Essays about: "Ethics of sustainable development"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 52 essays containing the words Ethics of sustainable development.

1. 21. Challenges and Possibilities for Accommodating Wild Animals in the Realm of Justice

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Amalia Björnegran; [2017]
   Keywords : Sustainable Development; environmental justice; ecological justice; NGOs; ENGOs and public agency; wild animals;

   Abstract : Abstract: This research seeks to investigate the possibilities and inadequacies of including wild animals within the justice realm. It bases this research on the reasons and rationales of representatives within environmental non- governmental organizations (ENGOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and public agency working with animal- rights and welfare or environmental protection. READ MORE

3. 22. After the blue rush : assessment of the sustainability of recreational fisheries in Peenemünde, Germany as part of a social-ecological system

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : René Lanz; [2017]
   Keywords : ecological values; sustainability science; recreational fisheries; social-ecological systems SES framework; environmental ethics; Germany; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In the shadow of commercial fishing fleets, recreational fishers are a lesser known but still substantial group exerting pressure on the world’s aquatic ecosystems and its fish stocks. Enthusiastic angler participation, high catch rates, catch selectivity and harmful fishing techniques characteristic of recreational fishers can have detrimental impacts on the aquatic environment. READ MORE

4. 23. Engineering Nature under Climate Change – Implications of Assisted Migration on Sustainable Development in Mountain Ranges

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Katelin Markcrow; [2017]
   Keywords : Sustainable development; assisted migration; climate change; biodiversity; mountain ranges; ethics; debate;

   Abstract : The Planet has entered a new epoch - the Anthropocene; where human activities, such as mining for and burning of fossil fuels, land-use change, and industrialization are actively disrupting the planet’s state. The rate at which climate change is occurring as a result of human activity is unprecedented in recent millennia and poses many threats through drastic changes in rain fall patterns, rising sea level, retreating glaciers, and an increase in extreme weather events. READ MORE

5. 24. Competitive logistics management : Guidelines for handling logistical challenges in chain store warehouses

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

   Author : Emanuel Mäkinen; Ellen Broström; [2016]
   Keywords : Internal logistics; warehouse operations; frequency study; work sampling; chain stores; change management; sustainability; competitive advantage; competitive logistics; sustainable development;

   Abstract : During the last decades, it has been brought to light that well organized logistics processes have contributed to competitive advantages for companies. Mio AB, a chain store warehouse and the second largest furniture company in Sweden, is operating in the middle of an expansion phase with growing revenue. READ MORE

6. 25. 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