Essays about: "historic environments"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words historic environments.

  1. 1. Meadowscape : Bring health to ecological systems through actions in the agricultural landscape

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Anna Östlund; [2023]
    Keywords : Actor-network theory; landscape ecology; agriculture; artifacts; patterns;

    Abstract : The physical landscape is a patchwork of different physical and immaterial structures and networks built up through time, where nature and culture cooperate in processes of shaping the landscape. Since the first settlers in Sweden the grass meadow has taken a central part in the agricultural practices, but today little of this landscape remains. READ MORE

  3. 2. Assessing the potential impacts of tall buildings on a predominantly low-rise built urban environment : A case study from Västerås, Sweden

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

    Author : Vera Schwab; [2022]
    Keywords : Tall buildings; The City Image; 3D modelling; GIS; Shadow Analysis; Visibility Analysis; Västerås;

    Abstract : Tall buildings have been constructed in many cities over the world to accommodate the demographic and economic growth in urban areas. These structures, however, have been widely discussed concerning their potential negative impacts on urban life. READ MORE

  4. 3. Collecting the Environment : A Cultural and Aesthetic Historical Analysis of Mushroom Collecting in Sweden from the 19th century to the Present

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Nicole Miller; [2022]
    Keywords : Collecting; Mushrooms; Aesthetics; Environment; History; Sweden; Exhibitions; Natural History; Visual Culture; Fungi; Phenomenology; Ethnomycology; Mycorrhizal Metaphor; Mushroom Time; Collecting the Environment; Nature; Mushroom picking; foraging; aesthetic experience; Svampar; Natur; Sverige; Svamputställningar; visuell kultur;

    Abstract : The aim of this project is to investigate a cultural history of mushroom collecting in Sweden from the 19th century to the present with a focus on connections between aesthetics and the environment.  Collecting is defined broadly as gathering, storing, and accumulating. READ MORE

  5. 4. Gröna värden i vården : en uppsats om hälsofrämjande utomhusmiljöer i tid och rum

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

    Author : Saga Agelii; [2021]
    Keywords : evidensbaserade design; hälsofrämjande design; salutogen design; trädgårdshistoria; vårdhistoria; sanatorium; psykiatrisk vård; brunnspark;

    Abstract : Under 1800-talet och tidiga 1900-talet betraktades natur och trädgård som centrala hälsofrämjande element i vården och samhällsbyggnationen. Natur och trädgård sågs som hälsans landskap i kontrast till industrialiseringens smutsiga städer där sjukdomar spreds till följd av trångboddhet och osanitära levnadsförhållanden. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Guardian Forest : sacred trees and ceremonial forestry in Japan

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Oscar Nilzén; [2021]
    Keywords : sacred forests; shrine; Japan; religion; forest management;

    Abstract : Forests have played a major role in the development of human society across the world. It is therefore no surprise that a natural resource which is such an integral part of human life gave rise to religious beliefs, superstition and notions of the supernatural in connection to trees. READ MORE