Essays about: "Sustainable Environment"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 2307 essays containing the words Sustainable Environment.

  1. 16. How democratic backsliding impacts security and development in El Salvador

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Joel Claesson; Mohammed Alizadeh; [2024]
    Keywords : Security and Development nexus; Democratic backsliding; Democracy; Development;

    Abstract : The security and development nexus outlines the interdependence between security and development, this theoretical framework has been used in peacebuilding efforts around the world and the idea of the concept is that both security and development reinforce each other, more security is expected to create more development and vice versa. If a society is riddled with poverty and economic despair, insecurity will follow as a result, and likewise an economy will not be able to grow and flourish if a secure environment is not applied. READ MORE

  3. 17. Utilizing energy-saving techniques to reduce energy and memory consumption when training machine learning models : Sustainable Machine Learning

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Khalid El Yaacoub; [2024]
    Keywords : Sustainable AI; Machine learning; Quantization-Aware Training; Model Distillation; Quantized Distillation; Siamese Neural Networks; Continual Learning; Experience Replay; Data Efficient AI; Energy Consumption; Energy-Savings; Sustainable ML; Computation resources; Hållbar maskin inlärning; Hållbar AI; Maskininlärning; Quantization-Aware Training; Model Distillation; Quantized Distillation; siamesiska neurala nätverk; Continual Learning; Experience Replay; Dataeffektiv AI; Energiförbrukning; Energibesparingar; Beräkningsresurser;

    Abstract : Emerging machine learning (ML) techniques are showing great potential in prediction performance. However, research and development is often conducted in an environment with extensive computational resources and blinded by prediction performance. READ MORE

  4. 18. Motivating Sustainable Transitioning: Enabling and Limiting Factors Within the Petroleum Industry. A Qualitative Analysis of Enabling and Limiting Factors for Sustainable Transitioning Within the Petroleum Industry

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Oliwer Holm; Philip Hansson; [2024]
    Keywords : Sustainable Transitioning; Petroleum Industry; Expectancy- Value Theory; Motivation;

    Abstract : The increasing global awareness and enormity of the climate crisis has led to intensified pressure towards multiple industrial sectors to commit to a sustainable transition, one of them being the petroleum industry. Being the manufacturers and suppliers of fossil fuels they have the power to shape the market. READ MORE

  5. 19. Planning neighbourhoods for local living. New Urbanism ideas in practice

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle

    Author : Vejuna Zalalyte; [2023-11-20]
    Keywords : neighbourhood; urban planning; density; mixed-use; walkability; access to services; local living; travel behaviour; behaviourism; New Urbanism;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the effect of New Urbanist planning theory on facilitating sustainable local living behaviours in inner city neighbourhoods. Drawing on the empirical evidence of two New Urbanist neighbourhoods in Lithuania and Sweden, the residents’ everyday lived experiences of the key guiding New Urbanist principles of density, mixed land use and walkability are explored. READ MORE

  6. 20. Fungi as a potential solution to microplastic pollution: A qualitative study examining the opportunities and obstacles of implementing mycoremediation in Swedish agricultural soils from a perspective of ecological sustainability

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Julia Zajac; [2023-11-08]
    Keywords : mycoremediation; ecological sustainability; sustainable development; microplastics; fungi;

    Abstract : The world is facing microplastic pollution in almost all areas, as a result of increased manufacture and use of plastics in recent years. One of the most highly polluted environments are agricultural soils, which are estimated to contain up to 14 percent of all microplastic pollution. Few effective methods exist to solve this problem. READ MORE