Essays about: "urban water supply thesis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the words urban water supply thesis.

  1. 1. Upscaling agroecology in Sweden : a participatory-backcasting approach to investigate top-down measures for promoting an agroecological transition of the Swedish agricultural system

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Pablo Ratti; [2023]
    Keywords : Agroecology; transition; top-down; scenario; participatory policies;

    Abstract : Alongside its important contribution to the increase of yields, industrial agriculture has also generated environmental, social and economical negative side effects. Moreover, the forecasted growth of the world’s population puts more pressure for solutions on how to increase food supply while reducing the negative effects of the current agricultural system. READ MORE

  3. 2. Developing a Geographical Information System for a water and sewer network, for monitoring, identification and leak repair - Case study: Municipal Water Company of Naoussa, Greece

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Konstantinos Sourlamtas; [2023]
    Keywords : Water and sewer network; GIS; UAV; surveying; photogrammetry; orthophoto; geodatabase; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis presents the design and implementation of a Geographic Information System (GIS) for the Naoussa Municipality Water and Sewer Company for better water utility management. The methodology contained field data collection like the valves, sewer manholes, hydrometers, and hydrants in two ways, UAV photogrammetry, and traditional surveying, the georeferencing process, photogrammetric processing, the digitization of old paper maps and the geodatabase design. READ MORE

  4. 3. Regenerativ design vid förtätning av befintliga stadsdelar : möjligheter och svårigheter i fallet Lövholmen

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

    Author : Anna Lundström; [2021]
    Keywords : regenerativ design; regenerative systems landscapes; förtätning; antropocentrism; ekocentrism; landskapsarkitektur; stadsbyggnadshistoria;

    Abstract : I uppsatsen diskuteras två olika stadsbyggnadsideal som båda har anspråk på ekologisk hållbarhet, det rådande förtätningsidealet och den regenerativa designens visioner om ett stadsbyggande som baseras på ekosystemens cirkulära principer. De två idealen antas utgå från olika teoretiska premisser, det förra ses som sprungen ut ett antropocentriskt perspektiv och det senare ut ett ekocentriskt. READ MORE

  5. 4. Zero Acreage Farming: Modular aeroponics system to grow globe tomatoes in household rooftops of Stockholm.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Rahul Kishorekumar; [2021]
    Keywords : Acreage farming; geoponics; urban resilience; sustainability; food system; climate change;

    Abstract : Climate change and rapid urbanization have caused several vulnerabilities for the global food system, and alternative farming methods are required to solve this ongoing crisis. Zero acreage farming can be a sustainable farming a to geoponics, as it is developing worldwide, and in Stockholm, this provides an opportunity to produce food year-round. READ MORE

  6. 5. Behind the tap : an analysis of Kenya’s Water Act 2016

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

    Author : Elvis Bahati Orlendo; [2019]
    Keywords : Water Act 2016; WPR approach; problematisations; governmentality; discourse;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis is to analyze Kenya’s 2016 Water Act and to describe the tensions and conflicts that have emerged from the launch and implementation of the Water Act 2016. More specifically the thesis highlights what the Act represents and defines as the major problem(s) with regards to how Kenya’s water resources, supply and services should be managed, developed and regulated. READ MORE