Sökning: "Critical resource geography"
Hittade 5 uppsatser innehållade orden Critical resource geography.
1. Algae’s Resourcification
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiSammanfattning : Algae’s interest in the past decade has grown rapidly, with several actors showing this interest within their plans. Drawing on critical resource geography insights on the social production of resources and a conceptual framework built on top of it, this thesis has as its aim the comprehension of to what extent algae’s transformation into a resource is occurring within Europe and Denmark. LÄS MER
2. Investigating the influence of the tidal regime on harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena distribution in Mount’s Bay, Cornwall
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapSammanfattning : Investigating the influence of the tidal regime on harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena distribution in Mount’s Bay, Cornwall Abstract Unintentional by-catch in fishing gear is a significant cause of mortality of harbour porpoises in UK waters. Understanding the spatial distribution of harbour porpoises at fine scales and how this changes over time is essential when trying to understand where these lethal interactions might occur. LÄS MER
3. Homarus Corporatus: Investigating the state-firm-resource nexus in the Canadian offshore lobster fishery
Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiSammanfattning : Lobster production in Nova Scotia has been expanding for three decades, and a single firm, the vertically integrated, Canadian-based seafood company Clearwater Seafoods Inc., has gained exclusive control over the offshore lobster fishery. LÄS MER
4. A Spatially Explicit Agent-Based Model of Human-Resource Interaction on Easter Island
Master-uppsats, KTH/Numerisk analys, NASammanfattning : The history of Easter Island, with its cultural and ecological mysteries, has attracted the interests of archaeologists, anthropologists, ecologists, and economists alike. Despite the great scientific efforts, uncertainties in the available archaeological and palynological data leave a number of critical issues unsolved and open to debate. LÄS MER
5. GIS-baserad metod för etablering av centraliserade biogasanläggningar baserad på husdjursgödsel
Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapSammanfattning : Climate change because of increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is widely recognized and is our times biggest environmental, social and economical threat worldwide. Converting livestock manure into a renewable energy resource such as biogas contributes to lowering greenhouse gases emissions and takes advantage of local energy resources in a sustainable way. LÄS MER