Essays about: "negative effects of science on nature"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words negative effects of science on nature.
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1. Early German Romantic and Marxian Theories of Alienation in Frankenstein: Atomizing Effects of Commodification of Nature and Transgressive Science : An Eco-Marxist perspective
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)Abstract : This essay explores the topic of appropriation of nature and the resulting social alienation it imparts on several of the novel’s characters: Frankenstein, Walton, and the Creature. The Creature serves as a personification of both industrialism and urban atomization. READ MORE
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2. Attitudes towards local carnivores in Umeå, Sweden : investigating species and individual effects on attitudes towards Carnivores in the confines of a local community
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental StudiesAbstract : The expanding human population is leading to increases in urbanisation and changing land-use. The space between wildlife and humans is diminishing as wildlife adapts to environmental changes caused by urbanisation. With an increasing number of species moving into an urban environment we see increasing encounters between humans and wildlife. READ MORE
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3. The relevance of incidental transactions for pro-rata deduction of input VAT under the VAT Directive
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : The principle of fiscal neutrality is the essence of the EU VAT system. It aims at relieving taxable persons of the burden of VAT through the deduction mechanism provided for by the VAT Directive. In its another aspect, the principle is a means of reflecting the equal treatment of taxable persons. READ MORE
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4. Challenges in Challenging Menstrual Discourse: An Inquiry into the Nature of Dominating Social Discourse on Menstruation, and the Human Rights Agenda to Challenge its Effects
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Recent developments have seen a rise in empirical attempts to challenge the persistently negative sociocultural attitudes toward menstruation. The thesis proposes a Foucauldian feminist conception, as well as the identification of the three elements stigmatization, medicalization and commercialization, to provide a comprehensive theoretical framework conceptualizing dominant menstrual discourse and its effects, based on which the empirical contemporary UN human rights agenda on the topic is approached. READ MORE
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5. Energy use and energy saving in buildings and asthma, allergy and sick building syndrome (SBS): a literature review
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Energisystem och byggnadsteknikAbstract : Energy use in buildings is an important contribution to global CO2 emissions and contributes to global warming. In recent years, there has been concern about creating energy efficiency buildings, green buildings and healthy buildings but this development needs guidance by multidisciplinary scientists and experts. READ MORE
