Sökning: "Cross-level"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 11 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Cross-level.

  1. 1. Exploiting cross-level linkages to steer the bioenergy transition

    Författare :Francis X Johnson; Semida Silveira; Geert Verbong; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; energy transition; modern bioenergy; traditional biomass; cross-level linkages; institutional design; regional development; alternative fuels; Energy Technology; Energiteknik;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis develops the notion of the bioenergy transition as the long-term transformation of biomass from a local resource into a global commodity. An historical assessment is combined with interdisciplinary analysis that focuses especially on liquid biofuels and highlights the environmentally innovative case of bioethanol. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Towards Sustainable Urban Development in Expansive Urban Regions : Conditions and Challenges for Municipal Spatial Planning Practice

    Författare :Johan Högström; Berit Balfors; Monica Hammer; Patrik Tornberg; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sustainable development; Sustainability; Cross-level; Interplay; Mark- och vattenteknik; Land and Water Resources Engineering;

    Sammanfattning : From the local to the global level, there is a growing insight that human actions are having a profound and wide-reaching impact on natural and social systems. As a consequence, there is a need for sustainable development and planners are now challenged to integrate social, ecological and economic aspects in utilized planning process that span from the regional to the local. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Multilayered Governance : Pesticides in the South - environmental concerns in a globalised world

    Författare :Sylvia Karlsson; Anders Hjort av Ornäs; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; multilayered governance; CPRs; global commons; pesticides; global environmental change; institutions; knowledge; values; mismatches; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Sammanfattning : Environmental issues increasingly demonstrate local-global linkages in driving forces and effects. Policy responses are initiated at local, national and global levels. The successful management of such cross-level environmental issues involves co-ordinated and co-operative policies and action among stakeholders at several levels of governance. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Contextualizing managerial work in local government organizations

    Författare :Lisa Björk; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; organization; managerial work; context; local government; gender;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is about managerial work in local government organizations. The purpose is to explain important aspects of managerial work with the help of a contextual perspective. The focus is on managers at the operational level of education, health and social care services, and technical services. Two research questions are raised. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Vulnerability and inequalities in health and wellbeing : the role of social policy

    Författare :Björn Högberg; Anna Baranowska-Rataj; Mattias Strandh; Espen Dahl; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social policy; Welfare state; Vulnerability; Inequality; Social stratification; Health; Wellbeing;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to investigate the moderating role of social policies for the association between vulnerable social positions and health and wellbeing. Vulnerable social positions are identified in relation to age-related transition points in to or out of the labour market. LÄS MER