Essays about: "m Anthropocene"

Found 4 essays containing the words m Anthropocene.

  1. 1. Investigating Sand Dune Location, Orientation and Geomorphometry Through GEOBIA-Based Mapping: A Case Study in Northern Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Melanie Stammler; [2020]
    Keywords : sand dunes; geomorphological mapping; object-based image analysis; landscape development; sanddyner; geomorfologisk kartläggning; geografisk objektbaserad bildanalys; landskapsutveckling;

    Abstract : Climate change has repeatedly been framed as the defining issue of the Anthropocene and with the Arctic changing at unpreceded speed need is high for a profound understanding of the Northern Swedish landscape. Northern Swedish aeolian sand dunes have been impacted by climatic changes throughout time. READ MORE

  3. 2. Reproduction in the (m)Anthropocene : exploring the roots and implications of environmentally friendly restrain from childbearing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Kristina Rukaite; [2020]
    Keywords : “Have one fewer child”; reproduction control; environmental individualization; gender and climate change; m Anthropocene; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis departs from scientific literature which suggests to “have one fewer child” as the most effective individual lifestyle choice to reduce one’s contribution to (and even actively fight against) climate change. By employing critical discourse analysis of this literature, I explore how childbearing and carbon emissions have been coupled, and what the implications of this phenomenon are. READ MORE

  4. 3. Blind Injustice : J. M. Coetzee and the Misapprehension of the Ecological Object

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Tom Bradstreet; [2016]
    Keywords : J. M. Coetzee; Life Times of Michael K; ecocriticism; object-oriented ontology; postcolonial theory;

    Abstract : This thesis attempts to develop a concept of 'ecological misapprehension' by means of an object-oriented ecocritical analysis of several works by J. M. Coetzee. READ MORE

  5. 4. Study of morphological evolution of dune fields in Cantabria  (N. Spain) during the Anthropocene

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Cecilia Borghero; [2015]
    Keywords : Dune fields; Cantabrian coast; erosion; ArcGIS; Anthropocene; Dynfält; Kantabriska kusten; erosion; ArcGIS; Antropocen;

    Abstract : The beach-dune system constitutes a dynamic system in which several natural processes interact, both at short and long time scale. Beaches are important because are the source of sediment for the dunes that form at the limit of the shore and that create barriers that protect the mainland from the high energy waves and from floods. READ MORE