Sökning: "Economic Centre"

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  1. 1. Education, Employability and Imagining the Future: A Minor Field Study of Goals and Motivations in a South African Small-Scale Development Programme

    Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Författare :Melina Pettersson; Julia Rönnbäck Finocchio; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Youth unemployment; Development; Education; Inequality; South Africa; Employability; Horizons of opportunity; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world, and that shows in the distribution of opportunities amongst South Africans. In the face of political failures to deliver improvements for unemployed youth NGO projects become more important avenues for young people to acquire resources needed to improve their lives. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Are large clearcuts the only way to manage forests? : a study of economic performance and deadwood production of various silviculture systems

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Författare :Haidi Andersson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :uneven-aged forestry; continuous cover forestry; CCF; clearcut; deadwood; RFM; even-aged forest; Net present value; Heureka;

    Sammanfattning : Our forests are a natural resource which is needed for many purposes. Their importance and different values are expressed in the Swedish legislation, where production and environmental goals are set as equal. To many it is not sufficient, there has been a debate regarding how forests are managed and the practice of clear-cutting for decades. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Data Centres as Prosumers: A Techno-Economic Analysis

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för materialvetenskap

    Författare :Jeremy Ericsson Sintong; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Data Centres; Prosumers; Techno-Economic Analysis; Waste Heat Recovery; District Heating; Heat Supply; Air-Cooled Data Centre;

    Sammanfattning : Rapid growth of digitalization has urged Data Centres (DC) to be more energy efficient by recovering waste heat from server racks that would otherwise be wasted. This techno-economic study is focused on upgrading low temperature waste heat from typical Air-Cooled DC for District Heating Network (DHN) market in Stockholm region. LÄS MER

  5. 4. THRIVE - with heritage to sustainability

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Författare :Ralph Frühwirth; Martyna Idasiak; [2023]
    Nyckelord :urban design; architecture; landscape architecture; sustainability; portugal; lisbon; mouraria; heritage; climate change; heat waves; water management; cities; urbanity; housing; environment; local life; urban rehabilitation; green jobs; solar energy; traffic management; biodiversity; Arts and Architecture; Earth and Environmental Sciences; History and Archaeology; Social Sciences; Technology and Engineering; General Works; Science General;

    Sammanfattning : The historic urban area of Lisbon emerged during the Middle Ages and was the origin of the development of a rather small neighbourhood, Mouraria. Not only did it count as the centre of the capital, but because of Lisbon being the metropolis of the Portuguese empire, Mouraria is now home to a diverse group of people, whose culture influences its special characteristics to this day. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Like Parents, Like Children - The Effects of Social Origins on Children's Higher Educational Attainment in the UK

    C-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Författare :Jonathan Stefansson; Peiyu Wang; [2023]
    Nyckelord :educational inequality; social origin; higher education;

    Sammanfattning : An educated populace is a prerequisite for a functioning modern society. Educational inequality based on social origins might therefore have large economic consequences for both individuals and society at large. LÄS MER