703 research outputs found
1. A strong municipality : On the local economic and planning competence in Uppsala and other Swedish municipalities
No full textUppsala is described as an example of the typical Nordic strongmunicipality. This includes an extensive self-government andlocal democracy with self-taxation and a planning monopoly. Itis argued that a strong local community is good for approachingsustainability. Madeleine Granvik is a geographer and researchstudent at the Dept of Landscape Planning at the Swedish AgriculturalUniversity. She has worked with development of democracyand environmental awareness in cities in Sweden and Russia.Sustainable Urban Patterns around the Baltic Se
Madeleine Stratford folio
No full textA folio of poetry by Madeleine Stratford, appearing in the Spanish, German, and French originals and in English translations by the author and Libertad Garzón
Dr. Madeleine Orr: How Climate Change Is Reshaping Sport
No full textRuntime 35:33In this episode of Tucker Center Talks, Dr. Nicole M. LaVoi talks with sport ecologist and author Dr. Madeleine Orr—founder of the Sport Ecology Group (https://www.sportecology.org/) and lead author of the UN’s Sport for Nature report (https://www.unep.org/resources/publication/sports-nature-setting-baseline-handbook) — about how sport is both impacted by and contributing to climate change. They discuss the science behind sport disruptions, the limits of current adaptation strategies, and why reimagining major sporting events is key to meaningful climate action across all levels of sport. Topics Covered: How climate change is already disrupting youth, collegiate, and pro sport; the difference between greenwashing and genuine climate adaptation in sport; and why it's time to rethink how, when, and where major sporting events are held.LaVoi, Nicole M.; Orr, Madeleine. (2025). Dr. Madeleine Orr: How Climate Change Is Reshaping Sport. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/276425
Assessing, valuing and mapping ecosystem services at city level: The case of Uppsala (Sweden)
No full textUrbanization is an important driver of environmental changes causing an increasing demand of ecosystem services while altering natural ecosystems. Yet, the sustainable management of urban areas can support the long-term provision of goods and services typical of healthy and resilient ecosystems and essential for human well-being. In this study, multiple ecosystem services generated by forest, agricultural (cropland and grassland), and urban areas in the municipality of Uppsala (Sweden) were first assessed in biophysical terms and then valued in money units. Afterwards, the economic value of provisioning and regulating services was spatialized using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The economic value of all investigated services amounted to 1.81 billion Swedish Kronor (SEK) or 198 million â ¬ per year, of which: 80% generated by forest areas, 19% by agricultural areas, and 1% by green urban areas. Considering the size of different land uses, the average economic value of green urban areas was the highest (20,000 SEK haâ 1or 2200 â ¬ haâ 1), followed by forest areas (11,387 SEK haâ 1or 1250 â ¬ haâ 1), and agricultural areas (6398 SEK haâ 1or 703 â ¬ haâ 1). The integration between the assessment of the biophysical and economic value of several ecosystem services provided by different land uses as well as their spatial analysis allowed a deeper understanding on the ecological life-support system to the urban area of Uppsala. In conclusion, we maintain that the interplay between nature services and human settlements can be better explored by using an interdisciplinary approach providing ecological and economic information integrated in support of policy makers and urban planners
"An Object That's Not An Object": A Conversation On Literature And Belonging With Madeleine Thien
No full textIn July 2023, Canadian author Madeleine Thien joined the program of the first European Summer School in Canadian Studies (ESSCS), co-organized by the Centres for Canadian Studies at the Universities of Vienna and Innsbruck. In a reading and an author’s talk with Helena Oberzaucher, she talked about reading, writing, and literature and read from her acclaimed novel Do Not Say We Have Nothing
Queer Talk, 03/10/2004
No full textMadeleine Winterfalcon talks with Cynn Chadwick, author of the newly-released book Girls with Hammers, the sequel to Cat Rising.https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/wmpg_queertalk/1020/thumbnail.jp
I sit down at the dinner table to die
No full textMadeleine Cruz is an aspiring writer who claims to be from Chicago but may be lying. She likes to read; her favorite author is Ursula K. Le Guin. She is frequently tired and only sometimes actually asleep
False Assumptions, Ethnocentrism and Cultural Imposition … Madeleine Leininger’s Theory of Culture Care and Its Place in Aotearoa
No full textIt is ironic that Madeleine Leininger, the founder of Transcultural Nursing which was developed to "promote and protect the clients of diverse cultural groups" (Leininger 1996, p.13) was apparently not well informed about the Aotearoa/New Zealand context when she made her response to the Cooney article in Nursing Praxis in New Zealand, Vol. 11 NO. 2. It seems that Leininger, despite having written "whenever cultural imposition or negative ethnocentrism occur ... one will find culturally unsafe practices and outcomes", (Leininger, 1996b, p.13) is prepared to respond to a New Zealand author without an indepth knowledge of the New Zealand scene. It is not surprising therefore, that her response contains inaccuracies and misconceptions
Implementation of the Habitat-agenda in local communities
No full textWithin the politics for sustainable development the citizens are now expected to play an active and direct role in the implementation process. The viability of the citizens to take up this role, however, remains unclear. This dissertation explores the prerequisites for citizen participation according to the UN Habitat-agenda. The objective was to address the relations between the political intentions for sustainable habitation and residents´ experiences of their residential area, as well as their interest, time for and real action to commit themselves in local work. The main research question was: How do residents´ late modern lifestyles and living conditions relate to the intentions for citizen participation according to the Habitat-agenda? This topic has been investigated in residential areas in Sweden and in Russia. These residential areas are all examples of common types where no particular sustainable development programs have been outlined. The empirical work was based on case studies and the main method being used was conversational interviews, but also questionnaires and observations were carried out. The empirical material has resulted in four papers. The results indicate that few people actively participated in collective matters or had an interest in doing so. The assumption for the study was that participation would be greater in Swedish residential areas, due to Sweden's relatively long tradition of democratic practice, compared to Russia. That assumption can in general be dismissed, due to that few differences were found. The reason for this weak interest in common local issues may be a lack of support for sustainable habitation from local and national authorities or from residential companies. The citizens clearly need new incitements for local participation and action, which both fits into their everyday life and which supports a new sustainable lifestyle
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