Essays about: "cultivation theory"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 59 essays containing the words cultivation theory.

  1. 16. How Non-Financial Environmental And Social Factors Influence An Impact Investors Decision To Invest

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Annie Kjellberg; Fleur Linssen; [2021]
    Keywords : Decision-Making; Environmental; Social and Governance ESG ; Impact Investing; Indoor Vertical Farming; Non-Financial Factors; Rational Choice Theory RCT ; Willingness To Pay WTP ;

    Abstract : With a growing risk of food insecurity in the face of extreme population growth, the world is in need of hands-on solutions that could combine a significant increase in food production while decreasing the effects of agriculture on the environment. Such a solution could be provided through cultivating staple crops in Indoor Vertical Farming facilities, however, due to its high expenses, these developments have stagnated, lacking financial support. READ MORE

  3. 17. Do We Mistake Fiction for Fact? : Investigating Whether the Consumption of Fictional Crime-related Media May Help to Explain the Criminal Profiling Illusion

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)

    Author : Teresa Greiwe; [2021]
    Keywords : criminal profiling; criminal profiling illusion; cultivation theory; cultivation effects; fictional crime-related media;

    Abstract : The disparity between the ongoing use, the overall positive attitudes towards criminal profiling and the lack of empirical evidence for its validity is also referred to as criminal profiling illusion. Associated risks for society range from misled police investigations, hindered apprehensions of the actual offender(s), and wrongful convictions of innocent citizens to mistrust in the police and their methods. READ MORE

  4. 18. Sveriges marginella jordbruksmarker - en potentiell klimatresurs : vilka förändringar krävs för bättre utnyttjande?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Adam Löwenborg; Simon Rohlwin; [2021]
    Keywords : marginell jordbruksmark; Theory of change; klimat; biologisk mångfald; växtodling; semistrukturerad intervju; kvalitativ undersökning; marginal agricultural land; Theory of change; climate; biodiversity; crop cultivation; semi-structured interview; qualitative study;

    Abstract : År 2020 uppgick den totala åkermarken i Sverige till 2 548 404 hektar varav 5,3 procent av denna mark betecknas som träda. Marken som ligger i träda gör det ofta av en anledning, till exempel att den är svårbrukad, otillgänglig, dåligt dränerad eller att lantbrukare använder den som ekologisk fokusareal i sina SAM-ansökningar. READ MORE

  5. 19. Growing crops or growing conflicts? : Climate variability, rice production and political violence in Vietnam

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : William Sundelin; [2021]
    Keywords : climate change; climate variability; security; agriculture; food security; political violence; Vietnam;

    Abstract : This thesis contributes to research on climate change and violent conflict by testing the theory of a causal relationship between climate variability, agricultural production and political violence in the case of Vietnam 2010-2019. Climate-related negative shocks to agricultural production in developing countries are expected to lower the opportunity cost of violence through an income effect. READ MORE

  6. 20. Intergenerational comparison of parenting practices in China

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Yanying Chen; [2021]
    Keywords : Parenting Practices; School Education; Family Education; Concerned Cultivation; China; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis outlines an exploratory study which aimed at understanding the influencing factors of parenting practices change among three generations. The theoretical position of this research draws on the work of pragmatism of Bourdieu (1986) who proposed the cultural capital as well as Laraeu (2021), who brought forward the concerted cultivation and natural growth parenting practice methods. READ MORE