Essays about: "Project Closure"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 47 essays containing the words Project Closure.

  1. 11. The implementation of cost-effective road space reallocation measures : A case study from Sydney, Australia

    University essay from KTH/Transportplanering

    Author : John Parnell; [2021]
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    Abstract : There are growing global trends to reduce private vehicle usership due to environmental andsocial responsibilities. This coincides with similar trends towards promoting active transport(cycling and walking) and public transport usership. READ MORE

  3. 12. Solutions to Close an Informal Dumpsite in Debre Berhan, Ethiopia

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser

    Author : Emma Bark; Malin Jonsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Informal Dumpsite; Ethiopia; Debre Berhan; Developing Countries; Closure Methods; Solid Waste Management;

    Abstract : The rapid urbanisation in developing countries has outran the deployed financial and manpower resources that are supposed to handle public utility services in cities. One important service is solid waste management. READ MORE

  4. 13. Using leaf economics to find appropriate woody species for rain gardens

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

    Author : Sanna Ignell; [2020]
    Keywords : leaf economics; woody vegetation; urban vegetation; rain garden; waterlogging; flooding; plasticity; specific leaf area; leaf traits; l;

    Abstract : Urban rainwater management faces great challenges in the future, caused by expected increase in precipitation and frequency of storms associated with climate change. Constructions such as rain gardens may be a mean for adaptation to, as well as mitigation of these effects. READ MORE

  5. 14. Whose Right to Urban Nature? A case study of Old Tidemill Wildlife Garden in Deptford, south-east London

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Alexander Deisinger-Murray; [2019]
    Keywords : Urban nature; urban political ecology; critical urban theory; community activism; public green space; working-class politics;

    Abstract : This exploratory research project explores the production and use, and subsequent closure and eviction of the community-designed and managed Old Tidemill Wildlife Garden in Deptford – a predominantly working-class area in south-east London. This community garden played a key role in the lives of many local residents and its closure and subsequent demolition to make way for a large housing project drew a significant backlash from local residents which included protests, law-suits, and the occupation of the garden itself. READ MORE

  6. 15. A redesign of a pedestrian passage in Skärholmen Centrum : - variation on modernism´s theory of functional color

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Marta Dydek; [2019]
    Keywords : color in architecture; modernism; shopping mall; public space;

    Abstract : Original project of Skärholmen was composed of a system of public spaces, but this was `broken´  by the closure of the connection between the two squares in 1986. Street between shopping buildings became part of the shoping mall. READ MORE