Essays about: "Systems Oriented Theories"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Systems Oriented Theories.

  1. 1. Ethics over aesthetics - A content analysis on the inclusion of environmental ethics within the undergraduate architectural curriculum

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för didaktik och pedagogisk profession

    Author : Angela Raji; [2023-10-05]
    Keywords : Environmental ethics; Curriculum studies; Undergraduate architectural education; Qualitative content analysis; Value-oriented framework;

    Abstract : This document analysis study primarily investigates the inclusion of environmental ethics with an undergraduate architectural curriculum in Sweden. The curriculum documents analyzed in this study contain specific literature and objectives which primarily guide pedagogy both in theory and in the design studio. READ MORE

  3. 2. Hydraulic Modelling of Eurasian Beaver Structural Modifications: Implications for Evaluating their Contributions to Natural Flood Management in Scotland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Maja Christina Pitcairn; [2023]
    Keywords : Beaver reintroduction; Scotland; Flood risk; Natural flood management; Hydraulic modelling.; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The concurrent climate and biodiversity crises in Scotland necessitate the exploration of ecosystem-based adaptation to simultaneously address increased flood risk and the loss of native species. This research investigated the contributions of Eurasian beaver reintroductions to natural flood management in Scotland. READ MORE

  4. 3. Sustainability Transitions Antenarratives: Public Sector Organization Perspectives in Implementing Sustainability Oriented Projects in a Developing Country

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Kamwasir Kamwasir; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainability; Sustainability transition; public sector organizations; multi-level perspective; niches; micro-niches;

    Abstract : Sustainability has been considered a novel research field emerging from the desire to protect the environment, and equally emerging in transition discourses. This research explores the construction of sustainability transition processes and pathways in a public sector organization implementing a sustainability oriented program. READ MORE

  5. 4. “Walking encyclopedias of studies” for sustainability transformations? The role of information and discourse in the case of the German coal phase-out

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Stephan Huber; [2021]
    Keywords : Climate policy; Energy systems; Policy change; Social-ecological transformation; Discourse; Expert-based information; Collaborative governance; Path dependency; Policy-oriented learning;

    Abstract : Transformations of energy systems in line with the Paris Agreement demand rapid deliberate decline of fossil energy production for decarbonization. Rising in priority on national political agendas, policy change for deliberate decline meets political barriers in the form of powerful incumbent actors, path dependencies and frames of loss. READ MORE

  6. 5. Tillbaka till konventionell växtodling : en multipel fallstudie av lantbrukares beslut om att frångå ekologisk produktion

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Henrik Nobel; [2019]
    Keywords : ekologisk; konventionell; växtodling; beslut; lantbruk; jordbruk; organic; conventional; agriculture;

    Abstract : Den ekologiska marknaden har ökat kraftigt det senaste decenniet och allt fler konsumenter väljer att köpa ekologiska livsmedel. I takt med ökad efterfrågan har antalet lantbrukare som väljer odla enligt ekologiska principer ökat, där en stärkt ekonomi och högre lönsamhet är drivkrafterna bakom omställningen. READ MORE