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Ortega Ramirez, Mariana (author)The meaning of what a sustainable fish food product demands can differ among the stakeholders who are knowledgeable in the product system. This thesis applies methods and tools from the field of industrial ecology to understand what sustainability means when it comes to a pelagic fish product from the Northeast Atlantic. The study covers a need...master thesis 2017
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Tsoy, Natalya (author)Innovation has become one of the global aspirations of this era being the main driver not only for economic growth but also for sustainable development and improvement of human wellbeing. Although novel technology can bring benefits and opportunities, it may cause unintended and undesirable consequences to environment and society. In order to...master thesis 2017
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Villacis Morales, J.D. (author)The European Union has set its goal to produce at least 20 percent of the gross final consumption of energy from renewable energy sources by the year 2020. This ambitious measurement was taken to reduce the anthropogenic GHG emissions in order to mitigate the consequences of climate change. The economic and technical oriented strategies to...master thesis 2017
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Marselis, I. (author)The Master's programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technology. - With their holistic approach to creating a sustainable society, ecovillages can demonstrate the multidimensional challenges that mainstream society will face when aspiring to accomplish similar decrease in environmental...master thesis 2017
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Ding, Z. (author)The Master's programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technology.master thesis 2017
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- van Ginkel, N.M. (author) master thesis 2016
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Ulbrich, R. (author)The Master’s programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technology. - Grassroots initiatives that are inspired by the framework of permaculture try to design effective social and ecological systems. These are aimed to provide ecosystem services, build communities, give opportunities to learn...master thesis 2016
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Stenberg, K. (author)The Master's programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technologymaster thesis 2016
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Jie, Q.K. (author)The Master’s programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technology. The coming decades, the building sector is facing challenges to reduce its impact as one of the major contributors on global problems, like resource depletion, pollution and climate change. The concept of Circular Economy,...master thesis 2016
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Feijen, A.C. (author)The Master’s programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technology. In order to enable service providers to support businesses in adopting Circular economy as new paradigm, backcasting is suggested as suitable method. By 1. selecting appropriate tools to complete the five phases of backcasting,...master thesis 2015
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Studer, M.R. (author)This thesis was set out to explore the links between mindfulness and consumption, and specifically to gain clarity on how mindfulness impacts household consumption patterns. This to provide insights into whether mindfulness could be a constructive approach to sustainable consumption that would increase personal well-being and reduce...master thesis 2015
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De Boer, B.J.H. (author)Many renowned organizations have come and go in past decades because markets in which they once thrived changed. Many factors can play a role why established organizations are slow to understand and react on external changes that create paradigm shifts. This is a universal dilemma; however established project-based organizations struggle in...master thesis 2015
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- Schipper, M. (author) master thesis 2014
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Dingemanse, C. (author)The utilization of the abundant renewables energy potential in Small Islands is vital in the near future to safeguard the access towards affordable and sufficient water. Growing population, rising tourism numbers and higher welfare causes an enlarging water demand. Meanwhile climate change, the el Nino/la Nina effect and the depletion of the...master thesis 2013
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Wortel, M.C. (author)The Master’s programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technology. Sustainable development is a young, developing field in which many standards, certificates, and initiatives are spawning. Companies are expected to work on sustainable development by its customers, investors, and society in...master thesis 2013
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Nuñez Rodriguez, B. (author)Governments and public opinion have widely recognized that SMEs are ahead in the list of organizations harshly affected by the dynamics of globalization, as the financial recession has severely influenced credit flows to SMEs, who are critically dependent on credit, and dispose of limited access to financial markets. This is of transcendent...master thesis 2013
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- Suprata, F. (author) master thesis 2012
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Kamperman, M.M.H. (author)The Master’s programme Industrial Ecology is jointly organised by Leiden University and Delft University of Technology. Over the last few years the general awareness concerning sustainability increased significantly. Also companies are making big efforts to make their processes and products more sustainable. One of the key concepts in this...master thesis 2012
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Rahimian, S. (author)There has been an ever growing concern over addressing the issue of climate change and reducing the green house gas emissions (GHG) in the whole world and especially in the U.S. Many measurements are being taken into account for reducing the adverse effects of the GHG emissions as well as making equilibrium between climate security and energy...master thesis 2009