Essays about: "demographic trend"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 34 essays containing the words demographic trend.

1. 21. Customers Sustainability Demand : A comparison between convenience goods and shopping goods

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Lisa Nilsson; Viktor Höjman; Patrick Elfqvist; [2015]
   Keywords : Sustainability; Sustainability demand; Customer attitude; Customer behaviour; Convenience goods Shopping goods;

   Abstract : In pace with a growing awareness among customers, so does the demand for sustainable products increase in various markets. Sustainability is even referred to become a mega-trend (Lubin & Esty, 2010). READ MORE

3. 22. The compact city : a dead-end for urban sustainability? : an analysis of the compact city’s desirability dimension : a case study of Geneva

   University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

   Author : Aude Matthey-Doret; [2015]
   Keywords : residential preferences; desirability; compact city; urban sustainability; reurbanisation; gentrification; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The compact city model emerged as a sustainable response against the dominant trend of urban sprawl. However, the compact city model is not without controversy. Many scholars have questioned the veracity, feasibility and desirability of the compact city through three sets of critiques. READ MORE

4. 23. Structural and demographic analysis of a multilayered forest in southern Sweden

   University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

   Author : Roman Balster; [2014]
   Keywords : structural analysis; demographic analysis; multilayered forest; southern Sweden;

   Abstract : A structural and demographical analysis of a multilayered heterogeneously structured stand in southern Sweden has been conducted. The stand is characterized by an old pine oversto-rey where spruce and oak grow beneath out of natural regeneration. READ MORE

5. 24. How loneliness affects sexual risk-taking behavior; A cross-sectional study using data from a survey on young people in Skåne, Sweden.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialmedicin och global hälsa

   Author : Erika Hjelm; [2014]
   Keywords : multi-system framework; personal support; loneliness; sexual behaviour; young people; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Background: The high prevalence of unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections among young people in Sweden are the result of a trend towards increased sexual risk-taking behaviour. While a few qualitative studies suggest that some of these young people take sexual risks as an escape from loneliness, the associations between loneliness and sexual risk-taking behavior are still not well researched. READ MORE

6. 25. Politics of Reproduction: A Post-Colonial Feminist Analysis of the 'Missing Girl' Phenomenon in India

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Rini Fernandes; [2013]
   Keywords : missing girls; politics of reproduction; sex-selective abortion; modernity; PNDT Act 1994; New Reproductive Technologies NRTs ; population policy discourse; post-colonial feminism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Abstract: The controversial issue of ‘missing girls’ has been a cause of concern since the time of the British rule in India. Most research studies pointed towards a demographic pattern of its occurrence, the Northwestern plains of India saw an alarming scarcity of girl children. READ MORE