Out of the dump, into the fire. An analysis of governance challenges in transitioning to a sustainable waste management system in Greenland
(2021) In Master Thesis in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science MESM02 20211LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
- Abstract
- A transformation of the waste management system in Greenland has begun in 2020 to solve environ-mental, health and technical issues of landfilling and incineration. This thesis poses the question whether the new system is tackling the challenges of the current system. Progressing from sustaina-bility transition studies and governance theory, the thesis assesses governance challenges of the insti-tutional and socio-cultural dimensions. It analyzes to what extent the challenges are being tackled in the new system using semi-structured interviews. The thesis finds that overall, the challenges are not tackled, pointing at two intervention points to be further addressed: 1) the collaboration between citizens and municipalities and 2) the focus... (More)
- A transformation of the waste management system in Greenland has begun in 2020 to solve environ-mental, health and technical issues of landfilling and incineration. This thesis poses the question whether the new system is tackling the challenges of the current system. Progressing from sustaina-bility transition studies and governance theory, the thesis assesses governance challenges of the insti-tutional and socio-cultural dimensions. It analyzes to what extent the challenges are being tackled in the new system using semi-structured interviews. The thesis finds that overall, the challenges are not tackled, pointing at two intervention points to be further addressed: 1) the collaboration between citizens and municipalities and 2) the focus on the onsite waste workers. The thesis reflects on how Co-production can guide the two to support a transition to a sustainable waste management system. It concludes that Co-production Theory can contribute to guide the first challenge, whereas the second requires additional measures. (Less)
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- author
- Ravn, Martina Louise Friis LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- MESM02 20211
- year
- 2021
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- sustainable waste management, governance modes, co-production theory, institutional & sociocultural dimensions, sustainbility science, Greenlamd
- publication/series
- Master Thesis in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science
- report number
- 2021:012
- language
- English
- id
- 9047389
- date added to LUP
- 2021-06-01 09:02:29
- date last changed
- 2021-06-01 09:02:29
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