Essays about: "Urban visibility"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 43 essays containing the words Urban visibility.
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6. Along the paths of berry pickers : ascertaining the roles and positions of seasonal migrant berry pickers in Sweden through Swedish media
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Sweden is one of the northern European countries that receive seasonal migrant labour annually from Thai and free/tourist pickers for wild-berry picking in rural northern forests and lands of Sweden. Both Thai and free/tourist pickers are subjected to different irregularities and unfair labour conditions within the Swedish wild-berries industry. READ MORE
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7. POSTCOLONIAL DISSENT SCENOGRAPHY: setting civic scene, building urban voice, new societies prototyping facilitation for Tensta.
University essay from KTH/ArkitekturAbstract : Urban space is a product of power relations and negotiations in society. Who gets represented and monumentalised in it, you? One is being formed and deformed by the environment they are placed into through the way it functions and suggests certain actions in a particular sequence, through the power distribution in its spatial equivalent. READ MORE
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8. Gender Equal Cities - An empirical analysis of Vienna and Bratislava
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografiAbstract : This thesis set out to examine the level of gender equality in the urban landscapes of Vienna and Bratislava based on the urban experiences on the women living in the cities. Vienna and Bratislava are part of the Vienna-Bratislava metropolitan area, which exhibits not only a close proximity (60km) but also a close economic cooperation. READ MORE
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9. The New Skyline of Berlin : A 3D GIS shadow and visibility analysis at the Alexanderplatz
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografiAbstract : The capital of Germany Berlin will undergo a change in its skyline in the next few years.Due to a new housing policy that allows the construction of higher buildings, Berlinwill soon have several skyscrapers over 130 m high directly at Alexanderplatz as wellas next the Berlin landmark, the Berlin TV Tower. READ MORE
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10. Dagvatten som resurs för kulturella ekosystemtjänster i staden : en undersökning av två multifunktionella dagvattenprojekt i Uppsala
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Multifunktionell dagvattenhantering anses vara ett av samtidens svar på den översvämningsproblematik som uppstått i städer till följd av klimatförändringarna. Öppna dagvattenlösningar kan beroende på sin utformning leverera, förutom reglerande ekosystemtjänster, även kulturella sådana som exempelvis rekreation och estetiska upplevelser. READ MORE