Essays about: "minor loss"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 40 essays containing the words minor loss.

  1. 16. Fire Risk and Vulnerability in Urban Informal Settlements in Metro Manila

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Darlene Rini; [2018]
    Keywords : Urban fire risks; informal settlement fires; urban fire risk management; GIS; URDI; urban disasters; risk indexing; fire statistics; Metro Manila; Quezon City; Science General;

    Abstract : Urban fires, particularly in informal settlements in rapidly urbanizing cities in the developing world, are an “everyday disaster” that oftentimes goes unnoticed or under-served in the face of disturbances of the more “lethal reputation”. These disturbances of normal existence are arguably the most debilitating to vulnerable communities and sustainable development, and yet get little attention in disaster literature or in practice. READ MORE

  3. 17. No agency, no sustainability : conceptualising the loss of agency and how to restore it for sustainability

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Jan Peter Glock; [2017]
    Keywords : agency; unconditional basic income; neoliberalism; insecurity; structural transformation; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Anthropogenic climate change and environmental degradation demand humanity to depart from the growth imperative forming the economic structure of the world. In other words: Structural transformation is needed. READ MORE

  4. 18. Pressure loss characterization for cooling and secondary air system components in gas turbines

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för teknikvetenskap och matematik

    Author : Frida Isaksson; [2017]
    Keywords : Gas turbines; cooling and secondary air system; pressure losses; discharge coefficient; minor loss; one-dimensional modelling;

    Abstract : There is a constant struggle to increase the efficiency in gas turbines, where one method is to have a higher inlet temperature to the turbine. Often, this results in temperatures higher than the critical temperature of the materials, which makes cooling of the components an important part of the turbine. READ MORE

  5. 19. Growing green values : Mapping ecosystem services on urban agricultural sites in Buenos Aires

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

    Author : Kajsa Ignell; Åsa Bugge Marin; [2016]
    Keywords : urban agriculture; Buenos Aires; Argentina; mapping ecosystem services; food security; social inclusion;

    Abstract : Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina, face some of the same problems as all megacities across the world. Increased land-use and a higher amount of built areas in and around the city of Buenos Aires leads to losses in ecosystem services. READ MORE

  6. 20. Coco Beach from city dump to paradise : a design proposal for a public beach in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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

    Author : Mina Karlsson; Emelie Maniette; [2015]
    Keywords : coastal development in Dar es Salaam; landscape architecture; public beach recreation; Coco Beach design proposal; minor field study;

    Abstract : Sub Saharan Africa has during the last decade become the world’s fastest urbanizing region. This change is concentrated to a few metropolitan areas one of them being Dar es Salaam, the largest city of Tanzania. READ MORE