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  1. 21. Chassis Potential Detection and Limitation with Conductive Electric Supply

    Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, Lunds universitet/Industriell elektroteknik och automation

    Författare :Gustav Hagelin; [2015]
    Nyckelord :protective earth connection; grid-connected electric vehicle; chassis potential; compensation current; Technology and Engineering;

    Sammanfattning : The automotive industry is in for significant changes in the years to come. With the acknowledgment of greenhouse gases as a major contribution to global temperature rise, energy usage sees a transition in favor of renewable sources. LÄS MER

  3. 22. Evaluation of Skåne County’s capacity to be self-sufficient in foodstuffproduction: now and for the years 2030 and 2050.

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Författare :Johan Stenmark; [2015]
    Nyckelord :Sustainable Development; Re-localization; Local Food; Resilience; Food production; Self-sufficiency.;

    Sammanfattning : Sweden is becoming increasingly dependent on the import of foodstuffs from a globalfood system that is unsustainable due to its responsibility for environmental degradation and itsdependency on finite resources like fertilizers and fossil fuels. The diminishing ability to be selfsufficientin a time when peak oil, climate change, environmental degradation, exponentialpopulation growth, and a troublesome global economy might reshape the structures of the currentsystems, in a not so distant future, could be a cause for great worry. LÄS MER

  4. 23. Knowing the Neighbours: Post-Growth Umeå

    Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Författare :Joshua Taylor; [2015]
    Nyckelord :post-growth; umeå; norrland; urban farming; peak oil; alternative food cultures;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is about researching methods/testing approaches to inhabiting/existing in a post-growth Norrland, the collective term for Sweden’s most northerly counties. With neo-liberal capitalism lurching from crisis to crisis, modernity, progress and the state are in trouble. LÄS MER

  5. 24. Ska det framtida Göteborg växa och gro?: En diskursanalys gällande beslutsfattares syn på urbant jordbruk

    Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Författare :Karin Svensson; [2014-10-21]
    Nyckelord :Urban agriculture; policymaking; urban rural; resilience; sustainable development;

    Sammanfattning : An increasing global population and a worldwide growing urbanization has raised the question about the future food security in cities all over the world. Peak-oil limits the access to cheap fossil fuels which threatens the global food-supply chain. This has resulted in a larger awareness and discussion related to urban agriculture. LÄS MER

  7. 25. A feasibility study of Increasing Small Scale Solar Power in Sri Lanka

    Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan Väst/Avd för data- och elektroteknik

    Författare :Hannes Hagmar; [2014]
    Nyckelord :Sri Lanka; distributed generation; photovoltaic power; technical feasibility; economic feasibility;

    Sammanfattning : The following report is conducted as a feasibility study, aimed to objectively uncover the advantages and challenges of increasing the amount of small scale solar power in Sri Lanka. The demand for electricity in Sri Lanka has been steadily increasing the last few years and there is an urgent need to find new ways of generating electricity. LÄS MER