Essays about: "niches and regimes"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the words niches and regimes.

  1. 6. The role of entrant technologies in shaping sustainable transitions. How earth observation undermines the sustainable transition of the agri-food sector

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning

    Author : Steffen Hartwig; Saverio Lapini; [2020]
    Keywords : earth observation; multi-level perspective; sustainable transition; agrif-food; entrant technology;

    Abstract : New technologies cannot solve the climate crisis on their own. Although technologies are an integral part of sustainable transitions, they are embedded in complex socio-technical systems which will need to change accordingly. READ MORE

  3. 7. Car Sharing and Urban Mobility in Malmö and San Francisco: A Niche Dynamic Perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Brayton Noll; [2017]
    Keywords : Car sharing; Niche dynamics; Socio-technical theory; San Francisco; Malmö; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Car sharing as an idea challenges the prevailing mobility regime in the global north that has been built around private vehicle ownership. Well established regimes such as this, over time generate norms and collect actors that become dependent on the private car as the dominant form of mobility. READ MORE

  4. 8. Eco-gastronomy: creative food for transformation

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Tove Björklund; [2016]
    Keywords : Eco-gastronomy; social-ecological resilience; transformations; resilient food systems; niches and regimes; social-ecological innovation; network-nature interactions; relational approach; sustainable business strategies.;

    Abstract : Present-day food systems are characterised by industrial mass-production and are becoming exceedingly untenable from a social, ecological and economic perspective. The era of favourable growing conditions and stability is no longer guaranteed, and arguments for holistic and transformative solutions are raised, that can reconnect humanity to the biosphere and create resilient food systems. READ MORE

  5. 9. Innovating Out of the Fishmeal Trap - A case study on how niche conditions in the Norwegian aquafeed sector led to the development of a sustainable technology with global potential

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Jonathan Moy de Vitry; [2013-07-03]
    Keywords : innovation systems; production regimes; sustainable innovation; multi-level perspective; technological change; dynamic formulation technology;

    Abstract : As trends in population growth, resource scarcity, and global warming converge, global food security is becoming a pressing issue. To address this challenge, agricultural systems will have to transition towards more efficient and sustainable production regimes through the generation and diffusion of new technologies. READ MORE

  6. 10. Diversitet hos jordlöpare (Col: Carabidae) i hävdade strandnära gräsmarker

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Crop Production Ecology

    Author : David Isaksson; [2003]
    Keywords : jordlöpare; naturbetesmarker; fallfällor; Harpsund; Nötmyran; Pustnäs; agonum dolens; panageus cruxmajor; chlaenius nigricornis;

    Abstract : The carabid community in moist seminatural grasslands was studied at three different sites in mid-Sweden. Pitfall trapping was carried out during six weeks in spring and early summer 2003. Eight transects, each containing seven pitfall traps, were placed in three different management regimes, either late or continous grazing, or meadow. READ MORE