Essays about: "Lorenz"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 25 essays containing the word Lorenz.

  1. 6. Sustainable Destination Development in Practice : Can accommodation businesses contribute to cultural landscape preservation? The case of the Ökomodell Hindelang

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Lorenz Schwarzenbach; [2021]
    Keywords : tourism; destination; development; sustainability; cultural landscape; ecosystem services; accommodation businesses; entrepreneurship;

    Abstract : The focus of this research lies on the possibilities and willingness of accommodation businesses to work for and towards sustainability in a destination. The area of investigation is the municipality of Bad Hindelang located in the German Alps. READ MORE

  3. 7. Peace with the environment: Community perspectives from the Andean-Amazon foothills of Colombia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Lorenz Rodrigo Peh; [2021]
    Keywords : Buen vivir; Caquetá; Colombia; community perspectives; conflict; environment; environmental peacebuilding; participatory methods; peace; social ecology; visual methods; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Half a decade after the signing of the peace agreement between the Government of Colombia and the FARC-EP, the country continues to suffer from persisting violence and the need to address environmental destruction is more evident than ever. This research builds on a post-development critique of current peace efforts and responds to the call for including local perspectives in knowledge creation and development practice. READ MORE

  4. 8. Wealth Inequality : Analysis based on 21 EU countries

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Nationalekonomi

    Author : Mengying Man; Meixuan Ren; [2019]
    Keywords : Wealth Inequality; Gini Index; Housing Price Index; Minimum Wage; Inflation Rate;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine how wealth inequality alters when macroeconomic factors such as housing price index, inflation rate, and minimum wage change. In the theoretical part, the potential connection between some macroeconomic factors and wealth inequality is described through the link of the Lorenz Curve and Pareto distribution. READ MORE

  5. 9. Application of the Ordered Lorenz Curve in the Analysis of a Non-Life Insurance Portfolio

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Fredrik Ahlberg; [2019]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Insurance analysts have a great variety of assessment tools at their disposal in order to ensure a healthy insurance portfolio. To describe the financial income and loss distribution of the insurance portfolio one of the more fundamental mathematical instrument is the Lorenz curve. A measure developed in the early 19th centrury by Max O. READ MORE

  6. 10. Characterisation of a Gas Modulation Refractometer for Detection of Gases at 1550 nm

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

    Author : Nils Zachmann; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Only very few molar polarizabilities are known with high accuracy; and when so, they are in general only known at a given wavelength. There is therefore a need to assess the molar polarizability with high accuracy of various gases, at different wavelengths. READ MORE