Sökning: "facility siting"
Hittade 5 avhandlingar innehållade orden facility siting.
1. Energilandskap i förändring : Inramningar av kontroversiella lokaliseringar på norra Gotland
Sammanfattning : Energisystemet omstruktureras. Nya energikällor tillkommer och andra fasas ut samtidigt som efterfrågan på energi kvarstår ur ett globalt perspektiv. LÄS MER
2. Local Environment at Stake : The Hallandsås Railway Tunnel in a Social and Cultural Context
Sammanfattning : A major trend in facility siting research focuses on economic and psychological aspects of land-use regarding the location of potentially hazardous technological facilities including storage for high-level radioactive waste, landfills, chemical plants, large-scale dams, or waste incinerators. Such facilities frequently have profound environmental impact and are often understood by local citizens as intrusions on their environment that threaten landscape, place, and community. LÄS MER
3. Nationell kraft och lokal motkraft : En diskursanalys av konflikten kring SwePol Link
Sammanfattning : Facility siting conflicts are increasing in our society. This is a study of a HVDC-link between Blekinge, Sweden and Slupsk, Poland called The SwePol Link. This link has transferred electricity between the two electricity systems since the year 2000 and the decision making process can be described as a struggle between conflicting interests. LÄS MER
4. Environmental Assessment of Emerging Bio-based Production - Possibilities in a Future Bio-economy
Sammanfattning : The bio-economy has been put forward as a strategy to increase economic growth without this leading to increased emissions of greenhouse gases. A key concept behind the bio-economy is the increased use of biomass for applications such as the production of bio-based chemicals and materials but also an increased importance for biotechnology and biorefinery systems in the production of these products. LÄS MER
5. Performance of Clay Liners in Near-Surface Repositories in Desert Climate
Sammanfattning : Wars in Iraq (1991 and 2003) generated various types of hazardous waste (HW) in the form of soil contaminated by depleted uranium (DU). Other HW emanated from destroyed army vehicles and remnants of Iraqi nuclear facilities holding various types and amounts of chemical and radioactive material. LÄS MER