Essays about: "industrial effects on nature"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 essays containing the words industrial effects on nature.

  1. 1. Microbial production of chemical building blocks from lignin

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk mikrobiologi

    Author : Kevin Bertilsson; [2024]
    Keywords : Lignin; Green plastic; Vanillin; Microbial production; Applied microbiology; Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : Plastics, derived from fossil fuels, have raised considerable environmental concerns. This has prompted the search for sustainable and safer plastic precursors alternatives. One alternative explored in the present study is vanillin, a phenolic compound derived from lignin, an abundant and renewable natural polymer. READ MORE

  3. 2. Competitive cities and architecture. : A case study of Malmo, Sweden

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Nathan Frank Ó Néill; [2023]
    Keywords : Neoliberalism; Urban Planning Architecture; City-Branding; Competitive city;

    Abstract : Abstract    This thesis explores the evolving relationship between architecture and the globally competitive city, specifically examining how architects are involved in the realization of market metaphors that underpin city-branding on global markets. Specifically, this research focuses on waterfront redevelopment projects of post-industrial cities. READ MORE

  4. 3. Evaluation of two-stage GAC filtration for PFAS reduction in drinking water

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Julia Söderberg; [2023]
    Keywords : Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances PFAS ; Granular activated carbon GAC ; drinking water; removal efficiency; DWTP;

    Abstract : PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of chemicals found in a wide range of industrial and consumer products. Due to their persistent nature and widespread use, concerns have been raised about their impact on human health and the environment. READ MORE

  5. 4. Den industriella RE-kreationen : att läsa, förstå och förstärka vär(l)den genom platsspecifik analys och gestaltning av Malmö industrihamn

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

    Author : Kerstin Lindberg; Emma Nygren; [2023]
    Keywords : industrimiljö; rekreation; ekologi; natur; landskapsfenomenologi; natur-människa-relationen; antropocen;

    Abstract : Dualistiska västerländska tankesättet som separerar det mänskliga från det icke-mänskliga kan ses som roten till den pågående miljökrisen. Inom stadsplanering är förtätning och funktionsblandning de dominerande sätten för att hantera stadsutbredningens negativa effekter. READ MORE

  6. 5. Early German Romantic and Marxian Theories of Alienation in Frankenstein: Atomizing Effects of Commodification of Nature and Transgressive Science : An Eco-Marxist perspective

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Jakub Kirejczyk; [2022]
    Keywords : Alienation; Counter-Enlightenment; Ecocriticism; Enlightenment; early German Romanticism; Marxism;

    Abstract : This essay explores the topic of appropriation of nature and the resulting social alienation it imparts on several of the novel’s characters: Frankenstein, Walton, and the Creature. The Creature serves as a personification of both industrialism and urban atomization. READ MORE