Essays about: "Futures studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 59 essays containing the words Futures studies.

  1. 1. Regenerating Land, Regenerating Self: Towards a Care-full Regeneration Cycle of Inner-Outer Transformation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Rahel Könen; Clara Wessel; [2024]
    Keywords : Land Regeneration; Inner-outer Transformation; Ethics of Care; Regenerative Sustainability Transformations; Affirmative Political Ecology; Relational Turn; Care-full Regeneration Cycle; Emergence; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The world needs rapid transformation if we are to shift towards more just and regenerative socio-ecological futures. In merging scholarly fields of transformation studies, regeneration and ethics of care this thesis explores the connection between inner-outer regeneration through the in-depth study of a transformative caring process. READ MORE

  3. 2. Specificity in Non-Financial Disclosure - Regulated by Directive 2014/95/EU

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Matilda Frövenholt; Kevin Wirdéus; [2023-07-03]
    Keywords : Directive 2014 95 EU; ESG Disclosure; Biodiversity; Specificity; Textual Analysis; Named Entity Recognition; Market Reaction;

    Abstract : We use textual analysis of annual reports to investigate if ESG disclosures, including biodiversity, regulated by the Directive 2014/95/EU provide the market with decision-useful information. Several studies have examined whether the directive has increased the quality of ESG disclosure but with mixed results. READ MORE

  4. 3. Future climate suitability of shade trees in cocoa agroforestry systems in West Africa and shade tree diversity’s impact on farm microclimate : A Minor Field Study

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Jonna Halonen; [2023]
    Keywords : species distribution modeling; cocoa agroforestry; shade trees; West Africa; microclimate; distributionsmodell; kakaoskogslantbruk; skuggträd; Västafrika; mikroklimat;

    Abstract : Shade trees’ implementation into cocoa agroforestry systems in tropical West Africa has proven to have a high potential in increasing farm resilience and mitigating climate change. However, no studies have yet examined the potential future climate suitability for shade trees in the region, which is important when deciding which shade trees to implement. READ MORE

  5. 4. Design av hållbara parkeringar – material, växtval och ekosystemtjänster

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

    Author : Jacob Persson; Martin Toft Möllerberg; [2023]
    Keywords : parkeringar; hållbarhet; uppbyggnad; uppbyggnad; växtval; urbana värmeöar; transformation; permeabelt; ekosystemtjänster; dagvattenhantering; BGG-system; upplevelsevärden;

    Abstract : Under vår utbildning för att bli Landskapsarkitekter har vi identifierat förbättringspotential för parkeringar generellt. De har ofta döende vegetation, saknar permeabla ytor och har suboptimal utformning. READ MORE

  6. 5. Moving Cities of the Future : The Power of Anticipation Fiction Over Our Modern Social Imaginaries

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Laurine Avice; [2023]
    Keywords : social imaginaries; fiction; moving cities; future;

    Abstract : The future is constantly growing as a more and more significant matter of interest, both in the academic fields and in everyday conversations. This thesis focuses on a specific perspective of the future: what if cities were no longer static by nature, but cruising across the world? By analysing three works of literary fiction, the aim is to illustrate how fiction, and more specifically ‘anticipation fiction’, can participate in shaping our social imaginaries, the understanding we have of the world, both when it comes to our present and our future. READ MORE