Sökning: "Historical ecology"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 130 uppsatser innehållade orden Historical ecology.

  1. 21. Historical ecology of the Greater Burgan oilfield : economy, technology, politics, and workers

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Författare :Saleh Youssef; [2022]
    Nyckelord :Oil extraction; The Greater Burgan Oilfield; Petrocultures; Assemblage thinking; Kuwait econ-omy; Oil peak; Migrant labour; Environmental History;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the current state of crude oil extraction and production in the Greater Burgan oilfield, Kuwait's largest and oldest oilfield. This thesis is based on interviews with oilfield workers, analyses of official documents from the Kuwaiti government and the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), and my own experience as an oilfield worker in Kuwait. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Continuous Presence : A Historical Ecology of Ängesviken, Jämtland

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Arkeologi

    Författare :Petter I. Larsson; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Landscape archaeology; palynology; paleoecology; patchiness; niche construction; historical ecology; continuous presence; boreal forest; outland utilisation; multidisciplinary analysis; Landskapsarkeologi; skogsarkeologi; pollenanalys; historisk ekologi; Jämtland; utmarksbruk; tvärvetenskaplig analys;

    Sammanfattning : A case study of a prehistoric site named Ängesviken, in eastern Jämtland, is presented in this thesis. Ängesviken is situated in a region that traditionally has been understood as peripheral and without a significant history prior to the Late Iron Age or even the mediaeval period. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Thematic landscape master plan : climate-resilient, permeable, and culturally informed landscape master plan for Hostivice municipality, Czechia

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Författare :Vojtech Kettner; [2021]
    Nyckelord :landscape; thematic plan; master plan; municipality; comprehensive planning; urban ecology; landscape architecture; connectivity; Hostivice; Czechia;

    Sammanfattning : The Master thesis investigates urban as well as open landscape in the Hostivice Municipality, Prague-West District, Czechia. The introduction presents the current state of landscape planning in the Hostivice Municipality, and unveils the concept of landscape within geography and its position in Czech Republic. LÄS MER

  5. 24. The Swedish Dream – appropriation of nature at the timber frontier in ‘Swedish America’, Norrland, 1850-1900

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Författare :Anton Blanck; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Keywords: socio-ecological transformations; modernity; human-nature relations; Sweden; environmental history; capitalist transitions; steam-power; historical natures; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis provides a historiographical account of the multiple socio-ecological transformations that occurred in Västernorrland, Sweden, during the second half of the 19th century. By engaging with ecological Marxist thinking, such as the world-ecology framework proposed by Jason W. LÄS MER

  7. 25. Samband mellan ståndortsfaktorer, genetik och historiska skördedata från tall- och granfröplantager : krävs ökad precision vid val av lokaler för nya fröplantager?

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Författare :Martina Lundkvist; [2021]
    Nyckelord :variansanalys; fröproduktion; jordartstextur; temperatursumma; altitud; sydförflyttning;

    Sammanfattning : Fröplantager används i stor skala för att dra nytta av vinsterna från den genetiska skogsträdsförädlingen. I denna studie undersöktes eventuella samband mellan historiska skördedata från fröplantager (82 tall- och 34 granfröplantager) och faktorerna jordartstextur, dränering, temperatursumma, altitud, sydförflyttning samt plantagematerialets genetiska vinst. LÄS MER