Essays about: "Social Disturbance"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 34 essays containing the words Social Disturbance.

  1. 21. Anthropogenic Disturbance in Nocturnal Primates & Conservation Perception in Zaraninge Forest, Tanzania

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i biologi

    Author : Adam Murphy; [2015]
    Keywords : Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : Galagos are an understudied family of primates which inhabit much of Sub-Saharan Africa, some of which are potentially at risk. The coastal forests of East Africa are home to many galagos, however this habitat is under threat from an increasing human population seeking timber, charcoal and land for agriculture, amongst other pressures. READ MORE

  3. 22. Analyzing cumulative effects from human development on reindeer habitat in Sweden : an approach from Canadian caribou recovery planning

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Resource Management

    Author : Erika Driedger; [2014]
    Keywords : rangifer; indigenous ecological knowledge; cumulative effects; northern development;

    Abstract : Rangifer sp., also called reindeer or caribou, are characterized by their seasonal movements over the landscape, making them a good indicator for cumulative disturbance effects caused by human developments. READ MORE

  4. 23. Hållbar planering och förvaltning av urbana våtmarksparker

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Charlotte Brännström; [2014]
    Keywords : urbana våtmarksparker; hållbar utveckling; våtmarksplanering; våtmarksförvaltning; våtmarksekologi; urban rekreation; våtmarkshydrologi; våtmarkshydraulik; konstruerade våtmarker; våtmarksrestaurering;

    Abstract : För att möta den ökade urbaniseringstakten, och som en metod för att bedriva hållbar stadsutveckling, förtätas världens städer i allt högre takt. Större regnmängder, i kombination med hög andel hårdgjord yta och överbelastade dagvattenkulvertsystem, resulterar i kostsamma översvämningskatastrofer i många av världens städer. READ MORE

  5. 24. The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Remedying Failing Water Policy: To What Extent Can Corporate Social Responsibility be Used as a Tool for Achieving the Objectives of the Water Framework Directive?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Linnéa Kallhed; [2013]
    Keywords : EU-rätt; EU-law; Environmental law; Miljörätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Tillgång till tillräckliga mängder vatten av god kvalitet är en väsentlig resurs för samhället. Det behövs för mänsklig konsumtion, för produktion i industrin, för fisket, etcetera. Det är därför mycket oroande att vattenkvaliteten i Europeiska unionen successivt försämras. READ MORE

  6. 25. Resilient design for the extended Välen-Frölunda Valley

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Anna Valman; [2013]
    Keywords : resilience thinking; systems thinking; resilient cities; landscape architecture; metaphor; site interpretation; site alteration; dynamics; working knowledge; trans-areal studies;

    Abstract : The global concern for sustainability and for issues connected to climate change engages a vast group of professions and fields of science. As cities worldwide are growing due to a great relocation of people, ecology research has partly shifted its focus towards urban conditions and development. READ MORE