Essays about: "Environmental Protection Agencies"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the words Environmental Protection Agencies.

1. 6. Cross-border Displacement: Prevent, Prepare or Adapt to?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Monica Sepka; [2017]
   Keywords : Disaster Risk Management; Environment; Migration; Displacement; Drivers; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Despite the fact that some forecasts suggest that a large number of individuals could become displaced by 2050, the institutional and operational linkages between climate and cross-border displacement continues to be complex. While refugees and IDPs are treated according to specific treaties, the status of cross-border displacement as a result of disasters suffers from a normative gap and the linkages between disaster displacement, its drivers and risk reduction seems rather underrepresented in existing research. READ MORE

3. 7. Natural capital and sustainable development: The story so far

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Falco Richardson; [2016]
   Keywords : economics; economic value; environmental conservation; natural capital; sustainable development; political-ecology;

   Abstract : Natural capital is a way of conceptualizing the linkages between economics and the environment. The concepts foundations can be traced back to the environmental movement of the 1970s and the works of influential economists at that time. READ MORE

4. 8. Where to go when nobody´s home? - Adaptation to climate change and migration in Sweden’s third largest city, Malmö.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

   Author : Maya Sanchez; [2016]
   Keywords : Asylum regulations; Planning Strategies; Adaptation; Migration; Street-level bureaucrats.; Climate change; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study has investigated the adaptation ability among Swedish public institutions with the intention of contributing with an understanding of the governmental and institutional approach on how they are supposed to manage potential larger-scale relocation due to climate change in the not so far reaching future. My specific research objective was to study the case of adaptation ability among institutions that interact and are linked to the community planning in Malmö and Sweden. READ MORE

5. 9. Land Surface Phenology as an indicator of performance of conservation policies like Natura2000

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Gunjan Sharma; [2016]
   Keywords : MODIS NDVI; Natura2000; Land Surface Phenology LSP ; ecological indicators; TIMESAT; trend analysis; GEM; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Considering the growing pressure on various ecosystems all around the world, the development of ecological indicators for assessing the health and condition of the ecosystems has become an integral part of environmental management and policy making efforts. Such indicators do not only simplify the complex ecosystem processes but can also act as a measure of performance of a conservation policy. READ MORE

6. 10. Comparison of risk assessment methods for polluted soils in Sweden, Norway and Denmark

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och kvartärgeologi (INK)

   Author : Viktor Plevrakis; [2014]
   Keywords : Risk assessment models; polluted soils; ecological risk; petrol station; Miljødirektoratet; Miljøstyrelsen; Naturvårdsverket; Environmental Protection Agencies;

   Abstract : Land contamination is an acknowledged problem around the world due to its potentially adverse impacts on human health and the environment. Specifically in Europe there are estimated to be 2,500,000 potentially contaminated sites. The risk that contaminated sites pose is investigated by risk assessments. READ MORE