Essays about: "degrowth"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 64 essays containing the word degrowth.

  1. 11. Achieving carbon emission reduction by efficient re-allocation of production : A product-by-industry analysis of the technical coefficients of Sweden 2016

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Nationalekonomi

    Author : Loke Hagberg; [2023]
    Keywords : product-by-industry; commodity-by-industry; input-output analysis; degrowth; green growth; inter-industry analysis;

    Abstract : The Paris Agreement has stipulated global lowering of carbon emission to reach the 1.5°C target by 2030. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has suggested several scenarios with rapid innovation and downscaling of energy usage. READ MORE

  3. 12. What is unattainable? Rethinking utopia and degrowth as a different social imaginary

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Wictoria Larsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Degrowth; utopianism; growth; post-development; sustainable development; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate how degrowth is represented in Swedish media. It uses Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) to analyse the empirical material, consisting of 31 articles from four different newspapers in Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 13. Redefining Development: Different Times Call for Different Measures

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Frida Åhlén; [2023]
    Keywords : Happy Planet Index; GDP per capita; sustainable development; degrowth; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the relationship between economic growth and sustainable wellbeing. It evaluates the ability of GDP per capita to capture a how efficiently a country delivers long, happy lives using the limited environmental resources available, as measured by the Happy Planet Index (HPI). READ MORE

  5. 14. Surviving success in an era of overtourism : Exploring the compatibility of Icelandic tourism lifestyle entrepreneurs with the degrowth concept

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

    Author : Sveinborg Katla Daníelsdóttir; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainable destination development; degrowth; lifestyle entrepreneurship; tourism; hospitality; Iceland;

    Abstract : The tourism industry has been faced with immense growth worldwide. Due to the industry being resource-heavy, this development has been problematic in terms of sustainable development. This has resulted in overtourism becoming the reality of multiple destinations, which have then faced ecological and social degradation. READ MORE

  6. 15. Can degrowth policies move the OECD closer to reaching social thresholds within planetary boundaries?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Kristborg Sóley Þráinsdóttir; [2022]
    Keywords : degrowth; safe and just space; social thresholds; planetary boundaries; sustainability science; policy; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As the environmental and social challenges humanity faces are intertwined, a holistic policy approach is needed to bring operations into the ecologically safe and socially just space (SJS). Degrowth has been presented as a means for high-income countries to reach the SJS. READ MORE