Essays about: "natural resources management"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 353 essays containing the words natural resources management.

1. 16. Identification of restoration hotspots in landscape-scale green infrastructure planning based on model-predicted connectivity forest

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Xiaoming Wang; [2023]
   Keywords : boreal forest; conservation; restoration; connectivity; green infrastructure; GIS; Sweden; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Boreal forest landscapes have undergone severe anthropogenic fragmentation and their enormous values concerning, e.g., ecosystem service, biodiversity and culture are hazarded. READ MORE

3. 17. Reflections on the economic strategies of private museums. A comparative study of the private museums in Meteora.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

   Author : Theofilos Kolios; [2023]
   Keywords : museum management; private museums; economic strategies; open-system theory; stakeholder theory; resource-dependence theory; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The thesis examines the economic strategies which two private museums of Meteora, the Hellenic Culture Museum and the Natural History Museum of Meteora and Mushroom Museum implement, so as to grasp the economic strategies that private museums in Greece adopt. Utilizing Varbanova’s (2013) framework which places specific emphasis not only on the open-system theory as an efficient way to comprehend the macro-level challenges (in particular the economic crisis and Covid-19, which had been plaguing the two museums for a long time) and opportunities (as the ones that can result from the implementation of a particular legal status in the context of a given cultural policy), but also on the stakeholder and resource-dependence theories, which acknowledge the pivotal role that various actors and resources inside and outside an organization play in museums’ prosperity, the thesis analyzes previous literature that demonstrates economic strategies that (public and private) museums adopt, so as to secure their continuation and thriving. READ MORE

4. 18. Oil and Dutch Disease : The case of Nigeria

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : Josef Sindre; [2023]
   Keywords : Dutch Disease; Nigeria; Agricultural sector; Natural resources;

   Abstract : This essay examines the impact of the phenomenon of Dutch Disease on the agriculture sector in Nigeria since the beginning of the 1980s. Dutch Disease is a misfortune that generally affects resource-rich countries due to exploiting and exporting their natural resources. READ MORE

5. 19. Reuse and recycling of concrete : Economic barriers and possible opportunities for future profitability

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Julia Knutsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Reuse; Recycling; Circular economy; Construction industry; Building material; Concrete industry;

   Abstract : Today, the world's natural ecosystems are threatened by increased extraction of raw materials andgreenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere. One of the drivers of this problem is the impact fromindustries through their production. A possible strategy to reduce pressure on natural ecosystems is toincrease the use of industrial ecosystems. READ MORE

6. 20. Naturbaserat kustskydd i Nyhamnen : en dynamisk övergång mellan hav och land

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Fanny Björkman Sjölund; Kübele Cenet; [2023]
   Keywords : naturbaserade lösningar; land-sea Interface; naturbaserat kustskydd; planering; klimatanpassning; nyhamnen; havsnivåhöjningar;

   Abstract : Konsekvenserna av klimatförändringar kan innebära en planetarisk kris. Därför finns det inom hållbar stadsutveckling ett behov för hur vi kan arbeta med naturens resurser istället för emot dem. READ MORE