Essays about: "hostel"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word hostel.

  1. 1. House of the Footbridge

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Klara Rubensson; [2022]
    Keywords : Arboga; medborgarhus; översvämning; naturspång;

    Abstract : BACKGROUNDThe new footbridge is located a short walk from the medieval city center in Arboga. The idea of a pedestrian overcrossing was a result of a group project during the fall semester; a solution that reactualizes the creek Arbogaån which lost its role as a vital social function for the industries when the canal was built in the 17th century. READ MORE

  3. 2. Discovering the Effects of Sharing Economy for Tourism and Hospitality Industry in the Stockholm and Uppsala Region

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Industriell teknik

    Author : Pedro Antonio Carrillo Zavala; Barış Süslü; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The aim of this research is to investigate the current situation of how the growing demand on Peer-to-Peer services (P2P) like Airbnb is affecting the conventional establishments and businesses in the tourism and hospitality (TH) sector in the Stockholm and Uppsala Region. In other words, understanding the effects of the sharing economy (SE) and picturing its place inside (or in the opposite of) the TH industry. READ MORE

  4. 3. Tezpur University Smart Campus: Performance Optimization during Grid Outages using Demand Side Management

    University essay from KTH/Kraft- och värmeteknologi

    Author : Felix Sippel; [2019]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : he conditions of energy availability from different resources is depending on myriad factors like technological innovation, geographical prerequisites and market dynamics. In, microgrids, where often multiple energy resources are combined, managing only the generation side of the energy system is not always the most cost effective and sustainable approach. READ MORE

  5. 4. Community Center in Gnesta

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Lovisa Kumlien; [2019]
    Keywords : medborgarhus; medborgare; publikt rum; offentliga rummet;

    Abstract : The assignment was to create a Community Center in Gnesta which would include auditoriums, library, hostel, restaurant, offices for the municipality and a room for wedding-cermonies. The site is centrally located next to trainstation, main streets, Gnesta square and is part of a new quarter planned for housing. .. READ MORE

  6. 5. Backpacker Tourism and Local Community Development: An Analysis of Hostels as Drivers of Poverty Reduction in Sri Lanka

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Gayani Siriwardena; [2019]
    Keywords : Backpacker tourism; Bourdieu’s Theory of Practice; Hostels; Livelihoods; Local communities; Networks; Poverty reduction; Sri Lanka; Tourism industry policy framework; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is an attempt to understand if hostels, being an essential component of the infrastructural support for backpacker tourism have been instrumental in lifting up local communities in light of socio-economic development. The analysis strives to explore not only the contours of change in the community level but also the changes in the institutions and structures within which the tourism industry operates to understand how the hostel communities create their own structures through exercising power, which is a manifestation of how capitals are accumulated and transformed. READ MORE