Essays about: "recent social issues"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 222 essays containing the words recent social issues.

  1. 6. Using a GIS to enable an economic, land use and energy output comparison between small wind powered turbines and large-scale wind farms: the case of Oslo, Norway.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Colin Potter; [2023]
    Keywords : Geography; GIS; Wind power; Renewable energy sources; urban wind energy; urban areas; planning; vertical axis wind turbines; comparative studies; urban integrated energy systems; Oslo; Roan; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Responding to an identified knowledge gap, the study aims to determine if smaller wind turbines located on top of existing urban buildings are more resource efficient (land utilization and economically) than large scale wind farms. To answer this question, using a GIS, the resource efficiency of the Roan wind farm in Northern Norway was compared to a theoretical modeled installation of small-scale wind turbines on top of buildings within a 2km radius study zone in central Oslo. READ MORE

  3. 7. Navigating Remote Organizational Socialization: Examining Demands and Resources for Newcomers in the Remote Work Context

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Xiaochuan Rong; [2023]
    Keywords : Remote work; Newcomer; Organizational socialization; Job demands; Job resources; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The academic interest in remote work has drastically increased over recent years, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Existing studies have proven that remote work has advantages and disadvantages for employers and employees. READ MORE

  4. 8. Stigmatization and its overshadow on urban green spaces in Gottsunda : the study of a segregated suburban area where existing green spaces are fading away

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Mashiat Raisa; [2023]
    Keywords : Gottsunda; stigmatization; segregation; green spaces; marginalized; crime; whiteness; planning; redevelopment;

    Abstract : In this modern era, when we are living in a society surrounded by advanced science and technology on the one hand, stigmatization as a form of social injustice is very much evident and still increasing in the social landscape on the other hand. In this thesis, I investigate the ongoing trend of redevelopment and densification projects in the Swedish context, explicitly targeting the marginalized neighborhoods in a Million Program housing areas built after the post-war period. READ MORE

  5. 9. ‘Overcoming Hopelessness’: Asylum Seekers’ Experiences of Precarity and Empowerment in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Hugo Fritjofsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Sweden; asylum; migration; qualitative; refugees; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Sweden has long been seen as a generous, inclusive provider for refugees, historically granting social rights on par with citizens shortly upon arrival. However, extensive recent academic literature has come to critique this perception, highlighting retrenchments and restrictive developments in asylum policy amid increasing precarity for asylum seekers. READ MORE

  6. 10. Who Has Seen the Wind? Visualising Wind Farm Developments Using Digital Tools

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

    Author : Audrey Williams; [2023]
    Keywords : Wind energy; landscape analysis; digital tools; visual effects; planning; public participation;

    Abstract : Wind energy is an appropriate solution to reduce carbon emissions and climate change. The expansion of wind energy developments in Sweden in recent years has created substantial opposition which makes wind energy tougher to develop. READ MORE