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(Háskólaútgáfan, 1999)Reykjavík mótaðist, líkt og íslensk menning og búseta, í nánu samspili við höfuðskepnurnar jörð, vatn, loft og eld. Fáar nútímaborgir njóta þessa nána samspils við náttúruna en það er einmitt þetta atriði sem ljær Reykjavík hve mest af fegurð sinni og ... -
(Fjölvi, 2000)
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(Viðskiptafræðideild og hagfræðideild Háskóla Íslands, viðskiptafræðideild Háskólans í Reykjavík og Seðlabanki Íslands, 2017-06-30)Foreign tourism has expanded very fast in Iceland in recent years. Much of this tourism targets relatively few places of particular natural beauty. This has resulted in two notable external effects; deterioration of some of the natural features of ...
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(MDPI AG, 2019-09-18)"The Nordic diet" is an umbrella term that encompasses any interpretation that combines Food-Based Dietary Guidelines (FBDGs) with local Nordic foods. The five Nordic countries have collaborated on Nordic Nutrition Recommendations for forty years, ...
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(University of Iceland Press, 2006)Hnattræn hlýnun (global warming) er eitt mest umrædda málefni í heiminum í dag, enda er hlýnunin þegar farin að hafa gífurlegar afleiðingar. Mikil gögn liggja fyrir um hvernig þættir veður- og náttúrufars eru að breytast. Gefur bókin gott yfirlit yfir ...
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(University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2022-09)Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS) are increasingly implemented to mitigate flood risk and augment environmental quality and wellbeing in cities. Vegetated swales are one of the most common SUDS components, yet they are among the least studied ...
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(MDPI AG, 2019-08-21)With growing tourism in natural areas, monitoring recreational impacts is becoming increasingly important. This paper aims to evaluate how di_erent trampling intensities a_ect some common Icelandic plant communities by using digital photographs to ...
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Protect Me from What I Want: Understanding Excessive Polluting Behavior and the Willingness to Act (MDPI AG, 2020-07-21)Many environmental problems stem from unsustainable human consumption. Accordingly, many studies have focused on the barriers to pro-environmental behavior. The inability or unwillingness to act is partially related to personal values as well as the ...
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Protect Me from What I Want: Understanding Excessive Polluting Behavior and the Willingness to Act (2020-07-21)Many environmental problems stem from unsustainable human consumption. Accordingly, many studies have focused on the barriers to pro-environmental behavior. The inability or unwillingness to act is partially related to personal values as well as the ...
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(Elsevier BV, 2019-11)Background: Menopause is associated with a number of adverse health effects and its timing has been reported to be influenced by several lifestyle factors. Whether greenspace exposure is associated with age at menopause has not yet been investigated. ...
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(2011)This article brings together the United Nations' International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and John McMurtry's theory of value. In this perspective, the ICESCR is construed as a prime example of "civil commons," while ...
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(Elsevier BV, 2019-09)There is a wish for economic development in the Arctic, especially in relation to the region's untapped marine and hydrocarbon resources. However, such developments are inherently risky, entailing the possibility of trade-offs and potentially jeopardizing ...
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(Wiley, 2020-01-08)Since 2009, one out of five European airports participate in carbon dioxide (CO2) reduction programmes, although only 8% of them are certified as CO2 neutral. This study aims to examine empirically internal as well as external factors of importance for ...
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Urban sustainability? The spatial disparities of greenhouse gas emissions and subjective wellbeing (University of Iceland, School of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2017-05-05)Cities are engines of growth and productivity. In addition, great expectations are set upon these agglomerations to contribute to development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own. ...
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