Essays about: "environmental effects of war"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words environmental effects of war.

  1. 1. Compact Radar System

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för matematik och naturvetenskap

    Author : Nikhil Chalikonda; Naga Viswanth Bonthu; [2022]
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    Abstract : Context: Radar was developed in secret during world war II to detectobstacles or any incoming threat. The term radar was coined in 1940by United States Military as an acronym for "Radio Detection andRanging". Using radio waves a radar detects any incoming threat orobstacle [10]. The basic purpose of radar is for monitoring and security. READ MORE

  3. 2. Low scores, high standards- a case study on Coop’s sustainability declaration

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Economics

    Author : Caroline Malthed; Tuva Wrenfelt; [2022]
    Keywords : Standard; retailer; Coop Sweden; small-scale producer; local food systems; supplier requirements; sustainable food products;

    Abstract : The earth's ecosystems are changing due to human activities, and it is urgent that we transform our way of living to avoid further negative effects on climate change. Food production has the single biggest impact on global environmental changes, since 21-37% of the world's total greenhouse gas emissions comes from the agricultural systems. READ MORE

  4. 3. Technological progress and innovation, their decoupling effects on carbon emissions and economic growth exploring the environmental curve within the EU : A quantitative study

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Petra Kreij; Georgios Margellos; [2022]
    Keywords : Carbon emissions; Decoupling; Environmental Curve; Economic Growth;

    Abstract : Climate change is one of the highest priority problems which needs to be addressed. The Paris Agreement focuses on zero-carbon solutions and to stop global warming while the United Nations highlights 17 sustainability goals. READ MORE

  5. 4. Too Fast, Too Furious. A study on traffic’s impact on the perceived livability of streets in Stockholm

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Karl Hedin; [2021]
    Keywords : Livability; Street life; Automobiles; Traffic volumes; Safety; Community; Urban Quality; Stockholm; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The cumulative growth that the market of automobiles has seen since the end of the second world war, has had a major impact on both the way we plan our societies and in the way we live our lives. In Sweden from 1950 to 1960, car-ownership increased five-fold, making it the most car-dense country in Europe at the time – bringing along with it major car-centric urban renewal schemes, such as ‘Norrmalmsregleringen’. READ MORE

  6. 5. Effects of armed conflict on forest cover and vegetation seasonality in Cambodia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : David Ebert; [2021]
    Keywords : conflict; forest cover; vegetation seasonality; NDVI; remote sensing; Cambodia; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Armed conflicts have definitive wide-ranging and diverse impacts on the environment. This thesis examines associations between conflict and land cover change in Cambodia, focusing on the last decade (1989 - 1998) of a thirty-year long Civil War. READ MORE