Essays about: "Los Angeles"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 38 essays containing the words Los Angeles.

  1. 21. Fractal or Scaling Analysis of Natural Cities Extracted from Open Geographic Data Sources

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för Industriell utveckling, IT och Samhällsbyggnad

    Author : KUAN-YU HUANG; [2015]
    Keywords : Open geographic data; box counting fractal dimension; head tail breaks classification; lacunarity; natural cities;

    Abstract : A city consists of many elements such as humans, buildings, and roads. The complexity of cities is difficult to measure using Euclidean geometry. In this study, we use fractal geometry (scaling analysis) to measure the complexity of urban areas. We observe urban development from different perspectives using the bottom-up approach. READ MORE

  3. 22. System Integration of PV/T Collectors in Solar Cooling Systems

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Energiteknik

    Author : Arash Ghaghazanian; [2015]
    Keywords : PV T; Solar cooling; Dubai; New Delhi; Cape Town; Los Angeles; Fractional primary energy saving; net metering; Adsorption; TDC; Polysun; Solar fraction; chiller;

    Abstract : The demand for cooling and air-conditioning of building is increasingly ever growing. This increase is mostly due to population and economic growth in developing countries, and also desire for a higher quality of thermal comfort. READ MORE

  4. 23. Comparative study of established test methods for aggregate strength and durability of Archean rocks from Botswana

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Stålheim Jessica; [2014]
    Keywords : Los Angeles value; aggregate crushing value; aggregate impact value; 10 percent aggregate crushing value test; mean grain size; mean grain size distribution;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Comparative study of established test methods for aggregate strength and durabilityof Archean rocks from Botswana In the current situation, river sand is used for building of roads and as raw material forconcrete in Botswana. River sand is a finite resource and important to preserve as itacts as natural water purification, groundwater aquifer and protection against soil erosion. READ MORE

  5. 24. The Urban Spaces of fear : How the perceived spaces in Rio de Janeiro contribute to urban exclusion and fortification.

    University essay from Latinamerika-institutet

    Author : Erick Modén; [2013]
    Keywords : Urban fortification; urban exclusion; scanscape; Rio de Janeiro; Los Angeles; drug war; gated communities; social spaces; abstract spaces.;

    Abstract : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s second biggest city is both seen as a leisurely paradise and a dangerous drug-warzone at the same time, two contra-dictory spatial images. In Rio de Janeiro, the urban conflict between the rich, formal city and the favela and the police and the favela has produced an abstract spatial image of the favela and its residents as being violent. READ MORE

  6. 25. Trädgårdsdesign i södra Kalifornien

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

    Author : Daniel Nilsson; [2013]
    Keywords : Kalifornien; Trädgårdsdesign; Modernismen; Thomas Church; Garrett Eckbo;

    Abstract : Trädgårdar är inte bara till för den visuella upplevelsen utan handlar även om den fysiska användningen. Det kulturella sättet att se på trädgård utvecklas över tid i Kalifornien. READ MORE