Essays about: "deliberate decline"
Found 5 essays containing the words deliberate decline.
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1. “Walking encyclopedias of studies” for sustainability transformations? The role of information and discourse in the case of the German coal phase-out
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience CentreAbstract : Transformations of energy systems in line with the Paris Agreement demand rapid deliberate decline of fossil energy production for decarbonization. Rising in priority on national political agendas, policy change for deliberate decline meets political barriers in the form of powerful incumbent actors, path dependencies and frames of loss. READ MORE
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2. Navigating the transformation to sustainable public meals - The case of Södertälje municipality, Sweden.
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience CentreAbstract : Food production and consumption is causing environmental harm such as climate change and a decline in ecosystem services. Hence, a transformation of the food system is necessary for humanity’s future well-being. READ MORE
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3. Phase Out the Old to Phase In the New: Managing the Heat Transition in Leiden, the Netherlands
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : By 2050, the Netherlands wants to reduce its use of natural gas for heating to zero. Currently, over 90%of houses are dependent on the fossil resource to warm their houses. As such, the phase-out of natural gas hasbecome an important policy project. READ MORE
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4. Colonised fields and private gardens : the changing role of farming in rural Eastern Cape, South Africa
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Smallholder farmers are defined as key actors in the implementation of Agenda 2030, based on their importance for food security and poverty reduction, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is also true for South Africa, where smallholder farming has attracted considerable policy attention in an attempt to break the trend of rural poverty and the legacy of the apartheid era. READ MORE
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5. Deliberate Birth Spacing in Pre-transitional Sweden
University essay from Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : Fertility in 19th century Europe has traditionally been described as high, unregulated andstable for the most of the century followed by a surprisingly geographically uniform decline inthe last decades. This thesis will give an example of a partly conflicting pattern from 19thcentury Northern Sweden, a remote part but at the time economically dynamic frontier region,using micro level data from parish records. READ MORE
