Essays about: "Menorca"

Found 3 essays containing the word Menorca.

  1. 1. Menorca's calm threatened by climate 'jaleo'

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Mar Triginer Mitjavila; [2022]
    Keywords : climate change; place attachment; collective identity; territory; perception; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Local perceptions on global scale problems are often overlooked, focusing the attention instead on policy action or scientific reports. To challenge that, this thesis focuses on Menorca’s population, specifically on whether place attachment is related to the perception of climate change impacts in the territory and if this can translate into concrete local action against its impacts. READ MORE

  3. 2. A metabolic analysis of Menorca during the 2020 lockdown using the Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecosystem Metabolism approach

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Oscar Martín Carles; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; metabolic analysis; MuSIASEM; COVID-19; Menorca; island;

    Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic forced many countries to put forth severe lockdown restrictions in order to stop the spread of the virus. Spain was one the most affected countries in Europe, and its non-essential socio-economic activities faced strict restrictions in the free movement of people. READ MORE

  4. 3. Farmers' participation in conservation of rural landscapes : A case study of the Menorca Biosphere Reserve (Spain)

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Pau Torrents; [2014]
    Keywords : adaptive co-management; biosphere reserve; social-ecological system; rural landscape; agricultural land abandonment; Menorca; Menorca Biosphere Reserve Agency; stakeholder; participation; cooperation; stewardship; farmer; landowner; trust.;

    Abstract : In an European context of agricultural land abandonment, the role of the farming community as landscape stewards is crucial for maintaining the rural landscape as well as the ecosystem services provided by this landscape. Such stewardship is studied here by assessing the participation of the farming community in the management of Menorca Biosphere Reserve, a small Mediterranean island with very well conserved and rich rural landscape which is not escaping this tendency of land abandonment. READ MORE