Essays about: "socio-technical system"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 85 essays containing the words socio-technical system.
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16. The implementation of e-scooters in Linköping municipality : Opportunities and challenges for sustainable transportation
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tematisk utbildning och forskning; Linköpings universitet/Tema teknik och social förändringAbstract : Across the world, efforts are being made to deal with climate change, where development in different fields is being made to transition towards a sustainable future. Transportation has become one component of this, resulting in the emergence of micro-mobility. READ MORE
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17. Leverage Points in O&G Deepwater Well Construction Improving the company man´s workplace by interventions at the systems level
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : The oil and gas industry is an activity that simultaneously resembles formula one and space missions. By the formula one´s side, it operates close to technological limits. And by the space missions’ side, several experimental or semi-experimental technologies are broadly used. O&G industry is indeed a high-risk socio-technical system. READ MORE
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18. Salvaging Death Worlds : Drivers and Barriers to the Adoption of Biogas and Biofertilizer Production Systems on Gotland
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknikAbstract : Utilizing an interdisciplinary, multi-level perspective analysis this thesis reviews niche- regime-landscape interactions (analogous to the clusters of actors working at the local level of Gotland representing niche; the regime being national governance goals; and the landscape incorporating global level affairs and institutions such as the European Union (EU)) and their (mis)alignments within the biogas/biofertilizer production system of Gotland, Sweden, a small-island case study for energy-food-transportation transition and sustainable destination development. The study analyzes the heterarchical and polycentric development of biogas on Gotland—a socio-technical niche, nested within a larger energy regime and global landscape for transition—developing an understanding of (mis)alignments of pressures interacting on, at, and between the niche-regime- landscape as they combine with the peculiar competencies, as Loorbach describes, “creative minds, strategists, and visionaries” of a cluster of actors working in the food- energy-transport nexus on the island (2010, p. READ MORE
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19. Sustainable transitions in the Swedish agro-food sector : The case of the (the future) innovation system around Swedish legumes for protein-rich plant-based food
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknikAbstract : Background: The agro-food sector faces several sustainability challenges and is in clear need of transitions to become more sustainable. A transition in food production, consumption and supply chains that demand fewer resources and fewer animal products is required to attain sustainability in the agro-food sector. READ MORE
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20. Quantum Portfolio Optimization : a Multi-Level Perspective Study of the Swedish Fund Management Industry
University essay from KTH/Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.)Abstract : In recent years, quantum computers have achieved new levels of sophistication and are by some estimates only a few years from being used in production. A growing body of literature points toward their potential uses within various industries, with the finance industry identified as exceptionally full of prospective applications. READ MORE