Essays about: "A life in a metropolitan city"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words A life in a metropolitan city.

  1. 1. Den post-pandemiska staden : covid-19 och möjliga effekter av nutida svenska stadsbyggnadstrender

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

    Author : Linnéa Saiduddin; [2022]
    Keywords : Stadsbyggnad; Covid-19; Landskapsarkitektur; Förtätning; Arbetsplats; Kontor; Bostad; Grön infrastruktur;

    Abstract : Denna litteraturstudie undersöker om man bland forskare och experter håller det sannolikt att Covid-19 kan förväntas påverka nutida stadsbyggnadstrender då rådande pandemi medfört en högre grad av distansarbete samt potentiellt förändrade flyttmönster och boendepreferenser. Tidigare trender som på ett nationellt och globalt plan har varit aktuella är ekologisk, ekonomisk och social hållbarhet med fokus på klimatet men pandemin kan ha belyst vissa krav om att framtida städers utformning måste prioritera folkhälsan, detta kan kollidera med den aktuella trenden förtätning. READ MORE

  3. 2. Third space for children

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

    Author : Jaisudha Nandakumar; [2020]
    Keywords : Child Friendly Cities Initiative; Children s right in cities; nurturing spaces; Arts and Architecture; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis is a study of the public social life of children in an urban environment and of implementation of techniques and tools that would transform urban spaces in a typically large metropolitan city into a child friendly space. The common conception of children as the future citizen rather than as active citizens have lead to completely ignoring the needs of children during the designing process in many cities. READ MORE

  4. 3. Infinite surface : An extended reflection on the estrangement of the modern subject

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Mohammad Munib Rehman; [2020]
    Keywords : modernity; estrangement; urban; culture; aesthetics;

    Abstract :   This work is a string of essays that aesthetically frames estrangement as the quintessential experience of modern culture. Accordingly, detachment and distance are themes that persist throughout these essays. They weave their way through the cultural, social, psychological, and spatial dimensions of modern life, but at a tentative remove. READ MORE

  5. 4. Water Dilemma in Isfahan and International Tourists’ effect on it

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Turismvetenskap

    Author : Sheyma Karimi; [2019]
    Keywords : Tourism Industry; International Tourists; Water Scarcity; Water Management; Climate Change;

    Abstract : Tourism is one of the leading industries, in terms of international trading between countries. In addition to receipts received at destinations, international tourism has also generated US$211 billion in exports through international passenger transport services. The study is conducted in Isfahan, a city in center of Iran. READ MORE

  6. 5. Analysis of urban ecosystem condition indicators for the large urban zones and city cores in EU : threshold assessment and exploration of the relation to ecosystem services through the application of G.I.S

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Christina Kourdounouli; [2018]
    Keywords : geography; GIS; EU; urban atlas; larger urban zone; city core; urban ecosystem; ecosystem condition indicator; urban green space; impervious surface; natural area; agricultural area; protected area; abandoned area; number of inhabitants per area; artificial area per inhabitant; urban ecosystem condition indicator thresholds; ecosystem services; recreation opportunity spectrum; NO2 removal by urban vegetation; urban heat island effect; cluster analysis; precipitation; temperature; climate adaptation; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : As almost three out of four EU citizens live in urban areas and this number is expected to further grow, studies on urban ecosystems and their services are crucial to understand a city’s environmental structure and capabilities. The European Commission has published a relative report which suggests an urban ecosystem condition indicator framework, yet without suggesting respective thresholds that might indicate a “desired” environmental condition of the city. READ MORE