Essays about: "land preservation"
Showing result 36 - 40 of 61 essays containing the words land preservation.
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36. Climate Crimes : Climate change and deforestation: a case-study of state-corporate crime in Peru
University essay from Stockholms universitet/LatinamerikainstitutetAbstract : During the last decades, climate change studies have been focusing more intensely on its anthopocenic essence, as the consequence of production and consumption patterns that require the intensive exploitation of the environment. In line with this school of thought, and new generations of studies on environmental crime, this work aims to present the environmentally and climate-related issues arising from land degradation in the Peruvian Amazon; focusing on those casual mechanisms developed from the collusion between Peruvian-economic policies and new private actors such as transnational corporations (TNCs). READ MORE
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37. Producing and consuming artisan food: a way of preserving our biological heritage? : A phenomenographic study on how biological heritage is understood, described and communicated in the context of artisan food production and consumption
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, miljö och teknikAbstract : In Sweden, the environmental quality goal 13 for A Varied Agricultural Landscape, that combines environment, food production and rurality and aims at keeping the agricultural landscape open, was considered as not achieved in 2016. One of the reasons for this non-achievementis the agricultural intensification and specialisation and in turn the decrease in number of pastures during the 20th century, threating thus habitats, diversity and values resulting from a continuous, traditional use of the land commonly called ‘biological heritage’. READ MORE
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38. AGRI-CULTURA URBANA : Sharing hubs of transition in Cortijo de Cuarto in Seville, Spain.
University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitetAbstract : The modern dichotomy between the urban and the rural is increasingly affected by the superimposition of urbanisation processes on the rural landscape, usually contributing to the disappearance of the agricultural heritage. Thanks to a high degree of awareness towards the necessity of natural capitals in human life, today the interdependence between man and nature is progressively becoming of fundamental importance. READ MORE
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39. (RE)DEFINE GROWTH : How to Connect Ön and the City while Preserving, Emphasising and Intensifying the Green, Rural and Recreational Qualities
University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitetAbstract : Ön is an island in central Ume River. Today Ön is a rural, green place with key habitats and historical values. In 2008 the municipality took the decision to exploit it by building city there. The decision was preceded by the emerging growth target, for Umeå, to become 200,000 inhabitants in 2050. READ MORE
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40. Conservation assessments of Văcărești urban wetland in Bucharest (Romania) : land cover and climate changes from 2000 to 2015
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Văcărești Urban Wetland, a recently instituted nature park, is situated in Bucharest (Romania). It has been established over the last 27 years within an abandoned retention polder, built during the communist era. READ MORE
