Essays about: "Environmental flows"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 252 essays containing the words Environmental flows.

1. 21. Increasing ecosystem services at an industrial area : A study applied to Rönnskärsverken

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Lisa Larsson; Petra Ljunggren; [2023]
   Keywords : Green areas; Biodiversity; Environmental regulation; Nature Based Solutions; Stormwater management;

   Abstract : What are ecosystem services, what are the possibilities to use them as a solution to remediate environmental problems, and how can they be increased in an industrial area such as Rönnskärsverken? The aim of this master thesis was to investigate the potential and the incentive for increasing ecosystem services in Rönnskärsverken’s industrial area through green areas and nature based stormwater management solutions on the site.  Ecosystem services is a concept that was put on the political agenda in the UN in 2005 in order to create a common definition and valuation to raise awareness of the values that nature provides to human beings. READ MORE

3. 22. The Relationship Between Environmental Policy Stringency and Trade Flows

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Philip Lindersten; Zeshan Shiekh; [2023]
   Keywords : Environmental policy stringency; Trade flows; Competitiveness hypothesis; Porter hypothesis;

   Abstract : Ceteris paribus, it is unclear whether a more stringent environmental policy increases or decreases a country's competitiveness. Two hypotheses have been formulated in this decade-long debate: the competitiveness hypothesis - stating that a more stringent environmental policy decreases competitiveness, and the Porter Hypothesis, claiming the opposite. READ MORE

4. 23. Modelling organic farming systems : is livestock needed for a functioning nitrogen cycle and food production?

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

   Author : Franziska Johanna Galler; [2023]
   Keywords : organic farming; livestock; stockless farming; nitrogen cycle; nitrogen use efficiency; nitrogen recycling; nutritional value; human nutrition; food system;

   Abstract : Livestock has always been an integral part of nutrient management on organic farms. Environmental, economic and idieological trends are leading to an increasing specialization of agriculture away from mixed farms with livestock. READ MORE

5. 24. Evaluating a new hydraulic implementation in LPJ-GUESS for three sites in north Europe

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Carl Holmquist; [2023]
   Keywords : Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; LPJ-GUESS; drought; sensitivity analysis; evapotranspiration; gross primary production; hydraulic parameters; boreal forest.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Drought is projected to increase in frequency and intensity and impacts trees with increased water stress and increased mortality rate. Water stresses can cause hydraulic failure-related mortality or carbon starvation due to tree species having different strategies to deal with water stresses. READ MORE

6. 25. Following the Historical Trails of the Jämtland's Triangle

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Anna Melander; [2023]
   Keywords : Jämtland Landscape Windshed Fireplace Ecological Geometric Paradiset s Nature Reserve Huddinge;

   Abstract : Growing up amidst the mountains of Jämtland sparked a passion in me to discover how nature could influence and inspire architectural design. For my diploma project, I envisioned four structures situated along two hiking trails, the Jämtland's Triangle in Åre Municipality and Sameslingan, in the Nature Reserve Paradiset in Huddinge. READ MORE