Essays about: "social thresholds"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 essays containing the words social thresholds.

  1. 1. New Beginnings : Triggering Encounters in Public Place to Encourage a Sense of Community

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Människa-datorinteraktion

    Author : Anna Lindström; [2023]
    Keywords : human-computer interaction; public place; embodied interaction; playful elements; community feelings; community building; urban planning; social sustainability;

    Abstract : To increase social sustainability in cities and communities, interactions between community members is a key factor. This has engaged a research project on social sustainability, connected to an emerging urban district in Sweden. This research was done in collaboration with local stakeholders being part of this research project. READ MORE

  3. 2. The BECCS Doughnut: A strong sustainability framework for assessing implementation strategies for Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Domenik Tress; [2023]
    Keywords : sustainability assessment; bioenergy with carbon capture and storage; negative emissions; doughnut economics; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) is a largely promoted, but also heavily contested solution to the problem of climate change. Whilst removing carbon from the atmosphere, it potentially leads to detrimental side effects. READ MORE

  4. 3. High tide flooding in near future projections for popular travel destinations

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : David Ebert; [2023]
    Keywords : Physical Geography and Ecosystem analysis; High tide flooding; Projections; Adaptation and mitigation strategies; Lunar precession; Nodal cycle; Cycle of lunar perigee; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : High tide flooding (HTF) is becoming more common in coastal regions of the United States, although this phenomenon remains largely undocumented in published literature from other parts of the world. No matter the emissions scenario over the next decades, sea level rise (SLR) is projected to continue worldwide until at least the end of the 21st century, continually pushing the frequency and severity of HTF. READ MORE

  5. 4. Can degrowth policies move the OECD closer to reaching social thresholds within planetary boundaries?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Kristborg Sóley Þráinsdóttir; [2022]
    Keywords : degrowth; safe and just space; social thresholds; planetary boundaries; sustainability science; policy; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As the environmental and social challenges humanity faces are intertwined, a holistic policy approach is needed to bring operations into the ecologically safe and socially just space (SJS). Degrowth has been presented as a means for high-income countries to reach the SJS. READ MORE

  6. 5. Thresholds of Taksim, a new strategy of urban revitalization

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Burak Ertugrul Güney; [2022]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Spatial experience can be perceived as a kind of exploration of space that evolves within the fragments of lived moments and transforms over time. Squares, parks, and streets are the primary urban spaces where social interactions are experienced at an extremely high level. READ MORE