Essays about: "complex adaptive challenges"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 35 essays containing the words complex adaptive challenges.

1. 21. Applying a Strategic Sustainable Development Lens to Supplier Network Collaboration

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

   Author : Kristina Gren; Ashkan Lotfalian; Hassibullah Ahmadi; [2020]
   Keywords : Sustainable Supply Chain Management SSCM ; Strategic Sustainable Development SSD ; Collaboration for Sustainability CS ; Supply Chain Collaboration SCC ; Barriers; Enablers;

   Abstract : A company cannot be more sustainable than its supply chain. Given their complexity and the need for collaborative, strategic action for sustainability across supplier networks this research takes a systems perspective to answer, “How can a Strategic Sustainable Development (SSD) lens support supplier network collaboration towards sustainability?”. READ MORE

3. 22. Analyzing the resilience of tourism stakeholders during the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of Bend, Oregon

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

   Author : Fie Broker-Bulling; [2020]
   Keywords : Sustainable development; sustainability; resilience; tourism; hospitality; Covid-19; crisis and disaster recovery;

   Abstract : As the world continues to globalize, the need for sustainability is becoming increasingly evident. In the tourism industry, an industry that employs 1 out of 10 globally, this is especially true. This industry is composed of a complex web of systems that ebb and flow in unison. READ MORE

4. 23. Respect for Fundamental Rights in Credibility Assessment of LGBTIQ+ Asylum Seekers in Sweden

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Rubén Pomar Mir; [2019-09-13]
   Keywords : LGBTIQ community; asylum; asylum seeker; fundamental rights; queer asylum;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates an increasingly important topic in the European Union (EU). I analyze challenges to respecting fundamental rights when assessing the credibility of LGBTIQ+ asylum seekers in Sweden. READ MORE

5. 24. Differentiated vulnerabilities and capacities for adaptation: A case study on household adaptation to water shortage in Gaborone

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Josefine Lund Schlamovitz; [2019]
   Keywords : Adaptive Capacity; Botswana; Climate Change Adaptation; Gaborone; Intersectionality; Vulnerability; Water Shortage.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Provision of freshwater to urban residents remains a significant global challenge. A challenge whose impendent success in many regions is further threatened by climate change and urbanization projections, subsequently increasing the pressure on urban water supply. READ MORE

6. 25. Resilience of urban systems in the face of natural hazards : To what extent do humanitarian organisations contribute to flood preparedness in Jakarta?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Sarah Stingl; [2018]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Today, the humanitarian sector is faced with the interplay of several challenges: The world is increasingly becoming urbanized and cities are rapidly expanding into megacities and metacities. At the same time it is confronted with a heightened disaster risk that affects the urban realm in particular. READ MORE