Essays about: "suggestion on environmental Pollution"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words suggestion on environmental Pollution.

  1. 1. Comparing radar satellites. Use of Sentinel-1 leads to an increase in oil spill alerts in Norwegian waters

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Ove Njøten; [2021]
    Keywords : Geography; GIS; Satellite; Radar; Oil spill; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Radar’s ability to detect oil spills through clouds, fog, and darkness is a significant advantage. Oil spill alert services using radar satellites have been in use in Norway for more than 25 years. After introducing two radar satellites Sentinel-1A and 1B in 2015-2016, the number of oil spill alerts has increased by 250% in Norwegian waters. READ MORE

  3. 2. An assessment of Park & Ride in Gothenburg - A case study on the effect of Park & Ride on congestion and how to increase its attractiveness

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Sélim Oucham; [2019-07-09]
    Keywords : Park Ride; commuter parking; traffic congestion; urban mobility; public transportation; Smart Cities;

    Abstract : Traffic congestion is with environmental pollution one of the main cost externalities caused by an increased usage of cars in many cities in the last decades. In many ways, traffic congestion impacts the everyday life of both drivers and citizens. READ MORE

  4. 3. An assessment of Park & Ride in Gothenburg - A case study on the effect of Park & Ride on congestion and how to increase its attractiveness

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Pedro Gutiérrez Touriño; Sélim Oucham; [2019-07-02]
    Keywords : Park Ride; commuter parking; traffic congestion; urban mobility; public transportation; Smart Cities;

    Abstract : Traffic congestion is with environmental pollution one of the main cost externalities caused by an increased usage of cars in many cities in the last decades. In many ways, traffic congestion impacts the everyday life of both drivers and citizens. READ MORE

  5. 4. Towards a Green Global Golden Age? : ICT enabled cornucopian sustainability and a suggestion for its reform

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Kai Christian Wagner; [2017]
    Keywords : green growth; rebound effect; human development; doughnut economics; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This conceptual thesis analyses Carlota Pérez vision of a ‘Green Global Golden Age’ that is supposed to reconcile the tension between economic growth and sustainability (Pérez, 2016b). Aiming to address the pressing issue of continued unsustainability, Pérez’ proposed solution is based on the assumption that technological innovation in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can successfully decouple economic growth from unsustainable levels of raw material consumption and environmental pollution. READ MORE

  6. 5. Geographical Information Systems as a Tool in Sustainable Urban Development

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Emelie Walsund; [2013]
    Keywords : GIS; Sustainable urban management; Remote Sensing; DSS; Sustainability;

    Abstract : Sustainable development has been in focus since late 1980’s and the Brundtland report Our Common Future. But the lack of a detailed common definition of sustainability makes the work for a sustainable urban development difficult. READ MORE