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Climate change is exponentially becoming one of the most pressing issues of our time. While it is an issue that plaques the international community it is an issue that needs to be addressed on all levels. Local government has been highlighted as the level closest to the people and is uniquely positioned to instigate a range of activities that directly address climate change and sustainability. Thi

Happiness is a relatively new discipline within economics. Traditionally, economists have not paid too much attention to it since they considered that both indicators and theoretical assumptions in which this discipline was based were not neither reliable nor useful for policy recommendations. However, especially in the last decade, there has been extensive research which, if not proved, at least

Kommunernas naturvård bedrivs av många olika anledningar. Politikerna och tjänstemännen prioriterar olika områden och naturvårdens status i kommunerna är inte alltid vad den borde vara. Detta bidrar till att naturvårdsfrågorna inte får de utrymme som de behöver för att säkerställa ett gott artskydd. Att naturvården sker i kommunal regi är den vanligaste formen av naturvård, då naturområdena inte In this study I have examined which conditions that play a role in the conservation of natural environment. The results in this paper have been analysed from interviews that I have conducted with conservation officers working with conservation efforts in local municipality's in southwest Skåne, Sweden. In the process, I have come to the conclusion that the nature conservation the conservation

The aim of this thesis is to study the anthropology of contemporary Swedish ecotheology and theo­logy of creation, Bo Brander, Per Larsson and Wilfrid Stinissen, in comparison with the ecofeminist theology of Sallie McFague. The Swedish theologians in this study describe man as steward, micro­cosm, priest, co-sufferer and the image of God. McFague use the term partner when describing man, a term w

This research aims to explore how consumption impacts on the construction of affiliation boundaries within heterogeneous consumption-oriented subcultures. In order to accomplish this purpose, we have studied the growing phenomenon of barefoot running in relation to the consumption of minimalist footwear as a symbolic product. By doing so, we have explored how consumption vertebrates the subculture

Syfte: Syftet med denna uppsats är att utreda hur revisionsprocessen påverkas av redovisningsregelverken K2 och K3. Mer specifikt vill vi undersöka om bedömningen av risk och väsentlighet skiljer sig eftersom regelverken kategoriseras som regel- respektive principbaserade. Metod: Vi använder oss av ett induktivt förhållningssätt till teorin samt en kvalitativ undersökningsdesign. Teori: Teorin t

Mikroskopiska echinodermfossil har undersökts ur prover från täljstensintervallet och intillig-gande delar av ’lanna’- och ’holenkalkstenen’ i Hällekis stenbrott, Västergötland. Den undersökta sektionen är från översta volkhov och mellersta kunda, darriwilian (mellanordovicium). Tidigare studier har konkluderat att en regression/transgression skedde under den undersökta perioden, vilket bekräftas Microscopic echinoderms were studied in acid-insoluble residues from the Lanna and Holen limestones at Hällekis, Västergötland, Sweden. The section studied spans the uppermost Volkhov and lower–middle Kunda Baltoscandian stages, within the Darriwillian global Stage (Middle Ordovician). The echinoderms show an increase in abundance, accompanying falling sea levels during the well-recognized regress

Concerns about water scarcity in Sub-Saharan African countries, difficulties in accessing a safe and reliable water source is becoming a serious threat to both child health and mortality reduction. The major challenges of water access condition in most Sub-Saharan Africa nations are depending on water source and daily water fetching time. This thesis will look into these two factors, examining the

In this study it is shown that Skåne Nordväst, which is a partnership between 11 municipalities in northwest of Scania, has good grounds to be able to increase its use of electric vehicles and seems to be using the right strategies to do so. The increased use of electric vehicles is something that they intend with their new operational plan for 2014. Using of available research and literature of w

Sammanfattning Examensarbetets titel: Lyxkonsumtion bland svenska studenter Seminariedatum: 2014-06-05 Ämne/kurs: FEKH29 Företagsekonomi: Examensarbete i marknadsföring på kandidat- nivå, 15 högskolepoäng Författare: Oskar Britting, Eleni Gahnsby, Viktor Hansson Handledare: Jon Bertilsson Nyckelord: Lyxkonsumtion, iögonfallande konsumtion, identitetssökande, konsument- beteende, självbild Sy

Syfte: Syftet är att göra en analys av hur svenska konsumenter upplever hotellverksamheters miljöarbete på hotellrum. Metod: En kvalitativ studie innehållande en kvantitativ undersökningsmetod, samt en abduktiv ansats har tillämpats. Teoretisk referensram: Studiens teoretiska referensram utgörs av teorier kring värdeskapande upplevelser, konsumtionsbeteende, identitetsskapande samt ansvarstagand

Detta magisterabete grundar sig på en översättning av de första två tredjedelarna av Zineb El Rhazouis novell Ahmed le businessman (2011). Magisterarbetet inleds med en textanalys där novellens kontext, innehåll, bildspråk och ironiska inslag analyseras. Därefter följer en beskrivning av vilka översättningsstrategierstrategier och metoder som har använts under arbetet med novellen. I den efterförl

On-site sewage systems is one of the larger contributors of nutrients in Sweden leading to eutrophication. This due to the fact that 40 percent of all on-site sewage systems have deficient purification, and the updating of the sewage systems is going very slowly. The aim of this essay was therefore to study what problems the different municipalities' face in dealing with this problem along wit

Titel: Nyckeln till budet - En analys av bakomliggande faktorer och deras inverkan på utfallet vid offentliga uppköpsförsök på Stockholmsbörsen Seminariedatum: 2014-06-04 Kurs: FEKH89, Examensarbete i finansiering på kandidatnivå, 15 Högskolepoäng Författare: Daniel Keberku, John Saidac, Gustaf Treschow Handledare: Anna Glenngård Nyckelord: Uppköpserbjudande, Stockholmsbörsen, regressionsanalTitle: The key to the bid – An analysis of the underlying factors and their impact on the outcome of public takeover attempts on Stockholm Stock Exchange. Seminar date: 2014-06-04 Course: FEKH89, Degree project in Finance, Undergraduate level, 15 ECTS-credits Authors: Daniel Keberku, John Saidac, Gustaf Treschow Advisor: Anna Glenngård Keywords: Public tender offer, Stockholm Stock Exchange,

Green IT is a concept that is being used more frequently in environmental work, which the municipality of Lund also has the ambition to work with (TCO Development, 2012b). The purpose of the essay is to investigate how the concept is interpreted and what actions within the municipalities IT-work can be related to Green IT. Furthermore the purpose is to investigate how the municipality of Lund’s in

The main aim of this thesis is to analyse the Swedish stock market and find any evidence that Swedish CEOs are able to gain abnormal returns by using inside information. The theoretical framework is based on the previous studies within the insider trading field. The key theories for this study are the Efficient Market Hypothesis and the Signalling Hypothesis. In order to determine the abnormal ret

Syftet med den här undersökningen är att belysa förkunskapens betydelse genom att titta på hur resultatet ser ut på sista frågan på nationella provets läsförståelsedel i svenska 1 och svenska som andraspråk 1. Vidare kommer ett ordkunskapstest i två delar utföras för att titta på elevernas ordkunskap. Syftet är att jämföra resultatet mellan eleverna som har svenska som förstaspråk och de som har s

This essay has investigated immigrants and Swedes with foreign background’s perception of cultural heritage as it has been specified by UNESCO. The approach to focus on this particular sample population was born out of the realisation that the EU, nationalist parties and far - right extremists all point to a common her itage. What has not been studied however is the effect of immigration on nation