Essays about: "technological fix"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words technological fix.

  1. 1. Pluvial urban flooding in a densified Sweden : do sustainable flood management and densification fit together?

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

    Author : Helena Arro; [2023]
    Keywords : urban flooding; pluvial urban flooding; sustainable urban flood management; technological fix; densification;

    Abstract : Pluvial urban flooding occurs in many parts of the world, including Sweden, often with severe consequences. Climate change and increased urbanization exacerbate the risk of urban flooding, and traditional urban drainage systems are unable to keep up. READ MORE

  3. 2. Farming for food security : a critical study on the transition to post-fossil agriculture in Sweden

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

    Author : Ebba Ulfbecker; [2018]
    Keywords : agricultural politics; food security; resilience; transition; climate mitigation; agroecology; sustainable intensification; the Rural Development program; contingency; rural development; discourse analysis; policy analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses the preconditions to achieve a transition to fossil free agriculture in Sweden, to increase farm-level resilience and food security. Swedish agriculture is today highly dependent on imported fossil-based inputs, such as diesel, agrochemicals and protein feed. READ MORE

  4. 3. Who owns the wind? : community wind co-ops to combat commodification

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Robert Wade; [2017]
    Keywords : wind energy; commodification; commons; social consequences; reification; cooperative; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The threat of potentially catastrophic climate change has led to 195 countries pledging to keep global average temperature rise well below 2°C based on pre-industrial levels. Wind energy technology has developed to a point where it can make a significant contribution to meeting this objective. READ MORE

  5. 4. Constructing Sustainability - A Problematizing Inquiry into SDG12: Sustainable Production and Consumption Patterns

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Kristoffer Berglund; [2017]
    Keywords : SDG12; sustainability; Bacchi; treadmill of production; degrowth; ecological modernization; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In 2015, the 193 UN member states launched the Sustainable Development Goals which aim to guide developmental and environmental work worldwide. The SDGs have stirred up a lot of interest and engagement for climate change and poverty reduction, although opinions of their approach widely differ. READ MORE

  6. 5. Artificial Environments and Spatial Travel Implications: The case of Madrid Snow Zone

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Kulturgeografi

    Author : Johannes Lipasti; [2017]
    Keywords : Place; spatially fixed; simulated; postmodern culture; post-tourist; artificial environments; travel patterns; indoor ski slope;

    Abstract : Place has been a fundamental topic for geographers (Agnew, 1987). It stands both for a study object and a manner of perceiving the world. This thesis departs from the theoretical debate regarding places and how places are considered as being spatially fixed in the sense that places cannot be reproduced or imitated elsewhere. READ MORE