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Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 122 avhandlingar innehållade orden environmental discourse.

1. 21. I naturens teater : Kultur- och miljösociologiska analyser av naturhistoriska utställningar och filmer

   Författare :Anna Samuelsson; Hedvig Ekerwald; Nina Lykke; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; exhibitions; nature culture-dualism; museums of natural history; cultural environmental studies; museology; environmental sociology; deconstruction; human-animal-relations; andro- and anthropocentric stereotyping; semiotics; discourse analysis; rhetoric; display; representation; climate change.; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociologi; Sociology; Idé- och lärdomshistoria; History of Sciences and Ideas;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis is a study of constructions of reality in visual and textual representations in current exhibitions in the Swedish Museum of Natural History in Stockholm with comparisons to the Natural History Museum in Gothenburg and minor excursions to other museums. The study also includes seven giant screen films in Cosmonova: an IMAX theatre which is part of the Swedish Museum of Natural History. LÄS MER

3. 22. Scaling sufficiency : Towards less material consumption

   Författare :Ola Persson; Karin Bradley; Mikael Klintman; Kersty Hobson; KTH; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Urban and Regional Studies; Urbana och regionala studier;

   Sammanfattning : Various researchers have pointed out that avoiding further catastrophicconsequences related to the deteriorating ecological state of the planet,brought about by unsustainable production and consumption patterns,requires not only technological innovation and efficiency in productionprocesses, but also absolute reductions in energy and material use (i.e. LÄS MER

4. 23. A systems thinking approach to corruption and natural resources in the context of sustainability

   Författare :Johanna Gisladottir; Sigurbjörg Sigurgeirsdottir; Kristin Vala Ragnarsdottir; Ingrid Stjernquist; Birgit Kopainsky; Robert Klitgaard; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; naturgeografi; Physical Geography;

   Sammanfattning : With growing awareness of the current climate crisis, it has become better recognized that natural resource management has global as well as local implications.  Discourse on the importance of sustainability has followed. Natural resource sectors have been known as areas prone to corruption risks due to the usually high revenues involved. LÄS MER

5. 24. Making space for resilient urban well-being

   Författare :Karl Samuelsson; Stephan Barthel; S. Anders Brandt; Dagmar Haase; Högskolan i Gävle; []
   Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; subjective well-being; affordances; social-ecological urbanism; urban resilience; geographic information system; depression; densification; complex adaptive system; spatial planning; green-blue infrastructure; subjektivt välbefinnande; affordance; social-ekologisk stadsbyggnad; urban resiliens; geografiska informationssystem; depression; förtätning; komplexa adaptiva system; grön infrastruktur; Hållbar stadsutveckling; Sustainable Urban Development;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis addresses the need for urban landscapes that provide resilient contributions to inhabitants’ well-being while also limiting impacts on the Earth system. It aims to (1) advance a nuanced understanding of how urban environments relate to urban dwellers’ well-being, and (2) formulate guidelines for planning that supports urban dwellers’ well-being and align with global sustainability. LÄS MER

7. 25. Misplaced Concreteness and Concrete Places : Critical Analyses of Divergent Discourses on Sustainability

   Författare :Carina Borgström Hansson; Humanekologi; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; econometrics; Economics; Mainstream and counterpoint; Discourse; Place; Adaptive management; Genuine savings; Ecological footprint; Ecological economics; Bioregionalism; Sustainability; Environmental economics; Human ecology; Misplaced concreteness; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik;

   Sammanfattning : This dissertation critically examines the tension between mainstream and counterpoint perspectives on sustainability on the basis of analyses of four approaches to this issue: environmental economics, ecological economics, adaptive management, and bioregionalism, which are presented as successive attempts to challenge mainstream, modernist perspectives on socio-ecological relationships. The different worldviews and identity constructions associated with the two extremes in this spectrum of approaches are examined on the basis of interviews with environmental economists and bioregionalists in California. LÄS MER