Essays about: "Murray"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 38 essays containing the word Murray.

  1. 1. Reconnecting Gävle’s Delta : a post-industrial urban transformation project for Sweden’s coastal landscape

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Rachel Murray; [2023]
    Keywords : resilience; blue-green infrastructure; nature-based solutions; flooding; brownfield development; post-industrial urban development; landscape architecture; urban planning; climate adaptation; water-sensitive urban design; urban ecology;

    Abstract : This speculative design-led research project addresses the challenges of transforming dilapidated post-industrial brownfield sites into thriving, sustainable, resilient urban neighbourhoods. Tasked with allocating urban growth, municipality planning departments increasingly look towards underused but centrally located industrial sites for future development. READ MORE

  3. 2. Möte med dagsljus : en landskapsarkitektonisk studie på upplevelsen av dagsljus i urbana rum och landskap

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

    Author : Elsa Bally; [2022]
    Keywords : dagsljus; färg; material; rumslighet; landskapsupplevelse; naturligt ljus;

    Abstract : Det här arbetet är sprunget ur ett intresse för människans relation till det estetiska landskapet och uppsatsens avsikt är att undersöka hur det, i landskapsarkitekturen, kanske förbisedda elementet dagsljus påverkar upplevelsen av fysiska miljöer ur ett estetiskt och visuellt perspektiv. Ämnet angrips med en konstnärligt, såväl som akademiskt utforskande metod för vilken Murray Frasers idéer om design research ligger till grund (2013). READ MORE

  4. 3. On Modelling Ancillary Services Markets: A Time Series Approach

    University essay from KTH/Matematik (Avd.)

    Author : Erik Murray; [2022]
    Keywords : ARIMA; SARIMA; GARCH; load balancing; ancillary services; electrical grids; FCR-D; ARIMA; SARIMA; GARCH; lastbalans; stödtjänster; kraftnät; FCR-D 2;

    Abstract : So-called ancillary services (AS) have always been critically important for the functioning of an electrical grid, and are becoming even more so with the advent of renewable energy sources. Ancillary services are traded on open markets, and trading on these markets is arguably even more difficult to model than on traditional markets. READ MORE

  5. 4. Constructing the Ideal Parent in Post-Genocide Rwanda : Social Engineering and Informality in Kigali Settlements after Genocide

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

    Author : Amanda Palacios; [2022]
    Keywords : Post-Genocide Rwanda; Informal Settlements; Social Engineering; Governmentality; Parenting Culture; Genocide Studies; Anthropology of Post-Genocide;

    Abstract : Previous studies of post-genocide Rwanda illutrates how nation-building and the government’s urgency to break with the past results in aims to rearrange society in order to prevent further violence and hostility. Developmental aims are also embedded in the broader project of post-genocide nation-building, adapted to promote a new and improved way of life after the genocide. READ MORE

  6. 5. Clothes Make the (Wo)man: A Qualitative Study on the Construction and Expression of a Green Identity through Second-Hand Clothing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Julia Deutschen; Gloria Moll; [2021]
    Keywords : Identity Construction; Green Identity; Sustainability; Second-Hand Clothing; Sustainable Fashion Alternatives; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Thesis Purpose: This study aims to deepen the understanding of green identity construction and expression among female Gen Z consumers in relation to second-hand clothing. Theoretical Perspective: By applying a sociological and a consumer perspective, identity construction and sustainability act as two research domains in which this study is positioned. READ MORE