Sökning: "Water in nature and society"

Visar resultat 36 - 40 av 55 avhandlingar innehållade orden Water in nature and society.

  1. 36. Biodiversity Protection in an Aspiring Carbon-Neutral Society : A Legal Study on the Relationship between Renewable Energy and Biodiversity in a European Union Context

    Författare :Melina Malafry; Gabriel Michanek; Maria Pettersson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Environmental law; nature protection; renewable energy; biodiversity protection; environmental impact assessment; Miljörätt; Environmental Law;

    Sammanfattning : There is a vision in the EU for a transition to a low carbon society, including a carbon-neutral energy system, containing a high share of renewable energy. However, this vision is not isolated from other political goals, such as halting the loss of biodiversity by 2020. LÄS MER

  3. 37. Predicting Ecosystem Response from Pollution in Baltic Archipelago areas using Mass-balance Modelling

    Författare :Olof Magnus Karlsson; Andreas Bryhn; Lars Håkanson; Per Jonsson; Mikael Malmaeus; Kristoffer Naes; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Baltic Sea; archipelagos; aquatic ecosystems mass-balance modelling; sediment-water dynamics; phosphorus; dioxins; PCDD Fs; Other earth sciences; Övrig geovetenskap; Earth Science with specialization in Environmental Analysis; Geovetenskap med inriktning mot miljöanalys;

    Sammanfattning : Baltic archipelago areas have high nature values despite being polluted from various antrophogenic activities within the Baltic Sea catchment area and from long-range transport of airborne substances. The discovery of environmental problems in the Baltic Sea in the 1960s led to countermeasures that gradually gave results in reducing the toxic pollution, e. LÄS MER

  4. 38. Unravelling Sustainability : The complex dynamics of emergent environmental governance and management systems at multiple scales

    Författare :Lucas Dawson; Ingrid Stjernquist; Marine Elbakidze; Raimonds Ernsteins; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Integrated adaptive environmental governance and management; Social-ecological system dynamics; Complex systems; Sustainability transitions; Sustainability strategies; Multi-level governance; Causal loop diagrams; Green Infrastructure; Landscape restoration; Habitat restoration; Biodiversity conservation; Comprehensive planning; Stakeholder participation; System thinking; Water Framework Directive; Sustainable water governance; Collaborative learning; Communities of practice; Knowledge management; Physical Geography; naturgeografi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis adopts a complex systems approach to investigate the dynamic emergence of sustainable environmental governance and management systems in multiple contexts in Europe. Accelerating rates of environmental degradation across the world have called the legitimacy of previous environmental governance and management arrangements into question. LÄS MER

  5. 39. Våtmarkshistoria : Hjälmarens och Kvismarens stränder under 1800- och 1900-talen

    Författare :Jörgen Lennqvist; Thord Strömberg; Eva Jakobsson; Per Eliasson; Örebro universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; historia; vattenhistoria; miljöhistoria; våtmarkshistora; våtmark; sjösänkning; våtmarksrestaurering; landskap; landskapssystem; History; Historia; Historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is a history of man’s and nature’s relationship, with regards to water. It is an environmental history about the changes in the wetland landscape around the Lakes Hjälmaren and Kvismaren in central Sweden during the 19th and 20th century. Hjälmaren, Sweden’s fourth-largest lake, was lowered between 1878 and 1888. LÄS MER

  7. 40. Skogsrået, näcken och Djävulen : erotiska naturväsen och demonisk sexualitet i 1600- och 1700-talens Sverige

    Författare :Mikael Häll; Historia; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; nature spirit; demon; sexuality; devil; forest nymph; water spirit; troll; monster; incubus; succubus; magic; early modern; Sweden; popular belief; folklore; demonology; natural philosophy; witchcraft; bestiality; reformation; religion; crime; sin;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation examines conceptions of erotic nature spirits and their association with demonic sexuality in 17th and 18th century Sweden. Its purpose is to reconstruct the various cultural and symbolic meanings which such notions had for the society of the day. LÄS MER