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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 44 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Indien.

  1. 16. Når arbeidende barn mobiliserer seg : En studie av tre unioner i Karnataka, India

    Författare :Aina Winsvold; Sociologiska institutionen; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social sciences; child adult interaction; child focused perspective; informal sector; social mobilisation; child interviews; Karnataka; political space; collective identity; child work; child participation; child labour; child rights; Sociology; Karnataka; Samhällsvetenskaper; Sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : A number of working children in several regions over the world are mobilising to fight for better working conditions and to gain their rights according to how they interpret the Child Rights Convention (UNCRC) from 1989. Despite the increasing focus on child participation, their approaches and their demands are in many aspects controversial and they are often met with suspicion among diverse actors involved in the discourse of child labour. LÄS MER

  3. 17. How will climate change working life?

    Författare :Karin Lundgren Kownacki; Ergonomi och aerosolteknologi; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; occupational heat stress; climate change; productivity; international standards; India;

    Sammanfattning : Heat stress has been studied extensively. However, in the contemporary context of climate change there is a lack of information on the extent of future heat stress and its consequences, especially in occupational settings. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Not Just Any Water : Hinduism, Ecology and the Ganges Water Controversy

    Författare :Sidsel Hansson; Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Ecology; Världsreligioner ej kristendom ; Hinduism Ganges river Religious change Environmental awareness; Non-Christian religions; Ekologi; Environmental health; Miljömedicin;

    Sammanfattning : Whether the Ganges river in Varanasi (India) is pristinely pure or heavily polluted depends on by whom it qualities are defined, the Brahmin religious specialists in the city or the science oriented environmentalists. While the controversy continues, some Hindu religious leaders are searching for ways to adjust their respective traditions to the environmental paradigms, an initiative that reflects a larger global religious trend. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Climate Change Effects on Rainfall and Management of Urban Flooding

    Författare :Arun Rana; Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Climate Change; Extreme Events; Intensive Rainfall; Urban Drainage; Intensity-Duration-Frequency; Statistical analysis; Flood Management;

    Sammanfattning : Flooding in urban basins is intensifying due to increasing urbanization and climate change and variability. This thesis presents how the effects of climate change and high-intensive rainfall on the urban drainage system and management of flooding in urban areas of were studied in Mumbai, India and Southern Sweden, including Skåne and Gothenburg. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Renewing power : Including global asymmetries within the system boundaries of solar photovoltaic technology

    Författare :Andreas Roos; Humanekologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; solar energy; photovoltaic technology; ecologically unequal exchange; philosophical materialism; social metabolism; political artifacts; authoritarian technics; machine fetishism; environmental justice; environmental sustainability; solar power;

    Sammanfattning : Solar photovoltaic (PV) technology is one of the most favored means of mitigating climate change. At the same time, there is a growing concern over how this technology is both environmentally harmful and unevenly distributed in the world economy. LÄS MER