Essays about: "ecological cycle"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 87 essays containing the words ecological cycle.
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6. Adapting the New Procurement Strategies in the Face of Disruption:How organizational ambidexterity enhanced the SCRES during Covid-19?
University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management (CeLS)Abstract : Background: Organizations have established risk management strategies to prevent disruptions; nevertheless, the disruptions created by Covid-19 proved that existing risk management procedures are insufficient to absorb that kind of disruption. As these supply chain activities were mainly scattered across a limited geographical region, they substantially impacted businesses' procurement operations. READ MORE
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7. Using a GIS to enable an economic, land use and energy output comparison between small wind powered turbines and large-scale wind farms: the case of Oslo, Norway.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Responding to an identified knowledge gap, the study aims to determine if smaller wind turbines located on top of existing urban buildings are more resource efficient (land utilization and economically) than large scale wind farms. To answer this question, using a GIS, the resource efficiency of the Roan wind farm in Northern Norway was compared to a theoretical modeled installation of small-scale wind turbines on top of buildings within a 2km radius study zone in central Oslo. READ MORE
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8. Ecosystems Services in swidden agriculture in the Peruvian tropical Andes : the Kechwa-Lamas farm-forestry system
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : In the Amazon, life supporting services are importantly associated to forest areas. Nevertheless, the connection of ecosystem services to agricultural systems it is also of great importance, because agriculture is one of the most important causes of degradation and loss of these areas. READ MORE
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9. “It was a free and healthy job” : timber floating on the river Ångermanälven in the 20th century
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and ManagementAbstract : The exploitation of northern Sweden's forests began in about the 1830s and continued expanding northwards over the following decades. A key factor that enabling the exploitation of these forests was the natural infrastructure, such as the network of rivers, creeks and flooding during the summer, which made it possible to float timber from the forests to the sawmills on the coast. READ MORE
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10. Environmental analysis of asynchronous motors : A case study on the rotor and its materials
University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Innovation och produktrealiseringAbstract : Material efficiency strategies are of significant importance for the shift towards producing sustainable vehicles and Asynchronous motors (ASM), both for current and new developments. Strategies such as a lightweight design, product lifetime extension, recyclability, and a material selection process based on the three branches of sustainability (ecological, economical, and social). READ MORE
