Essays about: "Building ecology"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 54 essays containing the words Building ecology.

  1. 1. Resilience-building interventions in A refugee camp : A qualitative study  on the circumstances and interventions that promotes children's mental well-being in the context of a refugee camp

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Ahmadullah Hakimy; [2023]
    Keywords : Refugee Children; refugee Camp; Al Zaatari refugee camp; Resilience-building interventions; Jordan;

    Abstract : Abstract      Refugee children living in refugee camps are a vulnerable population at a high risk of developing mental health problems, behavioural issues, and being exposed to violence or trauma. However, not all children that experience these stressors of displacement develop negative outcomes. READ MORE

  3. 2. Social sustainability within property management and development : Developing a framework for systematic validation of social sustainability aspects within management and development of commercial properties in northern Sweden

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, design och hållbar utveckling (2023-)

    Author : Carolina Wiklund; [2023]
    Keywords : Sustainable development; Social sustainability framework; Commercial properties; Building assessment tool; Property development; Property management;

    Abstract : Social sustainability is one of the three foundations in the definition of sustainable development. Despite this, there is no common overarching definition of social sustainability. Climate and environmental issues are defined and complemented by global and national agreements. READ MORE

  4. 3. Wild cimarrones: Cuban maroon ecology in the first half of the 19th century and the corporeal rift

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : José Ernesto Urrusti Frenk; [2023]
    Keywords : Cuban marronage; maroons; wilderness; corporeal rift; metabolic rift; biogeocenosis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Analyses of enslaved labor and marronage in the Caribbean and beyond abound. As insightful and important as many of these works have been, they have often overlooked the ecological dimension of the maroons’ struggle for their liberation, the relationship between nature and the political struggle for emancipation. READ MORE

  5. 4. SUSTAINABILITY OF MULTI-STORY WOOD BUILDINGS : Can the Swedish forestry keep up with the demand?

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Celine Kozak; [2023]
    Keywords : Sustainability; green washing; multi-storey wood buildings; clay; climate change; forest; sweden; case study; life cycle; architecture; Hållbarhet; Green washing; trähus; lera; klimat; skog; sverige; flervåningshus; fallstudie; livscykel; arkitektur;

    Abstract :   Wood has been traditionally used as a construction material in Nordic countries such as Sweden dating back to the 12th century. Using wood as a building material for the construction of buildings with more than two stories became the norm around the 1850s and has only increased with the pressing need for more sustainable and environmentally friendly alternatives to materials such as concrete. READ MORE

  6. 5. Ecosystem Employment in Jakarta, Indonesia - Ecological Applications in Urban Design

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Holley Nicole Stringham; [2023]
    Keywords : ecosystem services; ecology; urban design; disaster management; climate change; urban resiliency; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Nature has a special knack for survival. After millennia of beating the odds against an inhospitable planet, many species have found clever ways to ensure self-preservation on an often inhospitable planet. By refining special skills and working alongside other members of the ecosystem, countless species have found a stable role in the landscape. READ MORE