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Environmental and health hazards of chemicals in plastic polymers and products
(2011-04-15)Plastics are extremely diverse in terms of chemical composition, properties and possible applications, and are widely distributed in the society and the environment. In the last 15 years the global annual production has ... -
Environmental commitments in different types of democracies: The role of liberal, social-liberal, and deliberative politics
(2021-03)Ever since the recognition of ongoing, human-induced, large-scale environmental degradation, from the early 1960s onwards, the scholarly community has looked at democracy with mixed feelings. Some assert, quite openly, ... -
Environmental Concern and Economic Growth: Public Opinion Across 107 Countries From 1995 to 2022
(2022-12-02)This study examines three questions across countries and over time. First, how the public is prioritizing between the environment and economic growth is investigated. Second, the association between how the public prioritizes ... -
Environmental Conflicts Management in Rwanda: The Role of Decentralization. Institution: Institutionen för globala studier
(2015-04-16)This thesis concerns the management of environmental conflicts in post-genocide Rwanda through decentralization. The study advances knowledge in the field of peace and development. The thesis contributes an exploration of ... -
Environmental Damage in Armed Conflict. To What Extent Do the Remedies Available for Environmental Damage in Armed Conflict Reflect the Polluter Pays Principle? The Cases of the Jiyeh Power Station and the Niger Delta Conflict.
(2017-07-12)The first instance of widespread public attention to environmental damage caused in armed conflicts was sparked by the use of toxic herbicide Agent Orange during the Vietnam war. Today, with the recent inclusion of the ... -
Environmental Disclosure in Finnish and Swedish Annual and Sustainability Reports -a study of forest industry
(2015-02-03)Background and problem discussion: Sustainable development and corporate social responsibility are more and more important issues in the business world. Companies want to increasingly disclose information on their ... -
Environmental drivers of gelatinous zooplankton distribution. Mnemiopsis in the Swedish waters
(2013-09-02)Factors governing zooplankton distributions and dispersal have since long interested pelagic ecologists. This thesis presents studies of how the interaction between gelatinous zooplankton and the environment can shape their ... -
Environmental exposure to fine particles in Gothenburg - personal exposure and its variability, indoor and outdoor levels, and effects on biomarkers
(2013-03-25)Urban particulate air pollution has been associated with adverse health effects in epidemiological as well as experimental studies. The overall aim of this thesis was to characterize environmental exposure to fine particles ... -
Environmental Exposure to Lead and Risk of Atherosclerosis
(2022-02-23)Background: Lead exposure is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular mortality. Atherosclerosis has been hypothesized to be one mechanism underlying this association. Aim: To assess whether lead exposure, ... -
Environmental Funds - A portfolio performance evaluation
(2012-03-27)The purpose is to measure the performance of environmental funds in terms of absolute returns as well as risk adjusted returns against their respective indices. This is to determine whether environmental funds can be a ... -
Environmental geology of a planned building site in Kungälv, SW Sweden: site characterization and remediation of potential concerns
(2022-09-01)Åseberget is a low-lying hill and planned building site in Kungälv, southwestern Sweden. The potential contaminants and complications of construction work are of a great concern as the area has previously been utilized ... -
The environmental impact of institutional quality and environmental policy instruments
(2022-06-22)While previous research has focused on the bivariate relationships between environmental policy instruments, CO2 emissions and corruption, a study looking at the combination of the components while examining the direct ... -
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY INSTRUMENTS. A study regarding the moderating influence of corruption on climate change-related tax from a global perspective
(2022-07-25)While previous research has focused on the bivariate relationships between environmental policy instruments, CO2 emissions and corruption, a study looking at the combination of the components while examining the direct ... -
The environmental impact of omnichannel distribution - A case study of the changes in distribution to consumer
(2022-08-03)To meet customer demands of fast deliveries and a wide product assortment, many companies decide to implement an omnichannel (OC) supply chain. Through this, different channels become integrated and physical stores can ... -
Environmental influences on the behavioural ecology of juvenile salmonids – the importance of rearing density
(2010-01-10)Background and aims: Early environmental conditions are known to influence the phenotypic development of animals, including behavioural alterations. The overall aim of this thesis is to investigate the effects of density, ... -
Environmental investment decisions: experimental evidence of team versus individual decision making
(2018-01)We study experimentally how investment decisions are affected by equally stringent but different policy regime treatments and how differences depend on whether decisions are made individually or in groups. In our experiment, ...