Sökning: "Environmental behavior"

Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 493 avhandlingar innehållade orden Environmental behavior.

1. 6. On Environmental Grounds : Outdoor Recreation, Place Relations and Environmental Sustainability

   Författare :Daniel Wolf-Watz; Klas Sandell; Peter Fredman; Robert Pettersson; Ebba Lisberg Jensen; Mittuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Environmental Concern; Place; Nature; Practice; Tourism; Kulturgeografi; Human Geography;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the relationship between outdoor recreation and environmental concern as part of the wider issue of environmental sustainability in late-modern societies. It includes studies of environmentalists’ (that is environmentally committed individuals’) preferences and motivations with regard to outdoor recreation, and covers the inquiries of whether and how outdoor recreation can influence levels of environmental concern. LÄS MER

3. 7. Environmental Impacts of ICT: Present and Future

   Författare :Yevgeniya Arushanyan; Åsa Moberg; Anna Björklund; Ulrika Gunnarsson Östling; Roland Hischier; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Information and communication technology ICT ; Life cycle assessment LCA ; environmental impacts; online media; future scenarios; assessment methodology; Informations- och kommunikationsteknologi IKT ; livscykelanalys LCA ; miljökonsekvenser; online media; framtidsscenarier; bedömningsmetod; Planering och beslutsanalys; Planning and Decision Analysis;

   Sammanfattning : ICT is developing rapidly and is playing an increasingly important role in society. High expectations are placed on ICT in relation to sustainable development. In order to provide basis for decision-making and ensure that ICT is used in the best possible way for enabling sustainable development, the sustainability impacts of ICT need to be studied. LÄS MER

4. 8. Food packaging design to support sorting behavior

   Författare :Babak Nemat; Mariano Jr Reyes Ramirez; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Household waste; design attributes; packaging waste; design approaches; sorting behavior; sustainability; Resource Recovery; Resursåtervinning;

   Sammanfattning : Due to population growth, urbanization, higher income levels, and intensive use of packaging products, the amount of waste generated by households, including food packaging waste, has been increasing continuously worldwide, posing a massive threat to societies and the environment. Therefore, proper waste management has become a challenging environmental issue and priority for governments. LÄS MER

5. 9. Movement behavior and mental health in office workers : Associations and intervention effects

   Författare :Lisa-Marie Larisch; Victoria Blom; Lena Kallings; Maria Hagströmer; Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir; Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; workplace health promotion; mental health; office workers; 24 h movement behavior; physical activity; sedentary behavior; multi-level intervention; ecological model of health behavior; behavior change; Medicin Teknik; Medicine Technology;

   Sammanfattning : Mental disorders pose a significant global health challenge. To effectively address this challenge, mental health promotion must be included in various sectors, including workplaces. Various strategies for promoting mental health in the workplace have been suggested, including interventions aimed at improving movement behavior, i.e. LÄS MER

7. 10. Risk of spontaneous fires at temporary storages sites for organic material, waste fuels and recyclables: Quantification and mitigation

   Författare :Muhammad Asim Ibrahim; William Hogland; Ghasem Najafpour; Linnéuniversitetet; []
   Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; temporary storage; risk of fires; spontaneous ignition; biofuels; recyclables; waste fuels; Miljövetenskap; Environmental Science;

   Sammanfattning : Economic and environmental constraints have created increasing demand for (material and energy recovery) and recycling of waste generated from households, commercial and industrial activities. A wide variety of materials waiting for sorting, recovery, recycling and disposal are stored at temporary storage sites (TSS) where physical, biotic and abiotic processes can lead the stored material to spontaneous ignition. LÄS MER