Essays about: "input-output assessment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words input-output assessment.

1. 1. 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 institutionen

   Author : Judith Baeta Humanes; [2021]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : 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

3. 2. Sensitivity and Uncertainty Analysis of Building Parameters integrating energy, daylight and thermal comfort

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Energi och byggnadsdesign; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Tian Tan; Magdalena Szumanska; [2019]
   Keywords : Sensitivity analysis; Uncertainty analysis; Multidisciplinary analysis; Building parameters; Energy consumption; Daylight; Thermal comfort; Optimization; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : The objective of this thesis was to perform multidisciplinary sensitivity and uncertainty analysis of the building parameters integrating thermal comfort, energy and daylight. The case study of a Danish office building was used for performing the simulations. READ MORE

4. 3. A physical accounting model for monitoring material flows in urban areas with application to the Stockholm Royal Seaport district

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Asterios Papageorgiou; [2018]
   Keywords : Urban Metabolism; Physical Input Output Table; Material Flow Analysis; Stockholm Royal Seaport; Bottom-up data;

   Abstract : There is a plethora of methods and tools that can be used for the assessment of Urban Metabolism. Nevertheless, there is no standardized method for accounting of material flows within and across the boundaries of urban systems. READ MORE

5. 4. Job Creation in Global Value Chains: An Assessment for the Period of 2000-2014

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Carmen Zürcher; [2018]
   Keywords : Global Value Chains; Job Creation; Input-Output Analysis; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Globalization has led to the emergence of global value chains (GVCs) and most of the world’s trade is now in intermediate inputs. This has raised questions about employment in GVCs and attracted the interest of researchers and policymakers alike, but is difficult to study empirically. READ MORE

6. 5. Assessing future scenarios and absolute sustainability targets with environmentally extended input-output analysis

   University essay from KTH/Miljöstrategisk analys (fms)

   Author : Senja Karoliina Kuokkanen; [2017]
   Keywords : environmental strategies; environmentally extended input-output analysis; EEIOA; future scenarios; sustainability assessment;

   Abstract : In this master’s thesis project, future scenarios for year 2050 were constructed for Denmark, Finland and Sweden using an environmentally extended input-output analysis (EEIOA). Scenarios were constructed based on national sustainability targets. A case-specific five stage modeling approach was developed. READ MORE