Essays about: "earth 2050"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 48 essays containing the words earth 2050.

  1. 11. Evaluation of natural materials in Sustainable Buildings : A potential solution to the European 2050 long-term strategy

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Víctor de las Heras Reverte; [2021]
    Keywords : Straw-bale building; Rammed earth building; Sustainable construction; Natural Building Materials; Energy performance analysis; Energy performance optimization;

    Abstract : Today, buildings consume 40% of total energy demand in the EU and are responsible for 36% of GHG emissions. For this reason, and due to the delicate situation of climate change that planet Earth is experiencing, solutions are being sought to make the building sector more sustainable. READ MORE

  3. 12. Analysis of coastal erosion between different flights of UAV

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Zhengran Yin; [2021]
    Keywords : Coastal erosion; UAV; Digital Surface Model; Slope; Elevation differences; Geomatics; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : More than 600 million people are living in coastal areas in the world. According to the trend of population migration, the global coastal area population may increase to more than 1 billion by 2050. READ MORE

  4. 13. Considering future precipitation in delineation locations for water storage systems - Case study Sri Lanka

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Kanchana Bandaranayake; [2021]
    Keywords : Geography; Geographical Information Systems; Physical Geography; Locating new water resources; Water scarcity; Consideration of climatic changes; Future precipitation; Pairwise comparison; Sri Lanka; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Demand for the usable water is accumulating globally in parallel with the population growth and the industrial revolution. Nevertheless, availability and accessibility of the usable water is progressively subsiding due to many environmental and socio-economic reasons. READ MORE

  5. 14. Local governance of sustainable consumption on the household level

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

    Author : Anders Nyman; [2021]
    Keywords : climate change; sustainable consumption; local governance; climate goals; municipality; household; citizen; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Today most Swedish municipalities work actively with climate change mitigation with the goal to decrease their total emissions of greenhouse gases. To achieve this, the municipalities must decrease their consumption related emissions. READ MORE

  6. 15. The future of urban trees – assessing the potential impact of climate change on urban tree populations in two European cities

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Pia Elverich; [2021]
    Keywords : Physical geography; ecosystem analysis; climate adaptation; urban trees; green infrastructure; urban heat island effect; ecosystem services; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Due to climate change, cities are increasingly facing the situation of being exposed to more frequent and prolonged extreme weather events in the future, such as heat and droughts, which are exacerbated by urban heat island (UHI) effects. The implementation of green infrastructure (GI) in the form of trees is seen as a possible adaptation measure to regulate the microclimate. READ MORE