Urban Apiculture

Examensarbete i Hållbar Utveckling 191
Master thesis in Sustainable Development– A Way to Reconnect Society and Nature?

Urban Apiculture– A Way to Reconnect Society and Nature?
Marco Claussnitzer

Marco Claussnitzer

Uppsala University, Department of Earth Sciences
Master Thesis E, in Sustainable Development, 30 credits
Printed at Department of Earth Sciences,
Geotryckeriet, Uppsala University, Uppsala, 2014.

Master’s Thesis
E, 30 credits

Examensarbete i Hållbar Utveckling 191
Master thesis in Sustainable Development

Urban Apiculture– A Way to Reconnect Society and Nature?

Marco Claussnitzer

Supervisor: Eva Friman
Evaluator: Karin Ahrné
Master thesis in
Sustainable Development
Uppsala University
Department ofEarth Sciences

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