Essays about: "developments in transportation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 53 essays containing the words developments in transportation.

  1. 21. PROJECT: SALTY BASTARD : WHAT IF AMPHIBIOUS MOBILITY WASN'T JUST A CURIOSITY, BUT THE NORM?

    University essay from

    Author : Oliver Walderhaug; [2019]
    Keywords : Future; mobility; amphibious; vehicle; service; transportation; Scania; speculative; critical; sustainability;

    Abstract : Planet Earth is moving rapidly towards a point of no return in the climate crisis currently experienced, and while the debate is still raging on wether it is naturally occurring or not the temperature steadily increases - causing melting icecaps, expanding seas and rising oceans. It is the author's view however, that wether the change is man-made or not is irrelevant; as there is no other planet to conduct an experiment on. READ MORE

  3. 22. Power and Patients : An ethnological study of access to maternity care in rural Sweden

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper

    Author : Elin Nordin; [2018]
    Keywords : Ethnology; Ethnography; Gender; Intersectionality; Neoliberalization; Public Engagement; Rurality; Etnologi; Etnografi; Förlossningsvård; Glesbygd; Intersektionalitet; Genus; Neoliberalism; Samhällsengagemang;

    Abstract : In february 2017 the maternity ward in Sollefteå was shut down. The citizens of the surrounding area, Ådalen, thus have more than two hours - with private transportation on narrow roads without phone connection - to the nearest maternity ward. READ MORE

  4. 23. Brăila- The tale of a city (re)defined by water

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

    Author : Ana-Maria Negru; [2018]
    Keywords : Sustainable urban design; Storm-water management; Urban system; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : The city of Brăila, Romania, has been undergoing a lot of changes in the last two decades, but as the city is shrinking there is a new initiative to change the current paradigm and to reinvent the city. This process starts with the creation of an urban system with the neighboring city of Galați that will attract more funds from a regional and national level. READ MORE

  5. 24. Exploring the Potential of Renewable Energy in Telecommunications Industry

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Mariam Jarahnejad; Ali Zaidi; [2018]
    Keywords : Renewables in ICT; Porters’ Five forces; ICT Plausible scenarios; Diffusion of renewables in ICT analysis;

    Abstract : Renewable energy sources have started to substitute traditional energy sources in power sector, heating/cooling sector, and transportation sector. This paper explores the potential of renewable energy (mainly solar and wind) in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) industry. READ MORE

  6. 25. Vilnius full of space

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

    Author : Jurate Cirtautaite; [2017]
    Keywords : Reuse of space; Community; Jane Jacobs; Self-building; Space in city; Big block solution; Community bonds; Self-building guide; Modules; Built on site; Historical site; Arts and Architecture;

    Abstract : Today, one of the main economic engines is construction field. A few periods of history showed that in Lithuania, the main goal for the companies were to build fast, cheap dwellings on the empty lots. The capital of Lithuania, Vilnius city is not an exception. City is built ineffectively. READ MORE