Essays about: "niche construction"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the words niche construction.

  1. 6. Sustainability Transitions Antenarratives: Public Sector Organization Perspectives in Implementing Sustainability Oriented Projects in a Developing Country

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Kamwasir Kamwasir; [2022]
    Keywords : Sustainability; Sustainability transition; public sector organizations; multi-level perspective; niches; micro-niches;

    Abstract : Sustainability has been considered a novel research field emerging from the desire to protect the environment, and equally emerging in transition discourses. This research explores the construction of sustainability transition processes and pathways in a public sector organization implementing a sustainability oriented program. READ MORE

  3. 7. Continuous Presence : A Historical Ecology of Ängesviken, Jämtland

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Author : Petter I. Larsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Landscape archaeology; palynology; paleoecology; patchiness; niche construction; historical ecology; continuous presence; boreal forest; outland utilisation; multidisciplinary analysis; Landskapsarkeologi; skogsarkeologi; pollenanalys; historisk ekologi; Jämtland; utmarksbruk; tvärvetenskaplig analys;

    Abstract : A case study of a prehistoric site named Ängesviken, in eastern Jämtland, is presented in this thesis. Ängesviken is situated in a region that traditionally has been understood as peripheral and without a significant history prior to the Late Iron Age or even the mediaeval period. READ MORE

  4. 8. Identifying and Situating the Medieval Ragundaskogen: A Tale of Forest, Fish and Farmers

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Alexandra Cochrane; [2021]
    Keywords : Eastern Jämtland; Medieval; Marginality; Late Medieval Agrarian Crisis; Abandoned Farms; Ragundaskogen; Resource Use; Jämtland and Härjedalen Diplomatarium; Niche Construction; Archaeology; Östra Jämtland; Medeltiden; Marginalitet; Medeltiden Agrarkris; Ödesböle; Ragundaskogen; Användandet av resurser; Jämtland och Härjedalen Diplomatarium; Nischkonstruktion; Arkeologi;

    Abstract : In several medieval written sources an area called Ragundaskogen (Eng: Ragunda Forest) is documented in eastern Jämtland. The references in the sources are general and lack specific information about location, meaning and the extent of this area. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Journey of Resources : Archaeobotanical analysis of late Iron Age and medieval Sigtuna, Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Siri Pettersson; [2019]
    Keywords : agricultural history; archaeobotany; archaeology; continuity; ecology; grassland ecology; historical ecology; history; Iron Age; landscape management; land use; land use tradition; medieval period; middle ages; niche construction; paleoecology; plant ecology; Professorn; resource ecology; Sigtuna; traditional landscape management; Carex; Cyperaceae;

    Abstract : Traditional agriculture has played an important role in shaping the landscape for thousands of years. Agriculture and interactions between humans and their surroundings have changed since the beginning of historic time in Sweden, approximately 1000 years ago. READ MORE

  6. 10. Home is where the Earth is : exploring the adoption of vernacular architecture in urban housing in India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Neha Satheesan; [2017]
    Keywords : sustainable transition; social practice; urban housing; sustainability science; vernacular architecture; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : India has yet to build 70% of the buildings that will exist in 2030. The housing industry in India has been growing rapidly in an effort to keep up with increasing urbanization, population growth and aspirational consumption. READ MORE