Global Transition Challenges
Mostrando 1-8 de 8 artigos, teses e dissertações.
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1. Towards a philosophy of energy
Transition to a sustainable energy regime is one of the key global societal challenges for the coming decades. Many technological innovations are in the pipeline, but an uncritical appraisal of anything and everything called green innovation lacks methods for testing both the necessity and the sufficiency of these developments. We propose to develop a philos
Sci. stud.. Publicado em: 2014
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2. Avaliação de indicadores de gestão e sustentabilidade para o Porto de Santos - SP / Evaluation of management and sustainability indicators for port of Santos SP.
This study is an analysis of the use of indicators for sustainability at the port of Santos - SP. Aims to discuss the use of this kind of indicators for port activities, its importance and difficulties. The exploratory research was based on literature and documents provided by port authority seeking the correct understanding of the port of Santos current ope
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 03/05/2011
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3. Reforma institucional na China: entendendo o processo de transiÃÃo para uma economia de mercado (1979-1993)
The emergence of market transition economies contributes to new opportunities, modifying the main mechanisms for the formation of social structures, and allowing greater enterprise dynamic through states. From 1980 on, a new global era emerges, with new socialist economies choosing to implement mechanisms toward the opening of its markets. Among socialist na
Publicado em: 2008
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4. Estudo termoanalitico e cinetico da combustão de oleo pesado / Thermoanalysis and reaction kinetics of heavy oil combustion
One of the main challenges in studies on In Situ Combustion resides in developing a kinetic reaction model to represent the dynamics of the numerous chemical reactions that occur at different temperature ranges. The objective of the present research is to develop a study on the oxidation behavior of a crude Brazilian oil and obtain kinetic parameters from th
Publicado em: 2008
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5. O socioambientalismo na perspectiva da sociedade civil latino americana : uma analise no ambito das conferencias das Nações Unidas / Social environmentalism in the Latin American civil society perspective : an analysis in the United Nations conferences
In this thesis objective was to investigate the construction of the social environmental approach in the perspective of the Latin America civil society at international level, with the cutting out in the international conferences and meetings organized by the United Nations on environment. In this sense, the intent was to understand the origins, the meanings
Publicado em: 2008
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6. Desafios da formação de sindicalistas na contemporaneidade / Contemporary unionist training challenges
This dissertation seeks to account for changes in work organization in the Brazilian society in the end of the 20th Century, determined by neoliberal policies, which required changes in the resistance strategies from working class. In order to do so, it is studied the process of the so called globalization, which brought new elements to the turning-Century c
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia. Publicado em: 18/10/2007
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7. DESAFIOS DAS ESTRATÉGIAS CORPORATIVAS GLOBAIS / THE CHALLENGES OF GLOBAL CORPORATE STRATEGIES
A Globalização promove inúmeras oportunidades para as empresas incluindo o acesso a múltiplos mercados, novas receitas, conhecimentos e tecnologias capazes de incrementar sua competitividade. Paralelamente, gera uma série de ameaças num ambiente crescente de instabilidade mundial que provém de conflitos geopolíticos e sociais, alguém de riscos econ�
Publicado em: 2003
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8. The theoretical and political framing of the population factor in development
The silence about population growth in recent decades has hindered the ability of those concerned with ecological change, resource scarcity, health and educational systems, national security, and other global challenges to look with maximum objectivity at the problems they confront. Two central questions about population—(i) is population growth a problem?
The Royal Society.