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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Ecological concerns"”.
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Ecofeminist Theology in Islam: The Process and Application of Synthesizing Rosemary Radford Ruether’s Insights, Islamic Feminist Aspirations, and Ecological Concerns
… dimensions connecting gender inequalities with ecological imbalances? I hypothesize that within Islamic contexts and worldview, the intersection of environmental destruction and gender disparities are critical to understanding the dynamics of both issues. I argue that Islamic feminist …
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Towards Eco-Dharma: The Contribution of Gandhian Thought to Ecological Ethics in India
Ecological concern prompts poor and indigenous people of India to consider how a society can ensure both protection of nature and their rightful claim for a just and sustainable future. Previous discussions defended the environment while ignoring the struggles of the poor for sustenance and their …
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Characteristics of fishers: a case study of Zeekoevlei, Cape Town
Fisheries are complex socio-ecological systems consisting of both human and ecological components. Managing fishery resources has almost always focused on ecological concerns without due consideration being given to the human dimensions. However, increasingly more scholars are recognising the need …
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The magical land : ecological consciousness in fantasy romance
… with the health of the land reflects modern ecological consciousness and awareness of potential environmental destruction. Ecological awareness can be traced through critical analysis of various works of fantasy romance. J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, as the text which marked the …
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Assessing public-private-partnerships in South Africa and how administrative law should respond
… quality public services, especially given recent ecological concerns. Thus, many public entities have turned to privatisation, promising to maintain public service with the efficiency of private companies and markets. Nonetheless, there are clear drawbacks to privatisation, such as the promised …
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« Le désert progresse » : mirages postmodernes de l’Ouest américain dans les fictions françaises et québécoises
… in the Québécois context, where decolonial and ecological concerns reshape the desert imaginary.
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Harmonious Living: Sustainability, Ecology, and Eco-Islam in Wales
… of Islamic principles with environmental and ecological concerns. It is not necessarily a formalised movement with a centralised structure but rather a broader concept that explores the compatibility between Islamic teachings and environmental stewardship. It emphasises the idea that Islamic …
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Speaking for the Trees: Critical Analyses Concerning Young Readers’ Responses to the Representation of Environmental Issues in Picturebooks.
… selected picturebooks can persuasively model ecologically attuned attitudes and practices to young readers. I also analyse how these texts can open up spaces for young readers to reinforce, challenge and augment their own ideas in relation to the natural world, as well as associated …
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Power-Adaptive Computing in Future Energy Networks
… power generation from fossil fuels, both due to ecological concerns and fear of dependencies on scarce natural resources. Increasing the share of decentralized generation from renewable sources is a widely accepted way to a more sustainable power infrastructure. However, this comes at the price …
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Taming the Wild: On Womanhood, Nation and Nature in Ann-Marie Macdonald's Fall on Your Knees and The Way the Crow Flies
… and individual identities are inseparable from ecological concerns. Fall on Your Knees uses the image and context of gardens as a means of discovery, particularly in imaging the history of colonial settlement. The Way the Crow Flies continues this work to explore the impact of modernity and the …
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Taming the Wild: On Womanhood, Nation and Nature in Ann-Marie Macdonald's Fall on Your Knees and The Way the Crow Flies
… and individual identities are inseparable from ecological concerns. Fall on Your Knees uses the image and context of gardens as a means of discovery, particularly in imaging the history of colonial settlement. The Way the Crow Flies continues this work to explore the impact of modernity and the …
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The Ethics of Rust: an interpretation of Ruskin's gothic
… is that Ruskin’s mode of thought was essentially ecological. By this I do not mean to suggest that he was simply interested in nature conservation or environmental degradation. Rather, the term “ecological” is used to refer to a much broader paradigm shift. The thesis has three chapters, the 1st …
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The Ethics of Rust: an interpretation of Ruskin's gothic
… is that Ruskin’s mode of thought was essentially ecological. By this I do not mean to suggest that he was simply interested in nature conservation or environmental degradation. Rather, the term “ecological” is used to refer to a much broader paradigm shift. The thesis has three chapters, the 1st …
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Art and ecology : a visual exploration
Within the broad theme of art and ecology, local ecological issues were explored through studio practice involving digital imagery, print making, and mixed media. The frame of reference for the creative project included a discussion of the representations of natural, social and cultural …
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From the population bomb to the birth dearth : the stages of acceptance of public opinion about changes in population
… some individuals and groups have expressed concerns about some aspects of ecology throughout the history of the United States, the general public has recently become more aware of the impact of population on these resources. Since the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, the general public has …
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Modulating earth and sky: extended electronic circuits in the arts
… environment in order to encapsulate broader ecological concerns. This practice-based creative research project peers deep within electronic components, as well as beyond the points where a device stops but the electrical circuit continues. This entails a joint examination of the materiality …
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Baptist environmentalisms : a comparison of American Baptist and Southern Baptist attitudes, actions and approaches toward environmental issues.
… environmental backlash (1980s) and international ecological concerns (1990s to present). This dissertation argues that Southern Baptists and American Baptists, while enjoying some similarities along the way and despite their shared Baptist heritage, have adopted and promoted very different …
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The impact of ecological thought on architectural theory.
… to, and influence on, architectural thought. Ecological thinking emerged as a subset of biology in the second half of the nineteenth century and developed as a philosophical idea and a political outlook. As an idea that stands in the hinterland between science and society, it has not been …
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Investigations into rapid aeroelastic stability estimation in turbomachines for preliminary design
… demands need to be considered in order to meet ecological concerns. To meet all these criteria, rotor and stator row geometries of modern turbomachines are more and more often designed with automated optimization tools. To date, these preliminary design tools include aerodynamic efficiency and …
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A guiding model for decolonizing environmental science research and restoring relational accountability with Indigenous communities
… research. Effectively addressing complex social-ecological issues faced within our current and future generations, such as extreme climate variability and environmental justice, will require all relevant sources of knowledge and data, including those held by historically marginalized communities …
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