Sökning: "ecological value"

Visar resultat 31 - 35 av 129 avhandlingar innehållade orden ecological value.

  1. 31. Change for sustainable agricultural business. Addressing business model transformation and sustainable value creation

    Författare :Vera Sadovska; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Society is facing global challenges, such as poverty and climate change, that affect entire ecosystems and human communities. Many sustainability challenges arise from existing production and consumption patterns, and thus many believe that business transformation to sustainability is essential to solving global socio-ecological problems. LÄS MER

  3. 32. Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) : biomass production, ensilability and feeding value to growing cattle

    Författare :Ho Thanh Tham; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
    Nyckelord :LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES; LANTBRUKSVETENSKAPER; AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES;

    Sammanfattning : Water hyacinth has now spread to all tropical and subtropical countries and is regarded as one of the world's most invasive aquatic plants. Water hyacinth (WH) is also known to have significant ecological and socio-economic effects. LÄS MER

  4. 33. Re:ally re:think – seeking to understand the matters of sustainable fashion

    Författare :Celinda Palm; Sarah Cornell; Tiina Häyhä; Fredrik Moberg; Mathilda Tham; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Fashion; Sustainability; Social-ecological system; Critical realism; Transdisciplinarity; Circular economy; Driver-state-response; DPSIR; Sustainability Science; vetenskap om hållbar utveckling;

    Sammanfattning : Academic studies of sustainable fashion, and the discourses of actors in business and policy, under-define fashion as a system by treating the social and ecological aspects of fashion separately. This reduces the potential for academic findings to provide knowledge useful for transformation of the fashion system and obstructs desired outcomes from policy and business responses to fashion’s negative social and environmental impacts. LÄS MER

  5. 34. Fish for Food and Ecosystem Function : Fisheries, Trade and Key Ecosystem Processes in Coral Reefs

    Författare :Matilda Thyresson; Magnus Nyström; Edward H. Allison; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; fish; food; key ecosystem processes; functional groups; coral reefs; trade; gear; small-scale fisheries; social-ecological systems; Zanzibar; Tanzania; Western Indian Ocean; naturresurshushållning; Natural Resources Management;

    Sammanfattning : Fish is a key source of food and income to millions of people living along tropical coastlines. They also play essential roles underpinning key ecosystem processes in coral reefs. For example, herbivorous fish keep algae in check that otherwise may outcompete corals, reducing the reef’s social-ecological values. LÄS MER

  7. 35. The Industrial TransformationTowards the Circular Economy : Dynamics, Drivers and Constraints

    Författare :Armaghan Chizaryfard; Cali Nuur; Paolo Trucco; Emrah Karakaya; Allan Dahl Andersen; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Circular economy; industrial dynamics; evolutionary theory; closed loop supply; industry value chain; Industrial Economics and Management; Industriell ekonomi och organisation;

    Sammanfattning : The notion of the circular economy has recently been posited as a vital strategy to mitigate climate change. At the industrial level, the circular economy envisions socio-industrial transformation to closed-loop material systems. LÄS MER