Essays about: "districts"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 374 essays containing the word districts.

  1. 21. Reducing the environmental impact of new neighbourhoods during early planning stages using life cycle analysis (LCA) : Towards effective decision support tools for settlements projects

    University essay from KTH/Byggvetenskap

    Author : Pierrick Francois Gervasi; [2022]
    Keywords : district LCA; residential neighbourhood; EPD; Urban Print; urban; modelling; normalization; weighing; planet boundaries.;

    Abstract : Since the first warnings on the limits of planet Earth, 50 years ago, policies havenot been sufficient and fast enough to create a more sustainable world, which is todayillustrated by climate change, an increase in resource scarcity, and tremendousbiodiversity loss. Cities have been playing an important role in those environmentalconsequences, today accounting for 60% of greenhouse gases. READ MORE

  3. 22. Värderingar och ideal i planering och gestaltning av utemiljöer vid nyanläggning av stadsdelar – nu och då : en jämförelse av miljonprogrammets och dagens landskapsarkitekturs värderingar och ideal vid anläggning av stadsdelarna Gottsunda och Rosendal i Uppsala

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Albert Jonsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Miljonprogrammet; modern stadsplanering; värderingar; ideal; jämförelse;

    Abstract : Behovet av bostäder kommer och går och har krävt och kräver nybyggnation vilket i sin tur kräver nya utemiljöer för de boende. Två tider av bostadsunderskott är miljonprogrammet som bemötts med kritik och samtiden som inte heller påstås vara felfri. READ MORE

  4. 23. From Waste to Resource: Solid Waste Management in the districts of Sardinal and Tamarindo, Costa Rica

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Jeni Jasmin Särmäkari; [2022]
    Keywords : Solid waste management; Costa Rica; tourism; recycling; Integrated Sustainable Waste Management; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Solid waste management has become a large challenge worldwide as the generation of waste continues to increase. Deficient linear solid waste management practices have significant impacts on the environment, health and economy and there is a need for more sustainable systems and processes. READ MORE

  5. 24. Questioning public green space & affordable housing in times of densifying cities : a case study of the districts Eriksberg & Norby in Uppsala, Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Johanna Frennesson; [2022]
    Keywords : Green space; sustainability; affordable housing; gentrification; social segregation; renoviction; space;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the perceived relationship between public green space inequality in districts and how that is perceived to affect housing prices as greeneries value in cities has increased. The purpose is to investigate these perceived values and provoke questions in the thesis on how planning is experienced by active planners in the profession and how green spaces are viewed by residents. READ MORE

  6. 25. The spatial-social differentiation of the city of Warsaw with an in-depth study of selected districts

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Marta Popiolek; [2022]
    Keywords : social ecology; factorial ecology; factor analysis; city development; Warsaw;

    Abstract : The inspiration for this paper came from a walk in Warsaw, Poland - a city that has a very unusual development pattern and owes its character largely to the last 75 years. The visible differences in development patterns occur in almost every neighbourhood and each of them is the result of a different conceptual approach, additionally shaped by the regulations and economic prosperity of the time. READ MORE