Essays about: "Mark Lilla"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words Mark Lilla.

  1. 1. A Toxic Legacy? : A Study of PFAS Leakage from Landfills in the Eastern Part of Mälaren

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Elsa Hård af Segerstad; [2023]
    Keywords : Landfills; PFAS; Leachate; Mälaren-Görväln; Östra Mälaren Water Protection Area; Norrvatten; Drinking Water; Characterisation; Risk Assessment; Deponier; PFAS; Lakvatten; Mälaren-Görväln; Östra Mälarens vattenskyddsområde; Norrvatten; Dricksvatten; Karakterisering; Riskbedömning;

    Abstract : The growing concern around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their negative health and environmental effects have lately become more apparent which also is reflected in the new, more strict regulations of permitted levels of PFAS in drinking water extracted from water resources. However, many point sources of PFAS pollution to the environment and to water resources are still not identified and assessed for risk. READ MORE

  3. 2. Integration of Borehole, Ground, and Airborne Data to Improve Identification of Areas With Quick Clays in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Geofysik

    Author : Oskar Rydman; [2021]
    Keywords : TEM; tTEM; Quick clay; SkyTEM; ATEM; CPTR; CPTU-R; Landslides; Frastad; TEM; tTEM; Quick clay; SkyTEM; ATEM; CPTR; CPTU-R; Jordskred; Fråstad;

    Abstract : The main focus of the project was the comparison of results from a new towed transientelectromagnetic (tTEM) data set with existing data including airborne transient EM(ATEM), radio magnetotellurics (RMT), cone penetration test with resistivity (CPT-R),geotechnical interpretations and geological observations in a quick clay landslide site atFråstad close to Lilla Edet in south-west Sweden. The tTEM data set was processedand inverted twice in the software Aarhus workbench using different inversion constraintsand settings. READ MORE

  4. 3. Difference and social cohesion : A Study of Different Identities' Effect on Societal Cohesiveness

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Markus Sjölén Gustafsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Social Identity Theory; Cohesion; Cohesiveness; Identity politics; Identity; Democracy; Mark Lilla; Group difference; Social Capital; Trust; SOM; SOM-institutet; SOM-institute; trust;

    Abstract : This paper has had the ambition to answer the question does people’s perception of group difference affect their sense of societal cohesiveness? Using survey data from a Swedish 2015 study conductedby the SOM-institute this study looks at people living in Sweden’s perceptions of differentgroup identities to see which elements come at play in forming an over-all sense of societal cohesion.This study combines theories on social capital in relation to group identities to create anadvanced model to test the data in. READ MORE

  5. 4. Cittaslow i Falköping

    University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management

    Author : Karin von Zweigbergk; [2009]
    Keywords : Cittaslow; Slow city; Falköping; stadsutveckling; stadsutvecklingsmetod; platsmarknadsföring; platsidentitet; hållbar utveckling; småskalighet;

    Abstract : Cittaslow is an international organization founded in Italy in 1999 by a few towns in Northern Italy, in order to stop the trend of people moving to bigger cities. The aim was to show the advantages of small towns and to strengthen their identities. Falköping is, since the certification in the summer 2008, the first Cittaslow in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 5. Landsbygdens miljökvaliteter : från folkmun till planering

    University essay from SLU/Dept. Of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management

    Author : Åsa Svensson; [2008]
    Keywords : landskap; landsbygd; miljökvalitet; planering; hållbar utveckling; social dimension; intervju; studie; kvalitativ intervju; livskvalitet;

    Abstract : Considering the social dimension of sustainable development this thesis focuses on the qualities of life and how the environmental qualities that the inhabitants value can be incorporated in the physical planning of the municipality. The thesis deals with the problems that occur when the physical planning, whit its focus on the environmental aspects, also needs to consider peoples opinions, that springs from the individual experience of the place. READ MORE