Sökning: "Thomas Parker"

Hittade 4 avhandlingar innehållade orden Thomas Parker.

  1. 1. The Meaning of Environmental Management : An Interpretive Study of Managing Emergent or Evolutionary Environmental and Energy Strategy

    Författare :Thomas Parker; Internationella miljöinstitutet; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Environmental Management Systems; Emergent strategy; Interpretive Research; Change; Complexity; Contingency; Energy Management; Management of meaning; Environmental Management Systems; Emergent strategy; Contingency; Change; Complexity; Energy Management; Management of meaning;

    Sammanfattning : Because of the vital roles of industry in sustainable development, it is essentialthat environmental management is effective in preventing pollution. To this end,environmental management systems have been implemented to a growing extent inindustry. Moreover, this Ph.D. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Total Cost Indicators - Operational Performance Indicators for managing environmental and economic efficiency

    Författare :Thomas Parker; Internationella miljöinstitutet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Environmental management indicators accounting assessment;

    Sammanfattning : In this Licentiate Dissertation presents a new model for selecting environmental performance indicators in order to improve environmental management. The suggested Total Cost Indicators support a support a preventive approach to environmental management, where environmental issues are addressed before they arise - and before they become costs. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Control of Wave Energy Converters in arrays

    Författare :Simon Thomas; Jens Engström; Mikael Eriksson; Jan Isberg; Erland Strömstedt; Axel Bochert; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Teknisk fysik med inriktning mot elektronik; Engineering Science with specialization in Electronics;

    Sammanfattning : One way to lower the levelized cost of energy for wave power plants and paving so the way for commercial success, is to increase the power absorption by use of advanced control algorithms. This thesis investigates the influence of the generator inertia, the generator damping and the layout on power absorption and presents a new model free strategy of controlling wave energy converters. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Till stadsbornas nytta och förlustande : Den offentliga parken i Sverige under 1800-talet

    Författare :Catharina Nolin; Thomas Hall; Maunu Häyrynen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; public parks; garden history; garden design; park planning; park buildings; gardeners training; garden theory; horticulture; town life; offentliga parker; svenska städer; trädgårdsteori; trädgårdskonst; trädgårdsmästarutbildning; gestaltning; 1800-tal; parkbyggnader; stadsliv; Art; Konstvetenskap; Settlement studies; Bebyggelseforskning; Landscape architecture; Landskapsarkitektur; Architecture; Arkitektur; konstvetenskap; Art History;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this dissertation is to study the public parks in Sweden during the nineteenth century. It focuses on three general factors – decision process, design, and function – and is to a great extent based on previously unstudied material including town councils' minutes, drawings, and other contemporary sources. LÄS MER