Essays about: "Västerbotten"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 280 essays containing the word Västerbotten.

  1. 31. Co-existence and conflict in a changing forest landscape: A case study of Maskaure reindeer herding district

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Tove Berg; [2022]
    Keywords : Reindeer husbandry; Forestry; Political Economy; Resource production; Landscape; Access; Maskaure; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Land use for reindeer husbandry and forestry are overlapping in large areas of northern Sweden. This co-location is characterized by dynamics in which the forest industry owns the land and the power to transform it, and the reindeer industry possesses a user-right for reindeer grazing and herding. READ MORE

  3. 32. Temporal evaluation of retention patch development : retention patches in Swedish forestry

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Noel Wieser; Per Schönning; [2022]
    Keywords : Retention forestry; Retention patch; Inland; Near coastal; Geographics information systems; Orthophotos; Västerbotten;

    Abstract : The demands on the world’s forests are increasing rapidly and the different interests are conflicting, often including goals of biodiversity and timber production. Forest management has since the 1990s included a scientifically validated measure known as retention forestry, to better balance conflicting goals of forest management. READ MORE

  4. 33. Investigating the Fluxes of Radio-Cesium (137Cs) in Sweden : Investigating the Fluxes of Radio-Cesium (137Cs) in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Hammad Masood; [2022]
    Keywords : Chernobyl incident; Sweden; radio-cesium; contamination; terrestrial environment; quatic environment;

    Abstract : Technological advancement and the quest for power have gradually contaminated our environment, as industrialization, agriculture, and nuclear activities progressed. In the year 1986, a terrible nuclear incident occurred in Ukraine, in which the nuclear reactor exploded. READ MORE

  5. 34. Riparian forests : a comparison of tree diversity, deadwood and canopy cover between primary and production riparian forests along headwaters

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Eric Lundqvist; [2022]
    Keywords : riparian forest; primary forest; production forest; tree diversity; deadwood; canopy cover;

    Abstract : Headwaters and their adjacent riparian forests (RF) have been recognized for years for their tight interlinkage and essential ecological and biogeochemical services. Notwithstanding, headwaters in Sweden have historically been overlooked in forest management, which has led to conifer-dominated RFs with simplified even-age structure. READ MORE

  6. 35. Co-working in Västerbotten : Exploring the potential of co-working places in sparsely populated areas in Northern Sweden

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

    Author : Karin Holmstrand; [2021]
    Keywords : co-working spaces; sparsely populated areas; sustainability;

    Abstract : Over the past decades, the concept of ‘co-working’ has spread rapidly across the globe – however, mainly in urban areas. By contrast, this study focusses on the potential of co-working places in sparsely populated inland municipalities in Västerbotten, a region in northern Sweden with uneven population patterns. READ MORE