Essays about: "input output tables"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words input output tables.
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1. Road traffic noise simulations based on 3D city models
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Urban development and densification cause noise problems that can have a negative impact on human health. In 2002, the European Union (EU) stated the European Noise Directive (END) with the purpose to evaluate environmental noise levels (including the sources road, railway, and air traffic) in the member states every 5 years. READ MORE
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2. Agricultural-induced deforestation emissions and drivers of agricultural land use change in Indonesia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Tropical deforestation, primarily driven by the expansion of agricultural land use, is responsible for significant global CO2 emissions, threatening current climate goals. Indonesia experiences one of the highest deforestation rates, endangering its rich biodiversity and human health. READ MORE
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3. Closing the Plastic Tap — Global Plastic Waste and the Circular Economy. A Multi-Regional Hybrid Input-Output Analysis of Plastic Waste Footprints
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Plastic pollution is a cross-national environmental and societal challenge that needs to be addressed from the point of view of global supply chains. The circular economy (CE) has emerged as an alternative paradigm to the traditional “take-make-waste” models of production and consumption to create a closed-loop system so that plastic is trapped in the economy and not in the environment. READ MORE
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4. Global Virtual Water Trade, 1990-2015: Assessing Virtual Water Trade Patterns between High Income, Upper-Middle Income, Lower-Middle Income and Low Income Countries
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : Due to globalization, increasing amounts of water are traded across borders as virtual water embodied in traded products. The thesis traces global water trade patterns at different levels of income between 1990 and 2015 in order to test whether developed countries outsource their water-intensive production to less developed countries increasing global water use in the process. READ MORE
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5. Investigating the Environmental Footprint of Swedish Household Consumption
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : Production-based indicators show that Sweden has lower emissions per capita than other high-income countries. Nevertheless, scientific evidence points to a significant overshoot of some of the planetary boundaries, especially regarding climate change, if Swedish consumption-related emissions abroad are considered. READ MORE
