Essays about: "Industrial soil"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 79 essays containing the words Industrial soil.

  1. 1. Come/post : A Playful Contribution to Rehabilitate Soil

    University essay from Konstfack/Industridesign

    Author : Björk Gunnbjörnsdóttir; [2020]
    Keywords : design; play; compost; soil; food waste; climate change; consumerism; environmental awareness; food health; circularity; sustainability; hönnun; sjálfbærni; molta; leikur; moltugerð; neysluhyggja; matarsóun; design; kompostering; matavfall; lek; hållbarhet;

    Abstract : In this project I will explore food waste and how we can study and partake in nature’s ecosystem, in our daily lives, using a playful approach. One-third of all food produced in the world is wasted. Our systems encourage consumeristic behaviours and wastefulness, they encourage exponential growth in preference to circularity. READ MORE

  3. 2. Distribution and mobilization of heavy metals at an acid mine drainage-affected region, South China

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

    Author : Chen Luo; [2020]
    Keywords : acid mine drainage; arsenic; cadmium; geochemical modeling; heavy metals; lead; principal component analysis;

    Abstract : Dabaoshan Mine Site (DMS) is the biggest polymetallic mine in South China. The Hengshi River receives acid mine drain (AMD) waste leaching from the tailings pond and run-off from the treatment plant which flows into the Wengjiang River, Beijiang River, before discharging into the Pearl River. READ MORE

  4. 3. Saving resources through smart farming : An IoT experiment study

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för programvaruteknik; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för programvaruteknik

    Author : Susanne Jonarv Hultgren; Philip Tennevall; [2019]
    Keywords : Internet Of Things IoT ; Agriculture; Raspberry Pi; Sensors;

    Abstract : Context: Smart farming, agritech, is growing in popularity and is starting to develop rapidly with some already existing technology that is implemented in agriculture for both industrial and private use. Objectives: The goal of this thesis is to investigate the benefits and issues with implementing technology in agriculture, agritech. READ MORE

  5. 4. Revitalising urban landscape : strategies and visions for the railway loop of Riga

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

    Author : Inta Vaska; [2019]
    Keywords : railway infrastructure; brownfields; wastelands; industrial lands; post-industrial landscape; soil polution; phytoremediation; noise mitigation;

    Abstract : lmost two centuries ago technological progress together with a growth of manufacturing rapidly changed the way how we organise our cities and infrastructure. Transport, especially railways, gained a dominant role as very efficient way to transport goods and people. READ MORE

  6. 5. Land reclamation by reindeer lichens : On the complexity of substrate and reindeer grazing on Cladonia spp. dispersal

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Christine Godeau; [2019]
    Keywords : Artificial dispersal Quartzite quarry; Reindeer lichens; Reindeer winter grazing; Substrate.;

    Abstract : Reindeer lichens are on a dramatic decline in Sweden, with a 71 % decrease in abundance over the last 60 years. Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus L.) management, undertaken by indigenous Sámi people, depend upon extensive winter grazing grounds with abundant reindeer lichen cover. READ MORE