Essays about: "Los Angeles"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 38 essays containing the words Los Angeles.

  1. 26. Remote Sensing for Analysis of Relationships between Land Cover and Land Surface Temperature in Ten Megacities

    University essay from KTH/Geodesi och geoinformatik

    Author : Maria Bobrinskaya; [2012]
    Keywords : LULC; LST; urban remote sensing; megacities;

    Abstract : Urbanization is one of the most significant phenomena of the anthropogenic influence on the Earth’s environment. One of the principal results of the urbanization is the creation of megacities, with their local climate and high impact on the surrounding area. READ MORE

  3. 27. Fetishism and Displacement in John Fante's The Road to Los Angeles

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Adam Kilic; [2012]
    Keywords : John Fante; The Road to Los Angeles; fetishism; scopophilia; voyeurism; Freud; semiotics;

    Abstract : The Road to Los Angeles, the first novel written by Italian-American author John Fante, is most often recognized as a tale concerned with Italian-American alienation, xenophobia and existence on the periphery of mainstream society. This essay, however, aims to analyze the novel from the viewpoint of fetishism. READ MORE

  4. 28. Variation in rock quality between metamorphic domains in the lower levels of the Eastern Segment, Sveconorwegian Province

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Linda Lundgren; [2012]
    Keywords : rock quality; microDeval test; Los Angeles test; studded tyre test; quantitative analyses; Los Angelesvärde; kulkvarnsvärde; microDevalvärde; bergkvalitet; kvantitativa analyser; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning: Variationer i bergkvalitet hos gnejser i Halland, sydvästra Sverige För att kunna förklara variationer i bergkvalitet hos hög metamorfa gnejser i Halland, sydvästra Sverige, har tolv gnejser från området undersökts både kvantitativt och kvalitativt. Tanken är att de kvalitativa resultaten, fält- och tunnslipsbeskrivningar, ska kunna användas som prospekteringsverktyg för aggregat till väg och järnväg. READ MORE

  5. 29. Aerosol light absorption measurement techniques : a comparison of methods from field data and laboratory experimentation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Christine Walsh; [2012]
    Keywords : filter-based correction; difference method; in-situ techniques; filter-based instruments; absorption; physical geography; aerosol; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Popular science Currently, there is a global drive to better understand the influences behind our changing climate. With each passing decade, the world has observed dramatic changes in weather patterns, seasonal temperatures, and our surrounding natural environments. READ MORE

  6. 30. Time-Space Flexibility @ Work: Analyzing the “Anywhere and Anytime Office” in the Entertainment, New Media and Arts Sector

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Leila De Castro Valoura; [2011]
    Keywords : time-space flexibility: ethnology; boundaries; routines; entertainment; telework; new media and arts; etnologi; ethnography; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis focuses on flexible work, known as telework, that is done through the use of information communication technology (ICT) devices in the entertainment, new media and arts sector. Fieldwork was conducted with independent professionals who work either as a producer / director, editor or motion graphic artist for the entertainment, new media and arts sector in the Los Angeles area. READ MORE