Sökning: "Arctic Strategies"
Visar resultat 6 - 10 av 24 uppsatser innehållade orden Arctic Strategies.
6. Legacy effects of temperature alterations on microbial resistance and resilience to drying and rewetting
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapSammanfattning : With warming in soils due to climate change, a series of secondary factors arise, which have multifaceted effects on soil microbial communities. Of these, alterations to soil moisture are among the most crucial to understanding how microbial functions will change in the face of climate change. LÄS MER
7. Ensam är inte stark i ett smältande men lukrativt Inuit Nunangat
Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenSammanfattning : This comparative case study aims to analyze the strategies and levels of influence that local political actors in Nunavut, often with a clear representation of indigenous Inuit and First nation communities, assert towards larger monocentric actors at national and global levels of policy making. This by using the primary theory of Polycentric governance and additional postcolonial perspectives on the cases and policy processes of the Mary River mine expansion project, together with the implementation of Canada’s new Arctic framework of shipping and sovereignty linked to the emerging Northwest passage. LÄS MER
8. Lilliputians Amongst Gullivers in the Arctic Region : A qualitative content analysis applying small state theory to the Nordic states' national security strategies in the Arctic region.
Master-uppsats, FörsvarshögskolanSammanfattning : With the aim of contributing to the theoretical discussion of small state behaviour, this thesis investigates the Nordic state’s security strategies concerning the Arctic region. The applied theoretical framework is based upon a traditional state-centric understanding of security to investigate if the predicted behaviour derived from small state theory can be captured in the Nordic states' security strategies in the Arctic region. LÄS MER
9. Arctic Tourism Fantasies : Tour Operators' perceptions of a winter landscape
Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring och turismvetenskap (MTS)Sammanfattning : The effects of global warming are evident throughout the Arctic, which is warming much more quickly than the rest of the planet and is increasingly being referred to as a fragile environment. The tourism industry in the area, which is built around notions of enchanted wintertime fantasy landscapes, is directly impacted by the effects of climate change. LÄS MER
10. Kiruna - en stad, två processer och den lokala kunskapen däremellan
Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Sammanfattning : Kiruna är staden som genomgår en omdanande process, där delar av staden nedmonteras medan en ny stadskärna etableras. Kiruna kommun har haft som ambition att omlokaliseringen och stadsomvandlingen ska understödjas av omfattande medborgardialoger. LÄS MER