Theses and dissertations

September 17 2011
Leveraging European agricultural policies to deliver public health nutrition: The emergent role of interest groups

Ben Keeley, MSc Food and Nutrition Policy, Centre for Food Policy, City University London.

This dissertation explores why and how a re-emergence of public health has occurred on the European agricultural agenda.  It considers the emergent...

October 30 2009
Implications of Consumption-Based Emissions & Policy Measures for the Food System

By James Beresford, MSc Environmental Technology, Imperial College London.

March 4 2009
The reduced GHG emission and improved governance in the China's national Biogas-household program

This thesis may be of interest for those focussing on biogas. It examines whether it is able to reduce GHG emissions and improve the sustainable development in rural areas of developing countries.

February 12 2009
Farm Level Decision-making on Bioenergy Diversification

This dissertation provides context to, and an analysis of, farm diversification decisionmaking on bioenergy. It establishes the current context of bioenergy policy and regulations across the EU and the UK before looking at the available biomass...

February 12 2009
From Ocean to Market: The Life Cycle Biophysical Impacts of the Southwest Nova Scotia Live Lobster Industry.

The reality of global biophysical limits and the likelihood that the current scale and prevalence of industrial practices are nearing or exceeding those limits, heralds a need to assess industrial systems against a variety of environmental criteria....

February 12 2009
UK Supermarket CSR Reports

This dissertation provides an in-depth analysis of the UK supermarket sector and its impacts on a wide range of stakeholders. It draws from corporate social responsibility and environmental reporting literature in order to develop three matrices by...

February 6 2009
MSc Thesis: Impact of Climate Change on Crop Water Use and Productivity: A case study of Bagmati River basin, Nepal.

The Bagmati River basin originates in the middle mountain region of Nepal and flows through Kathmandu - capital city of Nepal - to join the Ganges River in India. The river is major resource of irrigation in the basin especially in the Southern area...

February 6 2009
The Land Use and Biomass Flows of the Argentinean Agri-food System. A model-based analysis for 2003

Guillermo José Garrido, Chalmers University of Technology, 2007.
Global demand of biomass, such as food, feed, bio-energy, and fiber for wood and paper, will increase considerably in the near future. Initiatives are...

January 30 2009
Life cycle measures in feed production for salmon aquaculture

In "Life cycle measures of biophysical sustainability in feed production for conventional and organic salmon aquaculture in the northeast pacific" it was found that the cumulative impacts of industrial society's high material/energy throughput...

January 30 2009
From Plough to Plate by Plane

Airfreight imports of fresh produce into the United Kingdom are increasing. At the same time, there is more widespread recognition of the negative environmental impact of aviation, and consequently a greater awareness of the damaging effects of long...