Essays about: "the Åland Islands"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words the Åland Islands.

  1. 1. Political Ecology of renewable energy transitions on the Åland Islands

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Moon Hee Chu; Miroslav Lakota; [2023]
    Keywords : Renewable energy transitions; Sustainability Science; Offshore wind farms; Political Ecology; Gender; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Amidst a climate and biodiversity crisis, transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources has become imperative. On the Åland Islands, planned large-scale offshore wind farms offer potential economic growth but entail environmental and social impacts. READ MORE

  3. 2. Fisketurism på Åland : en undersökning av möjligheter och svårigheter för en växande verksamhet inom naturturismen

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

    Author : Tora Jonsson; [2022]
    Keywords : fisketurism; naturturism; Åland; handlingsutrymme; socialt kapital; allmänning;

    Abstract : Den här masteruppsatsen inom ämnet landsbygdsutveckling syftar till att undersöka vilka möjligheter och svårigheter entreprenörer inom fisketurism på Åland upplever att de möter i sina verksamheter. Den ämnar också undersöka hur de agerar för att förvalta och hantera de möjligheter och svårigheter de möter. READ MORE

  4. 3. Somebody should do something : A qualitative study to determine challenges that politicians face in decsion-making to mitigate climate change

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Miljövetenskap

    Author : Sandra Melander; [2022]
    Keywords : Decision-making; Challenge; Politicians; Parliament; Åland; Climate change; Mitigation;

    Abstract : Climate change is known to cause more frequently occurring extreme events which threaten both natural and human systems as we know them. Island nations are particularly vulnerable to these climate-induced changes, and the Åland Islands are no exception to this rule. READ MORE

  5. 4. Archaeogenomics illuminates 4000 years of Northern European Short Tailed Sheep in the Baltic Sea region

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Martin Larsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Sheep; Archaeogenomics; ancient DNA; Northern european short tailed sheep;

    Abstract : Sheep were domesticated ~10 000 years ago from Asiatic Mouflon. They then spread to Europe via the migration of farming human populations and had reached Scandinavia by ~6000 years ago. Another migration of humans stemming from the Pontic-Caspian steppe reached Scandinavia around ~5000 years ago, possibly with new types of sheep. READ MORE

  6. 5. Local Action for Global Change : An Analysis of the Åland Islands’ Energy and Climate Strategy in the Polycentric System

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hanna Nordlund; Felicia Sarling; [2021]
    Keywords : the Åland Islands; polycentric approach; climate strategies; institutional levels; local climate action;

    Abstract : .... READ MORE