Essays about: "Carless"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word Carless.

1. 1. In Between the Bridge

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Barbora Havelcová; [2023]
   Keywords : bridge; modular; vertical comunity; reuse; transportational structure; speculative architecture; carless future;

   Abstract : This project is examining the possibility of reusing a space taken by a transportation structure, the Nuselský most, a bridge located in Prague, and speculates about its uses in a carless future.  A bridge structure is perceived as a connection, a shelter, or a barrier, but how can we use the space In Between the Bridge? The project is connecting future living desires with remains from the past and utilizing a structure that might become obsolete while proposing a vertical community for a post-materialistic generation oriented towards health, nature, self-realization, individualism, and sustainability, supporting social interactions in society. READ MORE

3. 2. The voluntary carless and their leisure mobility

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle

   Author : Anton Florén Göransson; [2022-08-17]
   Keywords : Carless; non-car owners; everyday mobility; leisure mobility; sustainable mobility; time geography; constraints;

   Abstract : In the strive to decrease car dependence, novel ways of thinking about mobility is needed. In this regard, much can be learned from those who voluntarily have refrained from car ownership. However, few studies have focused on the leisure mobility habits of this group in particular. READ MORE

4. 3. Who gets hired? : A qualitative study on how person-job fit and person-organization fit factors apply to the employee selection process in small finance companies.

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk och industriell utveckling

   Author : Oskar Bergqvist; Knut Tisell; [2022]
   Keywords : person-environment fit; person-job fit; person-organization fit;

   Abstract : This qualitative study aims to gain a deepened understanding of talent acquisition in small finance companies' selection processes by focusing on person-job and person-organization fit. Talent acquisition is defined as hiring quality candidates that meet the organization's needs (Mathis et al., 2016). READ MORE

5. 4. Nonlinear, not Necessarily Circular, Design for Sustainability

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Industridesign

   Author : Sheida Amiri Rigi; [2021]
   Keywords : Technology and Engineering; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : This project has been an exploration into how sustainability is understood and its challenges framed within design. But the reader undertaking the task of going through this document will find more about carrying in urban transportation which has been the area of application. READ MORE

6. 5. Do we need the car? A qualitative study on the disposal of bulky waste in carless households in Gothenburg

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för ekonomi och samhälle

   Author : Karolina Hull; [2018-06-27]
   Keywords : Carlessness; time-geography; bulky waste; Gothenburg;

   Abstract : Carlessness today can be seen to come with restrictions in mobility as the car has long played a vital role in transport, and consequently affected urban form. Of course, there are many who do live without a car, but certain activities can be proven difficult when in many cases it is predicted that one has a car. READ MORE