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Showing 1 to 20 of 83 for “"Socio-environmental"”.
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Socio-Environmental Sensor Networks for Community Sensing
… associated cities with crowding, segregation, environmental degradation, and other significant challenges. Sensors, Data, and Artificial Intelligence can lead to a better understanding of urban settings and their challenges by providing opportunities for insight into their social and …
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An empirical test of Gubrium's socio-environmental theory of aging
… of age or older, this research tested Gubrium's socio-environmental theory of aging. Using correlation, multiple regression analysis, and analysis of variance, it was found that one's individual resources (income, social network, and health) was highly correlated with life satisfaction in these …
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A holistic framework for environmental change: socio-environmental cohesion for sustainability
Research purpose: Environmental issues have become a regular debate within social, business and political arenas. The need to combine social, environmental and economic systems to achieve a sustainable future (Triple Bottom Line), is gaining prominence within many international development …
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Glaciers as a secondary source of anthropogenic contaminants: An emerging socio-environmental challenge
… exceeded existing quality guidelines for other environmental matrices, raising concerns about the potential bioavailability and ecological impacts of cryoconite once released into glacier meltwaters.<br/><br/>The findings from this thesis highlight the necessity for interdisciplinary research …
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From food waste to resources: the impact of a socio-environmental project on the community
… relativos aos alimentos redistribuídos e dados sociodemográficos. Foram pesquisadas e selecionadas ferramentas adequadas para avaliar o conteúdo nutricional dos alimentos redistribuídos e sua adequação, bem como valores de referência nutricional e guias alimentares. Para medir a insegurança …
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GOVERNING FORESTS AS COMMONS, BEYOND EFFICIENCY: CAPABILITIES, CONFLICTS, AND COMPLIANCE WITH SOCIO-ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AGREEMENTS
… and economic relations while addressing the environmental and democratic crisis. Specifically, it focuses on forest governance and forests-related conflicts as emblematic of the current multiple and entwined crisis, as addressing forest deterioration and depletion is also an issue of …
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Changing lives, changing nature(s): socio-environmental transitions in the uplands of the Lao PDR
This study debates the socio-political construction of the land degradation issue in the Lao PDR, the consequences of this construction for policy interventions in the uplands, and the social and environmental outcomes of these interventions. For that purpose, livelihood analysis is integrated into …
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Exploring the Socio-environmental context in the Prevalence and Management of Asthma at Scottish General Practices
… Health to explore the nature and role of the socio-environmental context in relation to the prevalence and management of asthma at Scottish General Practices located in areas of dissimilar deprivation levels. The key focus of the research is the way that health professionals (and related …
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Corporate social responsibility and socio-environmental reporting practices: Evidence from an exploratory study in the Greek context
… corporate social responsibility (CSR) and socio-environmental reporting (SER) are well-established practices among Greek companies nowadays, research into them within the Greek context is scarce, and little do we know about how they emerged and developed throughout the years, especially …
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A Socio-Environmental History of Dispossession and Displacement in the Zimunya, Marange and Bvumba (Chirara) Communities of Eastern Zimbabwe, 1920s - 2015
This thesis explores the lived experiences of the Zimunya, Marange, and Bvumba inhabitants as they were shaped by dispossession and displacements. Historians have long emphasized that massive land expropriation and forced dislocations in Africa were a consequence of colonial rule. While this is …
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A prospective investigation of the effects of socioeconomic disadvantage, life stress, and social support on early adolescent adjustment
… Knowledge of the effects of the social and environmental context on child and adolescent adaptation is especially limited. The current study sought to further investigate this issue among a sample of 339 young adolescents who attended a grade 7-8 middle school. Utilizing a longitudinal …
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Exploring Environmental Justice in Small-Scale Hydroelectricity Power Plant (HPP) Development in Rural Turkey
… Turkey’s water management within the context of environmental justice. Approximately 2000 smallscale HPPs have been planned and/or constructed in Turkey, mostly in its rural parts since 2001. Yet these HPPs have aroused socio-environmental debates at the construction sites. On the one hand, due …
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Why Now?: A Case Study of Split Estate and Fracking Activity in Garfield County Colorado
This research examines the socio-environmental impacts associated with hydraulic fracturing activities and issues of split estate in Battlement Mesa Planned Unit Development in Garfield County, CO. Data for this research was collected during 2 months in the summer of 2015 using a series of …
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Running Out of Space: Ethno-federalism, capitalist restructuring, and the political economy of peri-urbanization around Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
… that are emerging amid the material and socio-environmental transformations occurring in Addis Ababa’s peripheries. To speak to this silence, this dissertation employs a Marxist Political Economy – Political Ecology (MPE-PE) lens and a three-phase qualitative research plan involving desk …
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Governing Nature, Sustaining Degradation: An Eco-Governmental Critique of the Deepwater Horizon Disaster
… the discursive production of, and response to, environmental disaster. The project is contextualized through the case of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. By interrupting traditional perceptions of environmental disaster, this project frames socio-environmental disasters …
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Damnesia: An examination of public participation and evolving approaches to hydropower development in the United States and Brazil
… have long been political flashpoints where environmental, economic and social considerations have vied for priority. Historically, economic benefits of large hydropower projects have been assumed to outweigh the costs, a rationale which catalyzed the construction of large hydropower dams …
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Green Theatre: proto-environmental drama and the performance of ecological values in contemporary Western theatre
… and potential of theatre that promotes a proto-environmental agenda, or Green Theatre, in re-orienting Western behavior and mores in a direction that creates positive socio-environmental change. In correlation, this dissertation will examine the objectives and performance modes of several …
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Music and arts festivals as platforms for enhancing Sustainable Development
… structural foundations of a socially just and environmentally safe world. This research explores different ways in which contemporary music and arts festivals might operate as platforms for enhancing Sustainable Development. The central idea is to explore the way in which music and arts …
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Public perceptions on fresh water use for hydraulic fracturing of the Duvernay Shale Gas Formation, Kaybob Area, Alberta
The thesis research examined localized socio-environmental perceptions related to amplified fresh water requirements for hydraulic fracturing and subsequent flowback disposal activities. These requirements are associated with increasing shale gas development in the Duvernay formation, located …
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Towards a tool to gauge the success levels of housing-led urban regeneration schemes
… that no tool exists to quantitatively measure socio-environmental impacts for housing-led urban regeneration schemes either holistically, or at a per stakeholder level. In addition, there is no available tool to ensure continued economic sustainability through potential contributions from …
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