Sökning: "Affluence"

Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 21 uppsatser innehållade ordet Affluence.

  1. 16. The Environmental Consequences of Demographic Change

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Författare :Jonathan Mason; [2011]
    Nyckelord :Population growth; population ageing; population aging; carbon emissions; global warming; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This paper finds that an increase in population size had a disproportionately large effect on carbon emissions for OECD countries between 1990 - 2007. A 1% increase in total population increased carbon emissions by 1.3%. As the relationship is non-unitary, this suggests that as population size increases, so do emissions per capita. LÄS MER

  3. 17. The Green Light towards Sustainability : Embedding Sustainability into a Branded Design Company

    Magister-uppsats, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap

    Författare :Reed Evans; Ricardo García Guerra; Myriam Schaefer; Isabella Wagner; [2011]
    Nyckelord :Strategic Sustainable Development; Systems Thinking; Strategic Management Planning; Brand; Sustainable Product Design; Innovation for Sustainability;

    Sammanfattning : Production and consumption of products contribute to the global sustainability challenge by degrading natural and social systems. This thesis focuses on branded products, which through powerful images and meanings symbolise the core business of a company and a platform of identification for its stakeholders. LÄS MER

  4. 18. Directions for Corporate Water Disclosure. Bridging Local Risks with Global Frameworks

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Författare :Karlijn Steinbusch; [2010]
    Nyckelord :Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Water availability faces increasing pressure due to economic growth, population growth,greater affluence as well as climate change. For companies, this could lead to higher businessrisks as water is often a key ingredient in their operations for example in cooling, steamgeneration and cleaning. LÄS MER

  5. 19. Giveaways: ett lyckosamt kommunikationsverktyg med etiska konsekvenser : en studie om Event Marketing och Giveaways

    Kandidat-uppsats, Institutionen för ekonomi och företagande

    Författare :Sofie Lager; Lina Rödin; [2007]
    Nyckelord :giveaway; marknadsföring; upplevelse; etik och moral;

    Sammanfattning : Consumers today seek added value to the ordinary products/services that companies are offering. Consumers must get their emotional need satisfied - a need for experiences worth remembering. At the same time, the consumers are engaged in ethics and morals. LÄS MER

  7. 20. Demokrati och vetenskap - ett problemfyllt förhållande

    Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Emma Paulsson; [2006]
    Nyckelord :science studies; participatory democracy; uncertainty; risk; hidden values; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Sammanfattning : What role should science play in democracy? Political scientists often assume that it is possible to demarcate between ?instrumental? and ?moral? knowledge, and argue that citizens and/or politicians should use their moral knowledge to agree upon political goals and then apply the instrumental knowledge of scientists to achieve them. This straightforward view is challenged by writers in science studies, who identify three major problems in the use of science in democracy: uncertainty, risk and hidden values. LÄS MER