Essays about: "cultural dimension of sustainability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words cultural dimension of sustainability.

1. 1. SOCIAL HERITAGE AS LEVERAGE: Recognising the Social Dimension of Heritage in Sustainable Urban Development

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Kajsa Lilja; [2024-01-26]
   Keywords : Sustainable cities; urban re development; social sustainability; social heritage; sense of place; public participation; power dynamics;

   Abstract : In 2015, numerous countries committed to supporting the United Nations' Agenda 2030, which aims to address global challenges such as urban growth and climate change through the Sustainable Cities and Communities goal (SDG11). During this time, experts in heritage and urban development began emphasizing the significant role that cultural heritage plays in sustainable urban development. READ MORE

3. 2. ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Sustainability Reports of Volvo Cars

   University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

   Author : Sara Battistella; [2023-02-01]
   Keywords : automotive; critical discourse analysis; environment; organisational communication; sustainability; sustainability reporting; swedishness; Volvo Cars;

   Abstract : Companies communicate the impact of their corporate activities through sustainability reports, disclosing their environmental engagement. Critical studies on sustainability reporting have highlighted that environmental reporting practices participate in the construction of the definition of environmental responsibility. READ MORE

4. 3. Embedding food system education into Swedish public schools – teachers’ perspectives

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

   Author : Hanna Weiss; [2022]
   Keywords : Food system education; System thinking; Experienced-based learning; Swedish school curriculum; Food education; Food literacy; Pedagogical approaches with children;

   Abstract : Modern, human driven food systems are putting pressure on the earth’s resources, exploiting societies and degrading land. Food security is at risk, while a progressing anthropogenic climate change will presumably reinforce these incidents. Children will be highly threatened by the consequences derived from unsustainable farming practices. READ MORE

5. 4. Cultural Route As An Approach To Foster Regional Cultural Sustainability : A Study of Swedish Explorer Sven Hedin’s Expedition Heritage along the Silk Road in Northwest China

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

   Author : Wei Zhang; [2021]
   Keywords : Cultural Route; Cultural Sustainability; Regional Development; Sven Hedin; Sino-Swedish Expedition; Northwest China; Silk Road;

   Abstract : This dissertation strives to analyze the role of the cultural route as an approach and evaluates its validity to foster regional cultural sustainability. The author has investigated the relationship between cultural route, cultural sustainability, and regional development through studying Swedish explorer Sven Hedin’s expedition heritage along the Silk Road. READ MORE

6. 5. Institutionalizing car sharing in Seoul: Analysis of actors’ strategies to protect a niche from regime environments and to enact institutional change

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Ahra Jung; [2020]
   Keywords : car sharing; sharing economy; niche protection; regime environments; institutional work; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The sustainability benefits of car sharing have attracted many city governments. The Seoul Metropolitan Government introduced a car sharing (CS) scheme in 2013 and has been hailed as a pioneer metropolitan city in terms of CS diffusion. However, there was limited understanding of how CS advocates engaged in institutionalizing CS in Seoul. READ MORE