Essays about: "environmental planning policy"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 128 essays containing the words environmental planning policy.

1. 16. Closing the loop of human waste: can eco-innovation be the key? Findings from the case study of the LooPi urinal

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Maricruz Vargas Esquivel; [2022]
   Keywords : eco-innovation; eco-toilet; wastewater reuse; circular economy; Vienna; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : The Circular Economy (CE) primary goal is to be capable of "closing the loops" in processes by changing the idea of resources and waste. Eco-innovation ("the introduction of any new or significantly improved product (good or service), process, organizational change or marketing solution that reduces the use of natural resources (including materials, energy, water, and land)" could be a way to encourage industries to develop more solutions with "closed-loop" systems. READ MORE

3. 17. The Adoption of Battery Electric Vehicles in Sweden : What are the adoption barriers of BEVs for Small & Medium Enterprises in Sweden?

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhet

   Author : Erik Marklund; Max Rehnberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Battery electric vehicle; Adoption barrier; Customer theory; Small and medium sized enterprises; Reasoned action theory; Theory of planned behaviour;

   Abstract : The shift towards electric vehicles has during the last years increased; nevertheless, the rate has not been fast enough. Electric vehicles have several environmental benefits as reduced CO2 footprint and a lower climate impact. READ MORE

4. 18. Wind Power Development in Economical Forest in Lower Saxony, Germany - Mapping Challenges and Opportunities using a Constellation Analysis

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Esther Sophia Rust; [2022]
   Keywords : wind power; forest; Germany; local value; distributive justice; procedural justice; nature compatibility;

   Abstract : Forests provide ecosystem services, whereby near-natural forests offer mainly cultural as well as regulating services, and economical forests offer mainly provisional services. Even though wind resources above forests show a strong wind shear and veer as well as high turbulence intensity, the development of tall and low-wind-speed-adapted turbines led to the feasibility of wind power development in economical forests, adding a new land use. READ MORE

5. 19. Vegetation cover change on Tindfjöll mountains, Iceland, assessed by aerial photographs, topography, and climate

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Guðrún Guðjónsdóttir; [2022]
   Keywords : Environmental changes; High Latitudes; Physical Geography; Ecosystem sciences; GIS; Climate Change; Vegetation change; Vegetation cover; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Guðrún Guðjónsdóttir Climate change is having a great impact on the fragile High Latitude environment where warming is occurring at a rate at least double the global average. It is urgent to understand the relationship between climate and vegetation cover, which is playing an important role, as a carbon sink, for biodiversity, and for protecting against natural hazards. READ MORE

6. 20. RECOGNITION OF SUPRANATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOALS IN SUBNATIONAL LAND USE PLANNING

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Tiit Oidjärv; [2021-07-02]
   Keywords : Environmental policy; Environmental Goals; Land use planning; Spatial planning; European Green Deal; Multi-level governance; Pragmatism in planning; Estonia; Finland;

   Abstract : Environmental goals are often agreed upon on the international level. Local municipality land use planning can contribute to various overall environmental goals, including those necessary to reach the European Green Deal. READ MORE