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  1. 1. SOCIAL HERITAGE AS LEVERAGE: Recognising the Social Dimension of Heritage in Sustainable Urban Development

    Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Författare :Kajsa Lilja; [2024-01-26]
    Nyckelord :Sustainable cities; urban re development; social sustainability; social heritage; sense of place; public participation; power dynamics;

    Sammanfattning : In 2015, numerous countries committed to supporting the United Nations' Agenda 2030, which aims to address global challenges such as urban growth and climate change through the Sustainable Cities and Communities goal (SDG11). During this time, experts in heritage and urban development began emphasizing the significant role that cultural heritage plays in sustainable urban development. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Examining Conservation Narratives : An Environmental Discourse Analysis of WWF Madagascar

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Författare :Félice Rubin; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Conservation; Discourse; Deforestation; Community management; Biodiversity; Ecosystem services; Hegemony; Baselines; Environmental History; Miljövård; diskurs; avskogning; samhällsförvaltning; biodiversitet; ekosystemtjänster; hegemoni; miljöhistoria;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines the conservation narratives of Madagascar the ambiguity of forest cover and deforestation estimates, and the difficulty in deconstructing the narratives linked to the idea of a once fully forested island. In particular, shifts in the conservation debate are related to the discursive power of a large-scale international NGO, the WWF. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Risk Implications of Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Implementations: the Case of the Nordics

    Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Författare :Denis Mijolović; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Small Modular Nuclear Reactors; Nuclear Energy; Energy Policy; Energy Transition; Risk Management; Scandinavian Energy Strategy;

    Sammanfattning : Climate change is no novelty – we witness its disastrous impact more and more by each day. Although we already started envisaging a future where the vitality of our societies is derived not from conventional fossil fuels, but from a sophisticated, clean, and steadfast energy source – the latest benchmarks tracked by leading global energy agencies show grim performance, thereby calling for an intervention. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Geographic polarization and clustering of partisan voting: A local-level analysis of Stockholm Municipality

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Författare :Jonas Almén; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Geography; GIS; Spatial Analysis; Spatial Autocorrelation; MAUP; Electoral Geography; Political Polarization; Geographic Polarization; Stockholm Municipality; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : In the last decade, the topic of political polarization has become a growing concern within academic and public debate. Many highlight the linkage between increased political polarization and democratic problems such as political tribalism and uncivil activism. It is also argued to be a global phenomenon. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Demokrati eller klimatomställning? : en systematiserande innehållsanalys av Återställ Våtmarkers demokratisyn

    Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Författare :Emma Hansson; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Democracy-environment nexus; climate movement; environmental democracy; ecological democracy; Återställ Våtmarker;

    Sammanfattning : Is it possible to achieve ecological sustainability with our current democratic system? This question constitutes the democracy-environment nexus which has been a core theme in both the public debate as well as in research ever since the climate issue gained status of being a social problem in the 1970s. We are constantly presented with increasingly alarming science about the consequences of global warming. LÄS MER