Essays about: "socio-ecological space"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words socio-ecological space.

1. 1. Net Zero, Net Profit: An Analysis of Offshore UK Carbon Capture and Storage

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

   Author : Alexander Verne Magnus Perry; [2023]
   Keywords : Marx; primitive fossil capital; carbon capture and storage; CCS; socio-ecological fix; defensive fix; hegemony; green capitalism; materialised ideology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The UK government is legally bound to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 as part of its actions to address climate change. One prominent method of decarbonisation is carbon capture and storage (CCS), slated for deployment in two industrial clusters by the mid-2020s. READ MORE

3. 2. Urban green spaces: Limits to growth?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Antikens kultur och samhällsliv

   Author : Jacob Seabrook Alex; [2023]
   Keywords : Urban green space; densification; compact city; livable city; socio-ecological systems;

   Abstract : This research analyses attitudes to urban green spaces within the framework of compact city development models, using Uppsala as a case study and investigating the tension between growth and preservation. Compact city literature strongly promotes the importance of green space within urban environments for both social and ecological wellbeing and highlights what becomes an increasing requirement for this as populations within urban areas are densified, which is a concomitant goal of compact city models. READ MORE

4. 3. Testing Tools and Methods for Sustainable Product Development for Heavy Construction Equipment

   University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för strategisk hållbar utveckling

   Author : Lisa Strandberg; Marriam Usman Nasir; Jeongwon Kim; Nataliia Baranovska; [2023]
   Keywords : Sustainable Product Development; Tools and Methods; Strategic Sustainable Development; Heavy Equipment Industry; Process Design and Development;

   Abstract : Global manufacturing accounted for 17% of global GDP in 2021. The heavy constructionequipment industry creates significant socio-ecological impacts through CO2 emissions, landdegradation and social risks. It is important to implement sustainability from the early phasesof product development. READ MORE

5. 4. Examining governance change in wetland restoration. Case: Linnunsuo, Finland

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

   Author : Laura Maria Valkonen; [2023]
   Keywords : Co-management; governance change; Linnunsuo; resilience; restoration;

   Abstract : Collaborative governance approaches can advance resilience, equity and effectiveness in the restoration of degraded ecosystems. Often co-management arrangements are not static and should be understood as dynamic process between actors. Yet, management and governance dynamics in restoration are not fully understood. READ MORE

6. 5. The Social and Environmental Costs of the Water Management System of Chile: Inequalities in a Context of Scarcity

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Gianna Laura Angermayr; [2022]
   Keywords : Water Market; 1981 Water Code; Water Scarcity; Potable Water; Socio-ecological Justice; Power Relations; Agriculture; Campesinos; Indigenous Communities; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to present a more complete picture of Chile’s water management system in terms of the three pillars of sustainable development, namely regarding the social, environmental, and economic outcomes of the 1981 Water Code. The contribution of this research relies in the understanding of the law’s reproduction of socio- ecological inequalities and in the investigation of a possible link between commercial agricultural activities and prices of potable water in the sixteen administrative regions of Chile. READ MORE