Sökning: "global environmental history"

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1. 1. 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

3. 2. PERCEPTION OF URBAN TREES AND THEIR ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

   Master-uppsats, Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

   Författare :Emma Dalros Sköld; [2023-08-03]
   Nyckelord :perceptions; tree preferences; urban trees; ecosystem services;

   Sammanfattning : Global urbanization is one of the most wide-ranging, irreversible, and rapid land-use changes in modern history. Natural elements, such as trees, should be incorporated into cities to produce sustainable urban environments. LÄS MER

4. 3. 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

5. 4. Loess as an Environmental Proxy for Reconstruction of Palaeoclimate in the High Arctic

   Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Författare :Sara Rognås; [2023]
   Nyckelord :aeolian transport; loess; grain size analysis; loss on ignition; palaeoclimate; Svalbard; Holocene; vindtransporterat material; lössjord; kornstorlek; loss on ignition; paleoklimat; Svalbard; Holocen;

   Sammanfattning : We are currently speeding towards significant changes in the climate of the earth which, if ignored, will lead to severely altered climatic conditions with serious consequences for several species and ecosystems. The polar regions especially are very sensitive to climate changes, and the changes these regions undergo affect the climate on a global scale. LÄS MER

7. 5. Freedom and Movement for Humans and Wild Animals : A journey along the German-Danish border fence

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

   Författare :Francis Rogers; [2023]
   Nyckelord :Animal migration; migrant rights; border fencing; habitat fragmentation; animal agency; German-Danish border;

   Sammanfattning : In December 2019, the Danish government finished building a fence on the border with Germany. Although the fence was nominally intended to prevent wild boar entering Denmark, the government had recently acquired enough barbed wire to reinforce it against human migrants. LÄS MER