Essays about: "tools concepts sustainability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 62 essays containing the words tools concepts sustainability.

1. 1. Sustainable housing for everyone: A qualitative study of sustainable urban development and housing provision in Malmö

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

   Author : Malin Hansson; [2023]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how the city of Malmö plans for the housing provision from a sustainability perspective by studying social and environmental sustainability in the urban development process with a focus on housing. The study is a qualitative case study and interviews with employees working in the municipality and a document study have been conducted. READ MORE

3. 2. Circularity indicators in practice: Exploring companies’ application and linkages to sustainability

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Emilia Paulina Paredes Bassi; [2023]
   Keywords : circular economy; circularity indicators; circularity assessment; sustainability assessment; industry; Chile; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The Circular Economy (CE) has gained global recognition as a way to enable sustainability improvements in production and consumption systems. Numerous circularity indicators (c-indicators) have been developed by academia and practitioners to be used at the company level as analytical tools to measure progress towards a more circular economy. READ MORE

4. 3. Fighting fire with fire? : An exploration of the relationship between nonviolence and sustainability

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Linnea Johansson Vodusek; [2023]
   Keywords : Nonviolence; Sustainability; Development; Agenda 2030; Sustainable Development Goals; Galtung; Ecocentrism; Gandhi; structural violence; cultural violence; peace; future generations; conflicts; global warming; globalization; knowledge; cooperation and environment;

   Abstract : This study aims at exploring the connections between nonviolence and sustainability in two cases. The relationship between nonviolence and sustainability is identified and discussed in light of the theories on nonviolence of Johan Galtung and theories of the ethical framework of ecocentrism. READ MORE

5. 4. Lost in The Grocery Aisle: Navigating the challenges of food waste management through performance measurement systems and sensemaking

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Lucile Vanin; Hannah Bozorgnia; [2023]
   Keywords : KPIs; Management Control Systems; Sustainability; Sustainability Performance Measurement Systems; Sensemaking;

   Abstract : This paper aims to uncover how Sustainability Performance Measurement Systems (SPMS), and more specifically KPIs, can be used as tools to make sense of the challenges inherent to sustainability management, within the specific empirical setting of food waste. Through a case study based on a global food retailer in Sweden, we aim to comprehend how employees use food waste KPIs to make sense of the challenges inherent to food waste management. READ MORE

6. 5. Gentrifiering som bortdrivning : en kvalitativ studie om hyresgästernas upplevelser av en stadsförnyelseprocess i Mjølnerparken

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Doaa Ahmad; [2023]
   Keywords : Mjölnerparken; Hanaskog; Ringen; gentrifiering; stadsförnyelse; bostadspolitik; ghettolag; social hållbarhet; social hållbar stadsutveckling; bostadsotrygghet; boendesegregation; folkfördrivning; tvångsförflyttning; bortträngning; etnisk rensning; boendevillkor;

   Abstract : Denna studie ämnar undersöka fenomenet gentrifiering och dess processer med utgångspunkt i stadsförnyelseprojektet i Mjölnerparken i Köpenhamn samt i en svensk kontext genom att relateras till projektet i Ringen, Hanaskog i Sverige. Detta med hjälp av en intervjustudie med hyresgäster och en litteraturstudie om gentrifiering. READ MORE