Essays about: "change is the law of nature"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 74 essays containing the words change is the law of nature.

  1. 11. A thematic landscape designed masterplan integrating urban ecology, water planning and social improvements : a vision for the former airport Tejgaon and the district Karail, Dhaka City, Bangladesh

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Nuzat Naila Islam; [2022]
    Keywords : Green and blue infrastructure; Informal settlements; storm water flooding; urban ecology;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis paper is to integrate three important thematic aspects i.e., improve qualities in the urban ecological situation, provide ideas for handling stormwater flooding and ideas to improve socio-economic aspects for inhabitants. The integration of ideas is illustrated in a masterplan program-sketch in three phases. READ MORE

  3. 12. Environmental security – for everyone? An ecofeminist and intersectional case study of climate displacement in Tuvalu

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Wilma Folkebrant; [2021]
    Keywords : environmental security; ecofeminism; intersectionality; climate displacement; Tuvalu; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The climate change is affecting small island developing states to the amount that the surface of Tuvalu might disappear and the country therefore risk to lose its sovereignty (Pacific Small Island Developing State 2009, p. 10-12). By investigating environmental security through climate displacement this thesis will conduct a case study of Tuvalu. READ MORE

  4. 13. Multifunktionella möjligheter för matlandskap

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

    Author : Hanna Clausen; [2021]
    Keywords : matproduktion; matlandskap; multifunktionell markanvändning; urban agrikultur; hållbar samhällsutveckling; stadsjordbruk; självförsörjning;

    Abstract : Den globala livsmedelsproduktionen har stora negativa effekter för världens klimat och biologiska mångfald. En omställning av vår matproduktion är grundläggande för att förhindra fortsatt global miljöförstöring. I denna uppsats undersöks möjligheter till att i en högre grad integrera matproduktion i dagens landskapsplanering. READ MORE

  5. 14. Refuge from Climate Change? : The Principle of Non-Refoulement under the ICCPR and the ECHR in the Context of Climate Change

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Joel Herrault; [2021]
    Keywords : non-refoulement; climate refugees; climate change; human rights law; ECHR article 3; ECtHR; ICCPR articles 6 and 7; United Nations Human Rights Committee; slow onset processes; climate change effects; klimatflyktingar; non-refoulement; EKMR artikel 3; ICCPR artikel 6 och 7;

    Abstract : In the early 1990s the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicted that the gravest effects of climate change could be on human migration, as millions would be displaced by coastal erosion, flooding, and drought. Today, this is considered a reality that is coming ever closer. READ MORE

  6. 15. Water Politics in a Water-Scarce Landscape : Examining the Groundwater Debate in California’s Central Valley

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Ayesha Ali; [2020]
    Keywords : Political Ecology; Water law; Groundwater; California; Agriculture; Climate Change;

    Abstract : The history of California is in many ways a story about water, and the outsized effect that droughts, floods, and seasonal precipitation rates have had on the political and economic development of the state over the past 170 years.  This thesis uses discourse analysis of historical and ongoing negotiations that have been presented in federal and state reports, narratives, case laws and legislation to explore how the discourse around water politics has been shaped in the state. READ MORE