Översiktliga beräkningar visar att ca 2 miljoner människor utsätts för trafikbullernivåer överstigande de riktvärden som riksdagen ställt sig bakom. Ungefär 500 000 av dessa utsätts för buller från tågtrafiken. Trafikbuller har betydelse för vår hälsa och de negativa effekterna kan vara störning av dagliga aktiviteter, stress sömnsvårigheter, koncentrationsproblem och högt blodtryck. Detta arbete Roughly 2 million Swedish citizens are exposed to traffic noise from roads, railways and aircrafts at levels higher than those approved by the government. As many as 500 000 of these are subject to railway noise. Exposure to traffic noise can have negative effects and cause irritation and disturbance of daily activities and also create general health problems such as lack of sleep, stress, concent

Weichselisens avsmältningsskede i Skåne var mycket komplicerat, vilket har föranlett en stundtals svårtolkad glacialmorfologi. I de norra och centrala delarna av Skåne retirerade isen mot norr och nordost, samtidigt som södra Skåne och Danmark berördes av lobformade isframstötar från en baltisk isström från söder- och sydost. Sedan länge har forskning pågått för att finna lösningen på isens rörelsThe deglaciation of the Weichselian ice sheet was very complicated and the resulting landscape has been perplexing different researchers throughout the 20th century. In the northern parts of Scania, the ice sheet receded towards north and northeast, while a dynamic ice stream with fast flowing ice influenced southern Scania and Denmark. The earlier researchers have mainly focused on striae, the di

Gröna tak kan minska problem med s.k. urban heat islands och kan användas för dagvattenhantering. Andra miljöfördelar som en förbättring av luftkvalitet, biodiversitet och bullerminskning finns också. Detta projekt fokuserar på lokala (kommunala) medel för att skapa en bättre miljö med extensiva gröna tak, vilka är nästan underhållsfria. Ett delområde i Lund som inkluderar Universitetet och UniverGreen roofs have the potential to mitigate problems with an urban heat island and to act as an element in stormwater management. Other environmental benefits exist as well, such as improvement of air quality, biological diversity and noise reduction. This project focuses on local community efforts to create a better environment through the use of extensive green roofs, which require almost no main

Sammanfattning Under 1960-talet kunde vetenskapsmän konstatera att en generell uppvärmning av atmosfären resulterade i klimatförändringar. En av källorna till den globala uppvärmningen var och är fortfarande den höga koncentrationen av växthusgaser i atmosfären som uppstår genom mänsklig aktivitet vid förbränning av fossila bränslen. Trots den vetskapen dröjde det en bit in på 2000-talet innan kliSummary In the 1960’s scientists discovered that general heating of the atmosphere or global warming results in climate change. One of the reasons behind global warming is the high concentration of green house gases in the atmosphere, which is a bi-product of fossil fuel combustion caused by human activity. Climate change did not become a European Union priority before the 21st century when the c

China's surging OFDI has been a prominent phenomenon since the start of 20th century. As China's economic growth is widely received as following a unique path, a question arises immediately---does Chinese outward investment also follows a distinctive pattern which can only be explained by special theories? This paper analyzes the determinants of Chinese OFDI by adopting Random Effects FGLS

The spaghetti bowl of regional trade agreements has been growing rapidly the past two decades. While services trade has often been excluded from these agreements, the recent trend suggests that a shift has occurred and that policy-makers are paying more attention to services trade. As Canada and the European Union (EU) are negotiating a bilateral trade agreement, services sector inclusion is a maj

The purpose of this master thesis is to explore IKEA’s return system and to suggest potential areas of improvement. The master thesis shall describe and identify the problems regarding handling material of the present return system, in order to suggest potential areas of improvement. This master thesis is an explorative study. Wide ranges of interviews were made and are the base of the study. Ob

A rich literature in economics has identified Institutions as a key factor in explaining the disparity in growth across countries. It is thus essential to look at the determinants of institutional quality. This study tries to capture the affect of one of the possible determinants of institutional quality that is trade openness. Theory suggests that there is a positive relationship between trade op

EU-domstolens avgörande i mål C-29/08 SKF har varit föremål för mycket uppmärksamhet och diskussion sedan det kom under hösten 2009. Avgörandet gäller möjligheten att dra av ingående mervärdesskatt på tjänster förvärvade för att genomföra försäljning av aktier i dotterbolag I denna uppsats har EU-domstolens SKF-dom stått i centrum. Den har att satts in i ett perspektiv och analyserats mot bakgrunThe decision of the ECJ in case C-29/08 SKF has been the subject of a lot of attention and discussion since it was delivered in 2009. The decision concerns the possibility of deduction of input VAT on services acquired in connection with the sale of shares in subsidiaries. In this thesis the decision of the ECJ in SKF has been the center of attention. It has been put into perspective and has been

Syfte Utifrån antagandet om att en investerare nyttomaximerar sin portfölj genom hög förväntad avkastning, är syftet med denna studie i ett första skede att undersöka och analysera hur en portfölj av två fondkategorier bör kombineras och varför. Det sker i sin tur utifrån investerares skilda preferenser vad gäller riskbenägenhet och placeringshorisont. I ett andra skede syftar studien att undersö

Syfte: Studien ämnar ge en förståelse av den externa kommunikationens vikt, vid en påtvingad organisationsförändring där ett minskat medlemsantal kan hota organisationens existens. Metod: För att besvara studiens syfte användes kvalitativa intervjuer med fem anställda på Akademiska Föreningen, som arbetade före eller efter kår- och nationsobligatoriet avskaffades. Teori: Den teoretiska referensr

This essay investigates a case of public interaction in the field of climate change. The three levels of public management in Skåne, Sweden (municipality, regional and county) are currently engaged in a form of cooperation to bring together the three forms of political responsibility in one committee. It is a new approach to the climate issue and the aim of this thesis is to evaluate the theoretic

Summary When tax treaties are being applied in Swedish law, they are being applied after that the taxable income has been determined according to Swedish law. Usually the tax treaties are dividing the right to tax among the parties of the treaty; this means that the taxation right for one state usually is restricted. Due to treaty abuse, the question arises, how to counter this abuse. The commen

I wanted to take a closer look at schoolchildren´s (age 11-12) image of hunter/gatherers. By comparing two groups, one that had visited the Skateholmsexhibit and one that had not, I investigated to see if the level of knowledge was different between the groups. I handed out a questionnaire with six questions to the students and did a compilation of the answers. I found out that the answers were s

This paper develops a theoretical approach towards understanding treaty opt-outs from EU common policies by drawing on Putnam’s Two-Level Games theory. In doing so, the paper first presents treaty opt-outs as defections from negotiations by looking at previous research regarding opt-outs. Then, the paper goes on to concentrate on different European integration theories in order to explain their sh

This thesis explores the effect of the Australian government passing the legislative and administrative act, The New Agenda for Multicultural Australia, on the social capital in Australia. The Agenda was passed in 1999, and aimed at creating a more trustful and inclusive society among one of the most diverse population in the world. By using educational, informative and labour market strategies th