Essays about: "North Kingdom"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the words North Kingdom.

  1. 1. Critical perspectives: North Sea offshore wind farms. : Oral histories, aesthetics and selected legal frameworks relating to the North Sea.

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

    Author : Joanne Moss; [2021]
    Keywords : Aesthetics; Coastal; Decay; Decommission; Development permission; European Landscape Convention; Fluid dynamics; Horizon; Industrial; Judicial review; Marine management; Maunsell; Monopile; NASA; North Sea; Offshore; Oral history; OSPAR; Scotland; Scour; Sealand; Sea plumes; Seascape; Sediment; SPM; Suspended particulate matter; Transience; Trawler; Turbine; United Kingdom; Wind farm.;

    Abstract : The study is developed from five in-depth interviews with individuals from different walks of life who have interacted significantly with the North Sea. The study discusses change in the North Sea specifically in the development of fixed turbine wind farms and their physical and aesthetic effects. READ MORE

  3. 2. Plant phenology and climate change : possible effect on the onset of various wild plant species first flowering day in the UK

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Nigel Fox; [2019]
    Keywords : geography; GIS; plants; phenology; climate change; global warming; FFD; IPCC; Bluebell; Garlic mustard; Coltsfoot; Cuckooflower; United Kingdom; Woodland Trust; UK; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The IPCC states that the planet is significantly warming due to effects of climate change. This warming effect has consequences for phenological events. Many species cannot track rapid climate change, resulting in phenological mismatches. This study looks at an extreme weather event and the longer-term effects of climate change. READ MORE

  4. 3. Last Night in Sweden : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Image of Sweden in International Media

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Mathilda Linnander; [2018]
    Keywords : Critical Discourse Analysis; Sweden; fake news; nation branding; elite media;

    Abstract : This is a study of how the image of Sweden is constructed in international media. Using the country as a swinging bat in debates on socialism and progressiveness is nothing new but has had an upswing during recent years as a result of the global rise of right-wing forces. READ MORE

  5. 4. Community Benefit Funds and Wind Power: A Scottish Case Study

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Adam Mathers; [2018]
    Keywords : Community benefits; wind power; procedural justice; social acceptance of wind energy;

    Abstract : The Scottish government’s aim of deriving 100 per cent of the nation’s electricity from renewable sources is dependent on the utilisation of wind energy. Social barriers, however, have continued to threaten these targets. READ MORE

  6. 5. The United Kingdom’s Security of Gas Supply Post Brexit: Comparing the Legal Aspects of Potential Options

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Malin Andreasson; [2017-04-10]
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    Abstract : This master thesis examines the United Kingdom’s security of gas supply post-Brexit. The United Kingdom’s main energy source is gas, which is either imported from continental Europe and Norway, or shipped, in the form of liquefied natural gas from around the world. READ MORE