Sökning: "global water tools"

Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 54 uppsatser innehållade orden global water tools.

1. 21. The High Garden : An architectural exploration on how to integrate vertical farming and modular architecture inside city centres

   Master-uppsats, Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

   Författare :Farid Abbasi; [2020]
   Nyckelord :;

   Sammanfattning : The state of the world is changing. By 2050, The earth’s population will increase by 3 billion and building sector is asked to construct 3 billion new housing units inside urban centres. Since one of the fundamental needs is food, agriculture sector also needs to adjust itself to this growing number of people. LÄS MER

3. 22. Combining the goals of conservation, tourism and livelihoods in the management of protected areas : case study of the volcanoes national park in northern Rwanda

   Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Författare :Jean De Dieu Ndayisaba; [2020]
   Nyckelord :protected areas; livelihoods; natural resources management; conservation; decentralization; local community participation; ecotourism; tourism revenue sharing;

   Sammanfattning : The liberal conservation agenda promotes the incorporation of human needs into the management of Protected Areas (PAs). Across the globe, nature-based tourism has been among the suggested tools of promoting sustainable conservation together with development of the local communities living around the PAs. LÄS MER

4. 23. Människors mjölkval - En lokal studie kring bakomliggande orsaker till valet av komjölk eller växtdryck

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

   Författare :Sofia Magnusson; [2019]
   Nyckelord :konsumtion; hållbar konsumtion; mjölkkonsumtion; mjölk; komjölk; växtbaserad dryck; växtdryck; växtmjölk; beteende; mänskligt val; mänskliga val; växthusgasutsläpp; consumption; sustainable consumption; milk consumption; milk; cows milk; plant-based; plant-based milk; behaviour; behavior; human choice; GHG emissions; environment; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : Sweden has for the last half-century had a very high consumption of dairy products compared to other European countries. This high demand in cow’s milk puts a lot of pressure on the dairy industry which requires a high amount of feed, water and energy to produce dairy products. LÄS MER

5. 24. Environmental issues from sugarcane plantations in Brazil and how to handle them with market-based instruments

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

   Författare :Freja Milton; [2019]
   Nyckelord :Market-based instruments; environmental offsets; Payments for ecosystem services; PES; Brazil; bioplastic; biopolymer; sugarcane; certification; environmental impacts from sugarcane cultivations.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : This study is a literature review of three market-based instruments used for land management; environmental offsets, payments for ecosystem services (PES) and certification, and how they could be used to mitigate environmental impacts from sugarcane cultivation in Brazil when purchasing biopolymers. The study showed that certification is the most common market-based instrument in Brazil. LÄS MER

7. 25. Assessing evolution of ice caps in Suðurland, Iceland, in years 1986 - 2014, using multispectral satellite imagery

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

   Författare :Alicja Miodonska; [2019]
   Nyckelord :remote sensing; multispectral satellite imagery; Landsat; Iceland; glaciers; ice caps; Geography; GIS; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : The study focuses on the application of multispectral satellite imageries in glaciological studies. It aims to assess how the Icelandic glaciers have evolved over the last decades (from the 1980s to 2014). The study area covers Mýrdalsjökull and Eyjafjallajökull ice caps located in Suðurland, Iceland. LÄS MER