Essays about: "Global Environmental Problems"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 242 essays containing the words Global Environmental Problems.

  1. 16. Multi-scale Bark Beetle Predictions Using Machine Learning

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Albert Øhrman Wellendorf; [2023]
    Keywords : Geography; GIS; Geographically weighted regression; bark beetle; machine learning; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Bark beetle attacks have led to widespread tree disturbance and deaths in many parts of the world, and thereby also economic and biodiversity losses. Forest-rich Sweden has experienced periodic attacks, latest in 2018. READ MORE

  3. 17. The urban cure : design with local landscape dynamics

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

    Author : Lilja Will; [2023]
    Keywords : landscape architecture; landscape as a medium; landscape urbanism; process based design; eco-social services; shrinking city; post-industrial revitalisation; sustainable urban planning;

    Abstract : The worlds cities are currently facing challenges related to climate change, resource loss, poverty, social inequality, and technological disruptions. Sustainable urban planning is crucial, especially with the increasing global population and urbanization. Cities are the vital organs that determine the growth and further development of a region. READ MORE

  4. 18. From Grassroot to Global: Community-Based Entrepreneurs Shaping Systemic Change

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Merel Evers; Merel Jasmijn Hulst; [2023]
    Keywords : Depletion of natural resources; re-organizing the economy; bottom-up efforts; community-based entrepreneurship; common-based economy; eco-villages; community boundary management; collective action; social and environmental change; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This research explores how community-based entrepreneurs can contribute to the reorganization of natural resource management and find solutions to environmental problems within the current capitalist economy. Recent scholars on post-capitalism, believe that the economy can be organized by different institutions than the market and investigate the role of individuals as catalyst of environmental and social change from the bottom up. READ MORE

  5. 19. The role of alternative food networks in times of crises : A case study about the effects of covid 19 on the REKO network in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Nora Giertz; [2022]
    Keywords : food systems; sustainability transformation; social-ecological resilience; crisis-landscape; covid 19;

    Abstract : The food we consume and how it is produced constitutes a significant driver of environmental change, degrading the ecological base on which life depends. Moreover, the food system is highly globalized and geographically scattered, connected by global value chains. This creates potential vulnerabilities. READ MORE

  6. 20. Continuous leaching of phosphorus from sewage sludge ash

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemi, bioteknologi och hälsa (CBH)

    Author : Sofie Göransson; [2022]
    Keywords : Ash leaching; Continuous stirred tank reactor; CSTR; Phosphorus recovery; Sewage sludge ash;

    Abstract : The global demand for food is increasing. Different nutrients are used to increase growth in agriculture and are thus essential for the world ́s food supply. An important and common nutrient is phosphorus. It can be mined, in the form of phosphate, from phosphate rock. READ MORE