Sökning: "environmentally significant behaviors"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 13 uppsatser innehållade orden environmentally significant behaviors.

1. 1. Local Nature Matters : A Story of How Empowerment from Tourism Contributes to Local Nature Stewardship in Rural Communities

   Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring och turismvetenskap (MTS)

   Författare :Sarah Nieutin; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Place attachment; resident empowerment through tourism; nature stewardship; care for nature; resident attitudes towards nature stewardship; nature’s contribution to people framework; social exchange theory;

   Sammanfattning : This Master thesis examines the role of resident empowerment in rural nature tourism in shaping the relations between how residents engage with local places and local nature stewardship in Plouguerneau, France. Through a conceptual framework that includes the concepts of empowerment, place attachment, care for nature, and nature stewardship, the study models the effect of place attachment and care for nature on resident stewardship attitudes and how resident empowerment in tourism mediates this relationship. LÄS MER

3. 2. The plastic bag ban in Kenya : A study on consumer perceptions and attitudes following the plastic bag ban in Nairobi, Kenya

   Magister-uppsats,

   Författare :Sauda Luzze; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Plastic bag ban; Kenya; Nairobi; behavioral change; attitude; perception.;

   Sammanfattning : In 2017, Kenya's government banned plastic bags, to reduce plastic waste and protect the environment. Today Kenya has one of the strictest plastic bag bans in the world. LÄS MER

4. 3. The grass is always tastier on the fruitful side : exploring the potentials, opportunities and challenges of urban food production: a case study of Uppsala

   Uppsats för yrkesexamina på avancerad nivå, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Författare :Sanaz Kalantari; Rana Toprak; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Urbanization; grass lawns; urban agriculture; food production; Uppsala; Ultuna Permakultur; municipal sector; planning; establishing; management; ecosystems; human-nature connectedness; extinction of experience; top-down; bottom-up; landscape architecture;

   Sammanfattning : Urbanization has globally led to economic and infrastructural growth but has also resulted in environmental degradation, decreased access to fertile agricultural land, increased food demand, and fragmentation of essential ecosystems. These challenges are prevalent in Swedish cities, including Uppsala, where green spaces are predominantly covered by lawns. LÄS MER

5. 4. Assessing Machine Learning Algorithms to Develop Station-based Forecasting Models for Public Transport : Case Study of Bus Network in Stockholm

   Master-uppsats, KTH/Transportplanering

   Författare :Mahsa Movaghar; [2022]
   Nyckelord :Public transport; ridership; machine learning; Multiple Linear Regression; Decision Tree; Random Forest; Bayesian Ridge Regression; Neural Networks; Support Vector Machines; K-Nearest Neighbors;

   Sammanfattning : Public transport is essential for both residents and city planners because of its environmentally and economically beneficial characteristics. During the past decade climatechange, coupled with fuel and energy crises have attracted significant attention toward public transportation. LÄS MER

7. 5. Polarization in sustainability? The explanatory power of concern and left-right placement on environmentally significant behaviors among Swedes

   Kandidat-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Emelie Eriksson; [2021-01-27]
   Nyckelord :environmentally significant behaviors; environmental concern; left-right placement; recycling; sustainability;

   Sammanfattning : Environmentally significant behavior is becoming an increasingly relevant topic in environmentally focused research, which aims to explain why people adopt these behaviors and thus understand how sustainability can be promoted. A long-held perception of environmental behavior is that it is more commonly occurring among “leftists” because they have been shown to exhibit higher levels of environmental concern. LÄS MER