Essays about: "ecological resilience"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 223 essays containing the words ecological resilience.

  1. 1. The evolution of wetland restoration policy - A case study of Kristianstad Vattenrike

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC)

    Author : Alexander Palmér; [2024]
    Keywords : Wetlands; Kristianstads Vattenrike; Collective action; Social norms; Policy attributes; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Social Sciences; Agriculture and Food Sciences;

    Abstract : Wetlands are vital for biodiversity, socio-ecological systems, and carbon sequestration, but they present a complex challenge in crafting effective conservation policies. This study investigates a successful case of wetland conservation policy, focusing on the notable achievements of Kristianstad Vattenrike. READ MORE

  3. 2. Urban Downpour : The Path Towards Sustainable Stormwater Management in four Swedish Municipalities

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Astrid Bergström Hurtig; [2024]
    Keywords : climate resilience; urban planning; blue-green infrastructure; water-sensitive urban design; ecological urbanism; institutional dynamics; adaptive policies;

    Abstract : Swedish municipalities increasingly prioritize blue-green infrastructure in response to the changing climate and precipitation. This study focuses on Norrköping, Huddinge, Nyköping, and Kalmar and how urban planning develops strategies for implementing blue-green infrastructure. READ MORE

  4. 3. Kvillebäcken : analys och gestaltningsförslag - me[d]andra strukturer och processer

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Louise Stigsson Rigné; Emil Vernersson; [2024]
    Keywords : Urbanekologi; landskapsarkitektur; hydrologi; vattendrag; naturbaserade lösningar; blågrön infrastruktur;

    Abstract : I byggandet av hållbara städer är utveckling av blågrön infrastruktur högaktuell, och inom detta faller stort fokus på utveckling av urbana vattendrags ekologi, vattenkvalitet, och förmåga att omhänderta konsekvenser av klimatförändringar. Få vattendrag uppnår miljökvalitetsnormerna, och platsspecifika utmaningar finns i varje vattendrag. READ MORE

  5. 4. Exploring foreign language teachers’ professional agency in Romanian Public Secondary schools.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Camelia Dragomir; [2023-10-31]
    Keywords : teacher agency; ecological theory; foreign language teaching; accountability; professional development;

    Abstract : Aim: This research aims to explore how seven foreign language teachers in a few urban public secondary schools in Romania understand and enact their professional agency and how contextual factors support or constrain its achievement. The purpose is to understand the ways in which the participants’ teaching philosophies and experiences inform their awareness and achievement of agency, what they perceive as the available contextual resources within contextual constraints, and how that reflects in their beliefs and professional aspirations. READ MORE

  6. 5. TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN AGRICULTURE FOR ADAPTATION/ RESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGE: HIGH MOUNTAIN ASIA

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Dulani Lavanya Samarasekara Witharana; [2023-06-22]
    Keywords : climate change adaptation; resilient agroecosystems; Hindu Kush Himalaya; indigenous knowledge; traditional farming; traditional ecological knowledge;

    Abstract : Mountain agricultural systems in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) are in a unique position to contribute to promoting nature-based solutions in adaptation and resilience to climate change since they are least impacted by the influence of commercial high-production agriculture. This study aims to explore currently available literature for evidence of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) based agriculture in the HKH region and analyse their contribution to region and location specific climate change adaptation. READ MORE