Sökning: "available land"

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  1. 1. Land Matters : Agrofuels, Unequal Exchange, and Appropriation of Ecological Space

    Författare :Kenneth Hermele; Humanekologi; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Land; Agrofuels; Ecologically unequal exchange; Environmental load displacement; Land grabbing; Malthus; Brazil; Ethanol; Resource wars; Land Use change; Indirect land use change;

    Sammanfattning : As a global society we are entering an era where land areas and land-based resources are coming to the fore once again for capital accumulation and economic growth, for the first time since the end of the 18th century when Malthus forecasted a contradiction between population growth and agricultural output. That constraint on economic growth, imposed by limited land areas, was overcome by the combination of fossil fuels (coal, oil) and appropriation of space overseas (colonialism, trade). LÄS MER

  3. 2. Key Elements of Software Product Integration Processes

    Författare :Stig Larsson; Ivica Crnkovic; Fredrik Ekdahl; Rikard Land; Paul Grünbacher; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; product integration; software development; process improvement; Software engineering; Programvaruteknik; Computer Science; datavetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : The product integration is a particularly critical phase of the software product development process as many problems originating from earlier phases become visible in this phase. Problems in product integration result in delays and rework. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Land, Power and Technology : Essays on Political Economy and Historical Development

    Författare :Shuhei Kitamura; Torsten Persson; Jakob Svensson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Development Economics; Political Economy; History; Land Reform; Property Rights; Technology Adoption; Labor Reallocation; Structural Transformation; Clientelism; States; Empires; Borders; Geography; State Fragmentation; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Land Ownership and Development: Evidence from Postwar JapanThis paper analyzes the effect of land ownership on technology adoption and structural transformation. A large-scale land reform in postwar Japan enforced a large number of tenant farmers who were cultivating land to become owners of this land. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Livestock, feed production and land use – an environmental assessment

    Författare :Yaw Sasu-Boakye; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; partial equilibrium modelling; land use impacts; livestock production; soya beans; life cycle assessments; ecosystem services; protein feeds; feed substitution;

    Sammanfattning : The use of land for agriculture contributes substantially to today’s global environmental challenges such as climate change, water and land degradation and biodiversity loss. Today, about 38% of the ice-free land surface on earth is used as agricultural land, with about 75% of agricultural land used to produce feed for livestock. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Jord, linne eller träkol? : Genusordning och hushållsstrategier, Bjuråker 1750-1850

    Författare :Rosemarie Fiebranz; Maria Sjöberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; History; Gender; agrarian history; proto-industrialisation; social differentiation; household; marital conflicts; inheritance practice; linen; charcoal burning; Hälsingland; Sweden; Historia; History subjects; Historieämnen; Historia; History;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to elucidate how people in a household-based pre-industrial agrarian economy acted during a period of great changes. The household is seen as a meaning-creating sym-bol in the local culture. LÄS MER