Essays about: "urban wildlife"

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  1. 26. Habitat selection in moose and roe deer : a third order comparison

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Irene Hjort; [2019]
    Keywords : gps; camera trapping; habitat selection; order of selection; Alces alces; Capreolus capreolus; brownian bridge kernel method;

    Abstract : Ungulates are important animals in Swedish culture and economy, yet they are considered to cause considerable damage on forests to the disadvantage for the forest industry. At the same time, the forest industry is one of the reasons for the increased carrying capacity of moose and roe deer. READ MORE

  3. 27. Gröna tak : möjligheter och begränsningar för biologisk mångfald

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

    Author : Petra Niskanen; [2019]
    Keywords : Gröna tak; biologisk mångfald; konnektivitet; artdiversitet;

    Abstract : Tak är en begränsande växtplats med hög sol och vind exponering, torka och grunt substratdjup. Klimatet gör direkt och indirekt genom den begränsade mängd växtarter som kan överleva på taken att gröna tak inte kan vara ett habitat för alla arter. READ MORE

  4. 28. The Galapagos Islands - a conflict of interests : a case study of how conservation, tourism and local interests meet, and howthat affect the islands and the residents

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

    Author : Louise Arbin; [2019]
    Keywords : Conservation; tourism; governmentality; political ecology; Galapagos; Ecuador;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to examine how conservation, a growing tourism industry, and local interests meet at the Galapagos islands, Ecuador, and how that affects the islands and the people living or working there. This study is a result of a case study conducted at the Galapagos islands, mainly the island of Santa Cruz (which is the most populated island and the “economic capital”, as well as the island that has gone through the most rapid change in relation to growing tourism industry and development), done over the course of six weeks. READ MORE

  5. 29. Ilulissat, Living the Arctic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Rebekka Gudmundsdottir; [2019]
    Keywords : Greenland; Ilulissat; Arctic; Architecture; Urban Design; Sustainability; Climate; Liveability; Climate sensitive architecture; cultural values; climate change; cultural identity; environment; extreme climate; extreme landscape; urban density; urban planning; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Nowhere in the world is there more proof of climate change than in Greenland, Ilulissat is no exception. With climate change and visible climatic shifts things are rapidly changing and already affecting the life of the people who live there. Those dramatic changes are not only affecting the Arctic but the whole global community. READ MORE

  6. 30. Perceptions and relation-mediating mechanisms in human-wildlife conflicts : in the context of the reintroduction of the brown bear in the Pyrenees (France)

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

    Author : Arthur Le Comte Du Colombier; [2019]
    Keywords : perception; brown bear; Pyrenees; historical background; psychological ownership; identification practice; Disneyfication; social representation; human-wildlife conflict;

    Abstract : Human-wildlife conflict represents a recurring challenge in the history of humankind. Since the 1970s and the environmental awakening of consciousnesses, the problem took a new dimension through competitions between people with different views about nature and wildlife. READ MORE