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1. 21. Recalling Urban Nature : Linking City People to Ecosystem Services

   Författare :Stephan Barthel; Carl Folke; Thomas Elmqvist; Johan Colding; Per Olsson; Susanne Stoll-Kleemann; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Ecosystem service; functional group; resilience; social-ecological system; urban; institution; property right; knowledge; sense-of-place; social-ecological memory; adaptive governance; scale-crossing broker; ecosystem management; Biology; Biologi; Natural Resources Management; naturresurshushållning;

   Sammanfattning : Societal development is dependent on the generation of ecosystem services (ES) to sustain it; however, many ES are degrading. This thesis investigates how social-ecological features behind practices of actor groups shape the generation of ES. LÄS MER

3. 22. Νοήμονες υπολογιστικές μέθοδοι εμπνευσμένες από τον φυσικό κόσμο για την βελτιστοποίηση συστημάτων : αλγόριθμος βελτιστοποίησης εμπνευσμένης από τον ηχοεντοπισμό

   Författare :Alexandros Tzanetos; Economics and Administration Department of Engineering Polytechnic School; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Nature Inspired Intelligent Algorithms; Nature Inspired Intelligence; Optimization; Νοήμονες Αλγόριθμοι Εμπνευσμένοι από τη Φύση; Νοημοσύνη Εμπνευσμένη από τη Φύση; Βελτιστοποίηση;

   Sammanfattning : Η εποχή που διανύουμε φέρνει στο προσκήνιο την Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη, καθότι διάφοροι κλάδοι ενσωματώνουν εντυπωσιακές εφαρμογές της. Πολλές αναφορές γίνονται στην 4η Βιομηχανική Επανάσταση, η οποία έχει πλέον την Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη ως κύριο πυλώνα της. LÄS MER

4. 23. En resa till naturen på reklamens villkor

   Författare :Åsa Thelander; Institutionen för kommunikation och medier; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; qualitative research; photography; tourist; media reception; nature; advertising; image; representation; empirical analysis; Press and communication sciences; Journalistik; media; kommunikation;

   Sammanfattning : It is commonly believed that we live in a culture that is increasingly permeated by visual images. One category of images that we encounter everyday in different media, and that constitutes a large and growing part of media content, is advertisements. LÄS MER

5. 24. Postcolonial Nature Conservation and Collaboration in Urban Protected Areas : Everyday relations at Macassar Dunes/Wolfgat reserves, Cape Town, South Africa

   Författare :Marnie Graham; Henrik Ernstson; Thomas Elmqvist; Sandie Suchet-Pearson; Richie Howitt; Michael Adams; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; collaborative conservation; co-management; postcolonial identities; urban nature; ways of knowing nature; Southern cities; Indigenous methodology; Macassar Dunes Wolfgat reserves; Cape Town; South Africa; politics of nature conservation; naturresurshushållning; Natural Resources Management;

   Sammanfattning : Protected areas and nature conservation are profoundly shaped by Western ideas, and are embedded within powerful discourses and colonising practices. This thesis examines how colonialism and apartheid shape contemporary practices of nature conservation in Cape Town in South Africa - its institutions, geographies and peoples. LÄS MER

7. 25. Wild Landscapes : The Cultural Nature of Swedish National Parks

   Författare :Tom Mels; Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; national park; landscape; space; reinvention; performance; representation; wilderness; Social geography; imagery; nature; Socialgeografi; Social and Economic Geography;

   Sammanfattning : Since their emergence in the late 19th century, national park spaces have been perceived as articulations of untouched nature or wild landscape beyond society. Yet no understanding of national parks can do without the recognition that they exist in historical spaces created, institutionalised and prepared for them by cultural practices and modes of representation. LÄS MER