Essays about: "impact of Industrialisation on development"

Found 5 essays containing the words impact of Industrialisation on development.

1. 1. Use of Agricultural Wastes as Supplementary Cementitious Materials

   University essay from KTH/Byggvetenskap

   Author : Ezio Marchetti; [2020]
   Keywords : Agricultural waste; Environmental impact; Concrete; Life Cycle Assessment; Oat husk ash; Rice husk ash; Supplementary cementitious materials; Sustainable Construction; Betong; Havreskalaska; Hållbar konstruktion; Jordbruksavfall; Kompletterande cementmaterial; Livscykelanalys; Miljövarudeklaration; Miljöpåverkan; Risskalaska;

   Abstract : Global cement production is continuously increasing from 1990 till 2050 and growing particularly rapidly in developing countries, where it represents a crucial element for infrastructure development and industrialisation. Every tonne of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) produced releases, on average, about 800 kg of CO2 into the atmosphere, or, in total, the overall production of cement represents roughly 7% of all man-made carbon emissions. READ MORE

3. 2. The Impact of FDI on the Industrial Upgrading Progress and the Sustainable Economic Growth of Vietnam

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Thiri Win Htike; [2019]
   Keywords : foreign direct invest; FDI; spillovers; industrialisation; sustainable development; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This paper examines the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the industrial upgrading process of Vietnam based on the concept of the new structural economics. The most recent development of industries in Vietnam is analysed using the annual data published by the statistical office of Vietnam and the studies done by various academics on spillovers effects of FDI. READ MORE

4. 3. Economic Growth and Happiness in the Western world Today

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Malin Hansson; [2006]
   Keywords : GDP; happiness; welfare; happiness research; paradox of happiness; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This essay investigates the relation between economic growth and happiness, with regard to the central position of economic growth on the political agenda in the Western world today. In political argumentation it is often claimed that economic growth and existing economic conditions are challenged by processes of change, especially economic globalisation and "de-industrialisation". READ MORE

5. 4. Fakalakalaka : The impact of a Tongan notion of development in a contemporary transnational world

   University essay from Socialantropologi

   Author : Cecilia Herlin; [2006]
   Keywords : Anthropology; development; migration transnationalism; textile koloa ; Tonga; women.;

   Abstract : This paper aims to explore a Tongan notion of development –'fakalakalaka' – in light of Western notions of development. Two case studies of international development aid schemes illustrate the impact of Tongan development ideas in practice. READ MORE

6. 5. The impact of an oil spill on artisanal fishermen in Baía de Guanabara and possibilities for a sustainable future

   University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

   Author : Erica Peipke; [2006]
   Keywords : Baía de Guanabara; artisanal fishermen; oil spill; environmental impacts; socioeconomic situation; sustainable development;

   Abstract : Brazil is a country with enormous social differences and, alongside the advancements of the industrialdevelopment and the creation of a modern society, a large part of the Brazilian population lives under fairly poor conditions, providing their subsistence by the practice of traditional knowledge; employing primitive tools and methods. One example is the sector of artisanal fishery, which at present accounts for about half of the active fishermen in Brazil (Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego, 2005). READ MORE