Essays about: "social effects of industrialization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words social effects of industrialization.

1. 1. Lokala livsmedelssystem : en litteraturstudie om återlokalisering av livsmedelssystemet

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

   Author : Ghufran Mahmood; [2018]
   Keywords : lokala livsmedel; återlokalisering; livsmedelssystem;

   Abstract : Mycket av jordens naturresurser går åt till att producera våra livsmedel. För att kunna förstå och påverka våra livsmedelsval krävs kunskaper om hur de har producerats, dess ursprung och dess effekter på olika aspekter av samhället. READ MORE

3. 2. Looking at Noise: Human Ecological Issues when Assessing the Impact of Seismic Surveys Effects on Oceanic Whales

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Alice Edwall; [2016]
   Keywords : Airguns; Cetaceans; Anthropocentrism; Anthropogenic noise; Marine noise pollution; Marine sound pollution; Seismic surveys; Uexküll; Umwelt; Whales; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis introduces different issues regarding the impact of anthropogenic sound pollution on oceanic cetaceans (whales). It involves looking at the problems of anthropocentrism and the notion of Umwelt when trying to assess the well-being of a western culturally important species, and the relationship between that species and the industrialization of the ocean. READ MORE

4. 3. Process Innovation:Impacts on Organization's Performance : A Qualitative Study of Four Swedish Municipalities

   University essay from Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)

   Author : Gedoc Sintset Kenfac; Sahand Nekoumanesh; Mingyan Yang; [2013]
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   Abstract : Nowadays, industrialization has had strong negative effects on our surrounding environment. Therefore, all the societies around the world are trying to achieve sustainable development and cleaner surrounding. "Living well, within the limits of our planet" is the new action program for the European Union (EU). READ MORE

5. 4. Energy patterns for developing countries- an energy intensity decomposition analysis for economies in Asia and in Latin America

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Dimitrios Theodoridis; [2012]
   Keywords : Economic growth; energy; energy intensity; decomposition analysis; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Motivated by the increasing importance of today’s environmental issues as well as by the increasing concerns related to energy use, the study is intended to perform an energy intensity decomposition in order to analyze the effects of structural and technical changes on the energy patterns and in specific on the energy intensity of ten major developing countries in Asia and in Latin America. The main focus is placed on the changes that describe the service and industrial sector in these countries and their effects on energy intensity while the results provide some insight concerning the role of these countries in today’s global production system. READ MORE

6. 5. What Determines the Location of Industry? Endowments, Market Potential, and Industry Location in Swedish Regions, 1900-1960

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Thor Berger; [2012]
   Keywords : Industry location; Sweden; Industrialization; Heckscher-Ohlin; New Economic Geography; Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : In this paper I examine the location of manufacturing industries across Swedish regions, between 1900 and 1960, using a novel dataset on manufacturing employment disaggregated into eight industries and 24 (NUTS-III) regions. By means of OLS estimations of a model where the regional share of employment in an industry is determined by interactions between region and industry characteristics I show that factor endowments and market potential jointly determined the regional distribution of industries. READ MORE