Essays about: "environmental polices"

Found 5 essays containing the words environmental polices.

  1. 1. At what price? Searching for environmentally sustainable and socially just urban greening strategies in Malmö, Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Victoria Jepson; [2019]
    Keywords : Sustainability Science; Urban Greening; Social Justice; Urban Planning; Critical Urban Theory; Malmö; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : With sustainability at the forefront of many cities’ urban development plans, it is possible that sustainable polices are targeted to attract a certain group of inhabitants. Malmö, Sweden, has implemented changes in order to gain international recognition as a green city but has also been experiencing growing residential segregation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Are we there yet? : a case study on SLU carpark management policy

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Filip Jankulovski; [2018]
    Keywords : Campus Alnarp; Campus Ultuna; Campus Umeå; Carpark fee; Carpark management; Employee behaviour; Workplace travel plan; Public transportation;

    Abstract : With the technological advances that has come up since the industrial revolution our standard of living has gone up. With these advances a line of environmental and social problems has emerged. The United Nations has come up with a wide range of sustainable development gaols to help combat these problems. READ MORE

  4. 3. Where to go when nobody´s home? - Adaptation to climate change and migration in Sweden’s third largest city, Malmö.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

    Author : Maya Sanchez; [2016]
    Keywords : Asylum regulations; Planning Strategies; Adaptation; Migration; Street-level bureaucrats.; Climate change; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study has investigated the adaptation ability among Swedish public institutions with the intention of contributing with an understanding of the governmental and institutional approach on how they are supposed to manage potential larger-scale relocation due to climate change in the not so far reaching future. My specific research objective was to study the case of adaptation ability among institutions that interact and are linked to the community planning in Malmö and Sweden. READ MORE

  5. 4. Environmental Policies and   the EKC : To   what extent can national environmental policies contribute to the EKC theory?   Sweden   and EU

    University essay from IHH, Economics, Finance and Statistics

    Author : Sanna Efraimsson; [2012]
    Keywords : EKC; Environmental Kuznets Curve; Environmental policies; CO2-emissions; Environmental taxes; GDP; Sweden; EU;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is see if national policies regarding aimed at combating climate change could work even if international ones, such as the Kyoto Protocol, are considered to fail. The question was if environmental policies could be included as an explanatory variable for the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC). READ MORE

  6. 5. Student attitudes toward incentives to reduce automobile use

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Soils

    Author : Beatrice Torgnyson; [2005]
    Keywords : automobile; reduce; incentive; United States; survey; students; attitudes; argument;

    Abstract : Automobiles cause several problems in today's western industrialized society and there is wide agreement on the fact that automobile use needs to be reduced in this part of the world. Therefore, it is important to determine the incentives, arguments and polices that automobile users perceive to be most effective in making them drive less. READ MORE