljön och hur ett ekosystemtjänstperspektiv kan användas för att beskriva och gestalta grönytor i staden. Bakgrunden är det växande intresset för hållbar stadsplanering och hur landskapsarkitektur kan bidra till detta. READ MORE

5. 34. Education for Sustainable Development and Development of Berlin's Schoolyards - A Study of Possibilities and Limits

   University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

   Author : Isabell Rentsch; [2013]
   Keywords : Education for sustainable development; schoolyard development; outdoor education; ecological literacy; participation; Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung; Schulhofentwicklung; Partizipation;

   Abstract : The term ‘education for sustainable development’ is recently used and discussed in Germany, even though, to many people it is an abstract idea. The development of schoolyards can be seen as a practical project in order to teach and experience education for sustainable development in everyday school life. READ MORE

6. 35. Land degradation in the Ovitoto region of Namibia : what are the local causes and consequences and how do we avoid them? : a minor field study on the relationship between land degradation and rural populations in the Ovitoto region in central Namibia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Izabella Rosengren; [2011]
   Keywords : physical geography; land degradation; overgrazing; drought; naturgeografi; Namibia; markförstöring; överbetning; torka; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Half of Africa’s population - more than 300 million people - is threatened by land degradation. In general, land degradation is initiated when people intentionally or accidentally disturb the balance in a already fragile ecosystem. READ MORE