Sökning: "nature as a whole"
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1. The moral status of nature : reasons to care for the natural world
Sammanfattning : The subject-matter of this essay is the moral status of nature. This subject is dealt with in terms of normative reasons. The main question is if there are direct normative reasons to care for nature in addition to the numerous indirect normative reasons that there are for doing so. LÄS MER
2. Immunotoxicology in Marine Invertebrates - Effects of Manganese on Immune Response
Sammanfattning : Manganese, Mn, is an abundant element in nature, particularly in soft bottom sediments of the oceans and in bedrock. The metal is predominantly bound to the sediment in the colloid state, MnO2. LÄS MER
3. Nature and the Social Sciences : Examples from the Electricity and Waste Sectors
Sammanfattning : The book has two interrelated objectives. One objective is meta-theoretical and concerns the exploration of theoretical debates connected to issues of studying society and environmental problems; another objective is empirical/analytical, referring to the analysis of "green" public participation in the electricity and waste sectors in Sweden, and partly in the Netherlands as well as the UK. LÄS MER
4. Needs and expectations of inbound tourists visiting a peripheral area : a case study in northern Sweden
Sammanfattning : Tourism is the world's largest industry. It has power to change communities and has a large societal impact. The tourism industry is rapidly growing and by 2011 it is projected to generate 7.0 trillion USD of economic activity and 260 million jobs over the world. LÄS MER
5. Seeing the parts, understanding the whole : A technology education perspective on teaching and learning in processes of analysing and designing programmed technological solutions
Sammanfattning : Analysing and designing Programmed Technological Solutions (PTS) has been introduced as a part of technology education in an effort to bring elements of programming into the curriculum for compulsory school, in order to develop pupils’ understanding of how PTS work and are controlled by programming. However, what an appropriate understanding entails at this level remains to be articulated, particularly how this understanding looks from a pupil’s perspective. LÄS MER