Essays about: "off shore"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 29 essays containing the words off shore.

  1. 21. The Need for Permanent Mooring Buoys in  the Gulf of Thailand : A Minor Field Study

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Maria Andersson; Mikaela Ring; [2013]
    Keywords : Coral reefs; mooring buoys; coral reef management; Gulf of Thailand; sustainable development;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the need for permanent mooring buoys at the popular off-shore islands of Pattaya, Thailand. By investigating the ecological, social and economic gains and losses of installing such buoys, the project aims to examine whether such buoys would help support a more sustainable development in the area. READ MORE

  3. 22. Ice advance-retreat sediment successions along the Logata River, Taymyr Peninsula, Arctic Siberia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Martin Bernhardson; [2013]
    Keywords : Sibirien; Tajmyrhalvön; Weichselian glaciation; Ice advance-retreat stages; Russia; Taymyr Peninsula; Siberia; Ryssland; isframstötar-isreträtter; Weichselistiden; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : A number of sites were investigated in river sections along the Logata River on the Taymyr Peninsula, Russia, and its adjacent areas to shed more light on the glaciation history over the last glacial cycles. The sediments exposed at the investigated sites are correlated and put into a local stratigraphic scheme divided into five main units. READ MORE

  4. 23. Effectiveness of Capital Controls in a Financial Crisis: The Case of Iceland

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Kristrun Tinna Gunnarsdottir; Anna Rehnholm; [2011]
    Keywords : Capital controls; Iceland; Financial crisis; GARCH; Capital flows;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the effectiveness of the capital controls on outflow implemented in Iceland in October 2008 following a severe systemic crisis caused by the default of the three largest Icelandic banks. Specifically, we assess to what extent Icelandic capital controls curtailed capital outflows, supported the ISK, reduced exchange rate fluctuations, and increased monetary policy independence. READ MORE

  5. 24. Internationalization of the Swedish food industry: challenges and opportunities : the case of Lantmännen Cerealia

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Goudarz Azar; [2010]
    Keywords : food culture; food industry; globalization; internationalization; psychic distance;

    Abstract : Economic globalization has brought up both opportunities and challenges for the world trade. An increased flow of capital, labor and production factors across the boundaries, increased opportunities for off-shore production and outsourcing in manufacturing and even service sector are only a part of the "opportunities" that has been brought up by economic globalization. READ MORE

  6. 25. Added Turbulence and Optimal Power Distribution in Large Off-Shore Wind Farms

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för reglerteknik

    Author : Thomas Alexander Clevenhult; Fredrik Himmelman; [2010]
    Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Wind power is subject to intensive research in the development of using more renewable energy. With a growing number of countries aiming at reducing carbon dioxide emissions, increasing investments are being made in wind turbines and wind farms. An intriguing option is to build large wind farms at sea. READ MORE