Essays about: "UNEP, thesis"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 13 essays containing the words UNEP, thesis.

  1. 6. Waste Management System Assessment in the North of Argentina

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Maria Eugenia Quiroga Ekman; [2017]
    Keywords : Integrated waste management; solid waste; methodology; waste management; waste treatment; landfill; organic waste; biogas;

    Abstract : During the last decades, solid waste management has been going through a lot of changes regarding, regulation and applications of models and systems. New practices to solve environmental problems have been approached in different scenarios, situations and in different countries. READ MORE

  3. 7. Integrating environment into humanitarian risk - Development and use of an environmental emergency risk index to inform capacity development interventions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI); Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Josefin Henriksen; Heidi Sillanpää; [2014]
    Keywords : index; indicators; risk perception; risk; environmental emergency; weighting; normalisation; aggregation; transformation; hazards; vulnerability; capacity; InfoRM; EER Index; natural hazards; technological hazards; EPI; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : This master thesis is an attempt to investigate to what extent the Environmental Emergency Risk Index (EER Index), which was recently developed by the Joint UNEP/OCHA Environment Unit (JEU), fit field staff and expert perceptions of environmental emergency risk. The findings reveal that the EER Index does not coincide very well with the views of the experts and field staff and that there are some methodological aspects of the development of the index that need to be further refined. READ MORE

  4. 8. On UNEP and Global Environmental Governance Reform : Perspectives identified and percieved by non-state actors on visions, problems and solutions of the reform

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema vatten i natur och samhälle; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

    Author : Fen Wang; [2014]
    Keywords : UNEP; Fundamental Problems; Global Civil Society; Global Environmental Governance; etc.;

    Abstract : The objective of this study is to explore the visions, problems and solutions of non-state actors regarding the reform of UNEP and Global Environmental Governance (GEG). An empirical approach is integrated throughout the thesis, i.e. online forum, interview, qualitative analysis of data, and comparative content analysis. READ MORE

  5. 9. UNEP Major Groups Facilitating Committee: An Evolving System

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Sara Svensson; [2013-08-29]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This human ecology thesis scrutinizes the Major Groups Facilitating Committee (MGFC) as an evolving system for stakeholder participation in the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Mixed research methods for both quantitative and qualitative data have been used to describe and analyze the context, elements, flows and purpose of the MGFC. READ MORE

  6. 10. Trädplanen som ett styrdokument i kommunal trädförvaltning

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

    Author : Lisa Nilsson ; [2013]
    Keywords : trädplan; urbana träd; stadsträd; grönstruktur; urban forestry; kommunal planering;

    Abstract : Urbana områden är komplexa strukturer som styrs av många olika viljor, intressen och behov. Dessutom blir de urbana områdena allt fler. Väldsbefolkningen växer och fler människor väljer att leva och bo i städer. READ MORE