Essays about: "local literature of study habits"

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  1. 1. The Enlightenment Travels North : The ideology and practice in parish descriptions in early modern Norrland

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Johan Persson; [2023]
    Keywords : Swedish Enlightenment; Enlightenment; topographical literature; parish descriptions; Abraham Abrahamson Hülphers; travel journals; Norrland; science in practice; superstitions; slumbering riches; imperial gaze; Northern Sweden; Medelpad; Ångermanland; Åsele Lappmark;

    Abstract : This thesis is a study of factory owner Abraham Abrahamson Hülphers’s collections of parish description about the parishes in Norrland, more specifically those about Medelpad and Ångermanland. The thesis seeks to explain how Hülphers’s collections were created in practice while also presenting the descriptions content and analysing the ideology it reproduced. READ MORE

  3. 2. Do past habits affect present household waste recycling levels among individuals? - A study on university students in Sweden

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Mutasim Billah; Ugne Antanelyte; [2021-06-29]
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    Abstract : The body of literature in environmental economics broadly documents the role of household waste recycling in determining the quality of the environment. Social norms and attitudes closely affect recycling behavior among individuals. READ MORE

  4. 3. The advent of Sustainable Transport in Scotland : The implementation of Glasgow’s Strategic Plans for Cycling and the case of South City Way

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Georgi Gushlekov; [2019]
    Keywords : sustainable development; cycling; Glasgow; urban planning; cycling policy; public engagement;

    Abstract : This study explores the option of stimulating cycling activity as part of the strife of the modern city towards adopting the principles of sustainable development in order to shape the everyday habits of its inhabitants. The case of the city of Glasgow was chosen as an appropriate example of the potential obstacles and benefits which the implementation of cycling policies is attributed with. READ MORE

  5. 4. Municipal Solid Waste Management in Informal Settlements – A multiple-case study of challenges and possibilities in the favelas and informal sector of Rio de Janeiro city

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljö- och energisystem

    Author : Emma Bergman; [2019]
    Keywords : municipal solid waste management; informal settlement; favela; waste picker; recycling cooperative; environmental protection; social inclusion; Rio de Janeiro; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Today, about one billion people in the world live in informal settlements and lack access to basic services and city infrastructure. In Rio de Janeiro, approximately 1,4 million people, one fourth of the city population, live in informal settlements, in Brazil called favelas. READ MORE

  6. 5. Conditions and challenges for increased biking as a climate change mitigation strategy. A case study of Östersund, Sweden

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Avdelningen för ekoteknik och hållbart byggande

    Author : Thomas Fritiofsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Climate change mitigation; biking; biking infrastructure; GIS; biking policies and programmes; Östersund;

    Abstract : Transfer to non-motorized transportation to the greatest extent possible is an important climate change mitigation strategy. Biking is a sustainable mean of transportation and increased biking is desirable on global, national, regional, local, and individual level. READ MORE