Essays about: "Local authorities"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 385 essays containing the words Local authorities.

  1. 26. Towards low carbon buildings: A case study in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Energi och byggnadsdesign; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Huynh Tuan Tran; Victor-Antoine Delorme; [2023]
    Keywords : Life cycle assessment; Environmental impact of building materials; Carbon neutrality; Biobased material; Biochar; Cross Laminated Timber; Biogenic carbon; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This study comprehensively evaluated the global warming potential of an office building in a newly built Scandinavian neighbourhood seeking to reach sustainability. The primary objective of the research was to support the city authorities of Helsingborg by providing valuable insights into actual carbon emissions at the building level and proposing measures to minimize these emissions to achieve climate neutrality by 2030. READ MORE

  3. 27. Ready for Crisis? : Food Production in Uppsala during the Second World War

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Levina Ahlgren; [2023]
    Keywords : Second World War; Urban agriculture; Crisis; Cityscape; Uppsala;

    Abstract : Recently, various crises have occurred that have reminded Swedish authorities of the preparations needed to manage such phenomena. The recent crises are the war in Ukraine, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the man-made climate crisis. The aim of this study is to show how urban agriculture can be used to mitigate negative impacts from future crises. READ MORE

  4. 28. Tracking climate change adaptation outcomes: Analysis of adaptation planning in UK urban areas

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : William Lewis; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate Change Adaptation; Urban; Evaluation; Monitoring; Outcomes; Impact; Indicators; Learning; Reporting; MERL; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As more and more urban areas are planning and responding to climate change there is a need to understand the role that local action is having at the national and international level. The Paris Agreement called for a global goal on adaptation but in practice aggregating progress on adaptation is hard to achieve. READ MORE

  5. 29. “You just don’t expect serious crisis information on a platform like Instagram.” : A qualitative study about Swedish civilians’ social media usage and information seeking behaviours in relation to crisis information.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013)

    Author : Tilde Johansson; Ebba Martinsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Social media; social media use; crisis communication; information vetting; information sharing; information seeking; Sociala medier; kriskommunikation; Krisinformation; Informationstolkning; Informationsdelning; Informationssökande;

    Abstract : This qualitative study investigates people's media use and engagement on social media. By combining prompts material and qualitative interviews with theories such as the social mediated crisis communication model (Austin et al., 2012) and uses and gratifications theory (Katz et al. READ MORE

  6. 30. A CHANGING SCENE: COVID-19 pandemic impacts on lives of travel economy stakeholders in Goa

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Petra Nilsson; [2022-08-24]
    Keywords : Anthropology; Covid-19; Goa; crisis management; travel economies; hippie culture; Antropologi; krishantering; rese-ekonomier; hippiekultur;

    Abstract : This dissertation is based on two months of ethnographic fieldwork in North Goa, India. It concerns impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel economy stakeholders, in relation to their perception of their living situations, both present and future. READ MORE