Essays about: "natural resources and pollution"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 42 essays containing the words natural resources and pollution.

  1. 16. EFFECTS OF PLANT HARVESTING ON NUTRIENTS REMOVAL IN CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS.

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap

    Author : Elvanus Kapira; [2017]
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    Abstract : Insufficient access to clean water and sanitation has become one of the most universal problems affecting human health in developing countries, water resources are facing high pollution rate due to improper management of wastewater. Ecological technologies such as constructed wetlands are promising innovative solutions for this universal problem. READ MORE

  3. 17. The Importance of Environmental Sustainability in the Decision to Participate in the Sharing Economy

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Julie Roszak; Florine Marechal; [2017]
    Keywords : sharing economy; sustainability; motivations; collaborative platforms; carpooling; environmental challenges;

    Abstract : Global warming, increasing greenhouse gases emissions, global pollution, exhaustion of natural resources... Those are all consequences of human activities on the environment. READ MORE

  4. 18. Creating Customer Value in a Circular Economy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

    Author : Isak Albihn; [2017]
    Keywords : Customer value; Value proposition canvas; Fit; Service oriented circular business model; Circular economy; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Resource related challenges are becoming increasingly severe. The shift towards a circular economy is viewed as one prominent way to overcome the challenges. A shift towards a circular economy would partly require new business models, commonly referred to as circular business models. READ MORE

  5. 19. Environmental Regulations and Pollution Havens. An Empirical Study of the Most Polluting Industries.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Susanna Lindahl; [2016-10-03]
    Keywords : Comparative advantage; environmental endowment; environmental regulations; natural resources; pollution haven hypothesis; Porter hypothesis;

    Abstract : Environmental concerns in the last decades have given rise to environmental regulations, especially in high-income countries. The pollution haven hypothesis argues that differences in environmental regulations unintentionally give the least regulated countries a comparative advantage in the production of pollution intensive goods, turning them into pollution havens. READ MORE

  6. 20. Anaerobic Co-digestion of Sewage sludge, Algae and Coffee Ground

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Kristina Flisberg; [2016]
    Keywords : Anaerobic digestion; Algae; C.Vulgaris; Coffee ground;

    Abstract : Energy shortfall and air pollution are some of the challenges the human kind is facing today. Fossil fuel is still the most widely used fuel, which is a non-renewable resource, increasing excess carbon dioxide into the air. READ MORE