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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"Healthy Environment"”.
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Exploring foundation phase learners’ understanding of a healthy environment through conceptual change and collateral learning strategies
… (Elementary School) learners conceptualised a healthy environment, and whether or not instruction based on the classical cognitive conflict conceptual change model would differ from an approach based on collateral learning theory in educating grade three learners about a healthy environment. …
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HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED CLIMATE LITIGATION AND THE ROLE OF UNGA RESOLUTION 76/300: TOWARDS A RIGHT TO A HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW?
… with a specific focus on the emerging right to a healthy environment under international law. It begins by tracing the gradual ‘greening’ of established human rights, such as the rights to life, health, and private and family life, through environmental litigation. Indeed, over time these rights …
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The Natural Environment and local perceptions of poverty, well-being and justice in a Mexican fishing community. Gaps and bridges between local perceptions and national metrics
Although the ‘right to enjoy a healthy environment’ is granted by the Mexican Law of Social Development, the environmental dimension is missing in the current national measures of multidimensional poverty. This doctoral research aims to understand the implications of this absence by understanding …
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Feeling the Squeeze: A Political Ecology of Development, Race, and Inequality On the South Carolina Coastal Landscape
… seeks to illuminate the political dimensions of environmental change in Bluffton, South Carolina. In particular, I focus on regional debates, the ways discourses of environmental health and private property rights serve to legitimize these debates, and the uneven material outcomes that manifest …
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Earth Tones: How Environmental Journalism and Environmental Ethics Influence Environmental Citizenship
Environmental ethics and environmental journalism are influencing the developing philosophy of environmental citizenship. This philosophy involves the ideas that people are part of the environment, that the future depends on a healthy environment, and that action on behalf of the environment is …
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Medical School Middle Managers Learning To Successfully Work With Leadership To Navigate Organizational Change
… disruptions. Sustainable organizations require a healthy environment for staff members and middle managers to mitigate burnout. Nine medical school middle managers were interviewed for this study. The hand-coded data revealed four themes: organizational support, communication, organizational …
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Phasing-Out Gas Flaring In Nigeria: A Critical Assessment of the Regulatory Regime
… can be conserved in order to ensure a clean and healthy environment in Nigeria (particularly the Niger-Delta), free from gas flares.
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An improved method for determining indoor air quality level in the classroom at pre-school building
… but has become an issue in today's building environment. Occupant began to realize the direct effects of indoor air pollution, and the importance of good indoor air quality, especially when related to children health and life inside classroom. This study conducted to measure the level of …
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A critical and comparative analysis of the under regulation of underground storage tanks in South Africa and the attendant consequences for environmental resources
… world, pollution presents a major threat to the environment and thus to the intimately linked social and economic facets of society. The very notion of sustainability is premised on the inextricability of socio-economic demands and the capacity of the environment to support and sustain such …
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Links between social deprivation and harm to children: a study of parenting in social disadvantage
… is difficult for parents to provide a safe and healthy environment for children - by creating material, social, interpersonal and intrapersonal barriers in families, social deprivation can prevent parents from achieving the standards of parenting to which they might aspire and which society …
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Optimal and intelligent decision making in sustainable development of electronic products
… integrating strategies for economic successes, environmental quality, and social equity. Based on multi-lifecycle engineering and sustainable development concepts, this doctoral dissertation aims to provide decision making approaches to growing a strong industrial economy while maintaining a …
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WorkWell
… than in the past. For employees the office environment has moved from a place where you must work, to a place where you want to work, to a place where you do your most productive work. Advances in technology continue to blur the lines between home and work. Although mobile devices had …
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Motivational Goals of Seattle Homeowners Related to Their Yards: Implications for Ecosystem Service Assessments and Behavioral Appeals
… properties that can be leveraged to promote pro-environmental management? To answer these questions, I analyzed these interviews using an ecosystem services framework and Schwartz’ basic individual values. I discovered that these homeowners have a range of motivations for engaging with the …
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A low cost, accurate instrument to measure the moisture content of building envelopes <i>in situ</i>
Buildings must be designed and built to achieve a healthy environment, low energy consumption and a predictable service life. In order to achieve these goals the effects of combined heat, air and moisture (HAM) transfer must be understood. A suitable moisture measurement technique is thus required. …
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The right of the individual under international law as developed by the Aarhus convention
… pillar rights, has integrated the notion of environmental protection with the notion of human rights. These pillar rights, namely, the right of access to environmental information, the right to public participation in decision-making and the right of access to justice in environmental matters …
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Smart building waste monitoring system based on unsupervised learning
… revamp, if not an overhaul, to the physical environment. This thesis focuses on developing affordable, incrementally deployable smart systems with an example on waste management. Indoor waste management is crucial to a healthy environment in smart buildings. Measuring the waste bin fill-level …
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Health risk effect of indoor air quality index at adaptive reused museum in Malaysia
… especially in the museum. As one of the environmental risk assessment tool, the environmental quality index was utilised to determine whether the current location provides a healthy environment or not. Therefore the purpose of this study is to develop an index, called IAQ Index (InAQI), …
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Assessment of environmental degradation in Northern Ghana: A GIS based participatory approach
… actions interact in a complex way to bring about environmental degradation requires a holistic research approach. This thesis examines the potential application of a GIS based participatory approach in the assessment of environmental degradation in northern Ghana. It is a development of GIS in …
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The Protection of the Environment in Occupied Territory under International Humanitarian Law, International Human Rights Law and International Environmental Law
The global recognition of the need to protect the environment during armed conflict is now widely acknowledged. International law has established various treaties that address the relationship between military activities and environmental damage during active hostilities, providing protection in …
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Comparative study on indoor fungi growth incorporated with different antifungal and wall finishings
… present almost everywhere in indoor and outdoor environments. Building materials supporting fungal growth must be remediated as rapidly as possible in order to ensure a healthy environment. The goal of this study is to compare the growth of indoor fungal by using three different antifungals such …
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