Essays about: "Alternative urban design method"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 essays containing the words Alternative urban design method.
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1. Ice Cold Urban Planning : A Literature Review on Challenges and Strategies in Designing Sustainable Winter Cities
University essay from KTH/Skolan för arkitektur och samhällsbyggnad (ABE)Abstract : Designing winter cities after the conditions of the winter weather entails unique challenges that require urban planning that is adapted to the specific conditions. One challenge is enabling transportation and accessibility despite heavy snowfall and slippery road surfaces. READ MORE
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2. Storm Water Management with BlueGreen Infrastructure in Urban Planning : A case-study in Krokom, Sweden
University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, design och hållbar utveckling (2023-)Abstract : As changing climate and growing urban populations present new challenges for managing both the quantity and the quality of storm waterin cities, nature-based solutions such as blue-green infrastructure arebecoming widely considered as an alternative to grey infrastructure. The benefits, above providing storm water management at a lower cost, are increased ecosystem services. READ MORE
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3. Towards a new aesthetics of care : a critical reading of Nassauer’s cues to care
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Joan Nassauer’s concept of cues to care has been influential within landscape design since her seminal essay Messy Ecosystems, Orderly Frames was published in 1995 and her research is often used to justify the need for marking landscapes as owned, although there have been critical voices too. The enduring popularity of cues to care as a design method is due to how open it is to interpretation, and this thesis examines various landscape interventions that can be classed as cues to care, both explicitly and implicitly. READ MORE
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4. Coliving - Transition towards sustainability : A comparable case study of coliving and single-living
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomiAbstract : Background Modern capitalist societies have consumption at the core of their social and economic activities. This is one of the underlying problems that sustainability is facing. READ MORE
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5. Stångebroparken : gestaltning av en rekreativ stadspark på Stångebrofältet i Linköping med landskapsplanteringar och långsiktig förvaltning
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Examensarbetets frö sattes utifrån vårt intresse att gestalta i samklang med växters naturliga beteenden och dynamik. Vi har noterat hur sårbar vegetation kan vara i urbana miljöer och engagerades därför till att gestalta med robusta planteringar som tål klimatförändringar och bidrar med biologisk mångfald. READ MORE
