Essays about: "burn"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 149 essays containing the word burn.

1. 16. Burn or Return? Evaluating Deposit Return Systems for Plastic Packaging Waste in Sweden : A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Martin Forsman Hedman; [2022]
   Keywords : Resource management; reuse; deposit return scheme; circular economy; polypropylene;

   Abstract : Plastics have become an integral part of modern life and global use is expected to grow almost two- fold until 2040. 40% of European demand for plastic raw materials is driven by the packaging industry and being a cheap material, focus on waste management has historically been neglected. READ MORE

3. 17. The Combined Influences of Canopy Openness, Browsing Protection, and Low Intensity Fire on the Natural Regeneration of Oak in Southern Sweden

   University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

   Author : Benjamin Miles; [2022]
   Keywords : burn; browsing; disturbance; fire; light; oak; Q.robur; Q.petraea; ungulates;

   Abstract : Whilst oak was historically prevalent in the landscape of temperate Europe, changes in the disturbance regime of forests have led to limited regeneration across its distribution. In this study, the fire oak hypothesis is tested to assess the tolerance of Quercus robur and Quercus petraea recruits (seedlings and saplings) to a low intensity burn, and how this response may differ depending on the presence of browsing and canopy openness. READ MORE

4. 18. “We are the granddaughters of the witches you could not burn”. The Functions of Protest Art in the Argentinian Green Wave Movement

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

   Author : Daniele Zubrickaite; [2022]
   Keywords : protest art; social movements; abortion; Argentina; cultural politics; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Protest, as a collective struggle to challenge the dominant orthodoxies, involves aesthetics that have the power to articulate the movement’s identity, protestors’ ideas, preferences, and interests. This research is a case study exploring the functions of art in the reproductive rights movement marea verde (en. READ MORE

5. 19. Evaluating forest wildfire effect on tree increment patterns for boreonemoral forests in Sweden: A pilot study using remote sensing

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Joanna Eaton; [2022]
   Keywords : Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; Remote sensing; Sentinel-2A; Forest wildfires; dNBR; NDVI; dNDVI; Dendrochronology; Atmospheric science and biogeochemical cycles; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The release of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) has substantially increased the global mean surface air temperature. Increases in global mean surface air temperature will lead to warmer and drier conditions, promoting more frequent, long-lasting, intense forest wildfires. READ MORE

6. 20. PATCHING THE MOVEMENT : Belarusian feminists’ experiences of well-being support

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

   Author : Yana Snizhko; [2022]
   Keywords : feminist activism; development cooperation; well-being;

   Abstract : The current study intends to investigate how processes related to acquiring well-being support are experienced by feminist activists in Belarus and what are the key ideas and notions in their statements. As a result of collected interviews and performed discourse analysis on the empirical material, the author has concluded that activists position themselves within the notion of productive “activism” where burn-out is considered to be a negative, yet normalized part of activist engagement. READ MORE