Essays about: "Settlements"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 375 essays containing the word Settlements.

  1. 21. The effect of taper on pile shaft bearing capacity : Finite element analysis of a tapered wooden pile in sulfate soil

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser

    Author : Jonathan Lindström; [2023]
    Keywords : Pile; taper; timber piles; wooden piles; sulphide soil; sulfate soil; tapered piles;

    Abstract : he usage of piles, especially wooden piles, have been going on for thousands of years in construction and foundation reinforcements. Sometimes this was done temporary like the Romans who used wooden piles to construct bridges in Britain, or more permanently like the piles upon which the floating city of Venice stands. READ MORE

  3. 22. Soil Improvement method by Mass Stabilization : Settlement analysis in stabilized sulfide soil

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser

    Author : Albin Åkerlund; [2023]
    Keywords : Mass stabilization; Sulfide soil; settlement.;

    Abstract : Mass stabilization is not a common soil improvement method in Sweden, and even less so in sulfide soils. Previous research indicates that a linear elastic material model is suitable for settlements in stabilized sulfide soil. A construction project in the northern part of Sweden applied mass stabilization in sulfide soil. READ MORE

  4. 23. Amongst Seals, Cattle, and Boars

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Historisk osteologi

    Author : Thomas Larsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Osteology; Animal Osteology; Middle Neolithic; Pitted Ware Culture; Subsistence Strategies; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This study utilises Correspondence Analysis to investigate the subsistence strategies of Scandinavia's Middle Neolithic Culture of the Pitted Ware Culture (PWC). The aim is to understand subsistence strategies' regional and local expressions across larger geographic areas. READ MORE

  5. 24. Blandstaden som planeringsideal för socialt hållbar stadsutveckling : en inblick i gentrifierings- och segregationsprocesser

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Roxana Ghiaei Moghaddam; [2023]
    Keywords : socialt hållbar stadsutveckling; planeringsideal; segregation; gentrifiering; blandstad; integration;

    Abstract : Agenda 2030 förespråkar för en socialt hållbar stadsutveckling på global nivå. För att kunna utvärdera arbetet med hållbarhetsmålen undersöks effekterna av dagens samhällsplanering utifrån fem centrala begrepp: social hållbarhet, planeringsprinciper, segregation, gentrifiering och blandstaden. READ MORE

  6. 25. 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