Essays about: "aesthetic impacts"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 15 essays containing the words aesthetic impacts.

  1. 1. Reforming Consumption Habits Through Product Design : Design for Sustainable Development through prolonging product lifetime

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Johanna Jonsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Product attachment; Product replacement; Product longevity; Emotional design; Planned obsolescence; Perceived obsolescence; Lifetime optimization; Ethical consumerism; Timeless design;

    Abstract : This study, that is a research and product development process, is based on sustainable development and the negative impacts of the growing consumption, and wear-and-tear habits of today’s society. The way we handle our resources, from mine to landfill cause devastating effects on the climate. READ MORE

  3. 2. Multifaceted municipal pop-up planning : A case-study analysis of Vancouver, Canada and Stockholm, Sweden

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : Britta Josephson; Sarah Ochitwa; [2021]
    Keywords : pop-up planning; temporary urbanism; governance; municipal planning; democracy; social justice; Vancouver; Stockholm; strategic planning; public space; pop-up planering; temporär urbanism; governance; kommunal planering; demokrati; social rättvisa; Vancouver; Stockholm; strategisk planering; offentliga platser;

    Abstract : This thesis is born out of a desire to better understand the intentions and implications behind a contemporary planning approach we term ‘pop-up planning’. This approach can be viewed as legitimized planning institutions borrowing aesthetic and practice from citizen-led, do-it-yourself urban initiatives which act to improve public space through often tactical or temporary means. READ MORE

  4. 3. Meanings of Clothing Consumption for Identity Construction - Comparing Fast Fashion and Slow Fashion Consumers for Sustainability Purposes

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Sara Georgsson; Johansson Hanna; [2020-06-16]
    Keywords : consumer culture theory; CCT; symbolic meanings; identity construction; sustainable consumption; fast fashion; slow fashion; clothing;

    Abstract : Drawing from literature on identity construction, consumption meanings, consumer culture and fashion consumption, the aim of this study is to compare the conception of clothing consumption of fast fashion and slow fashion consumers, and to develop a broader understanding regarding how consumer culture and symbolic meanings influence identity construction. In times of growing consumption and large negative environmental impacts of the fashion industry, the objective is to provide important implications for how the clothing industry could promote slow fashion behavior rather than fast fashion by creating more sustainable identity meanings for consumers to seek out. READ MORE

  5. 4. ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF STORMWATER MANAGEMENT : Case study: Cost-effectiveness evaluation of Proposition O projects

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik

    Author : Adrian Mahdian; [2020]
    Keywords : BMP; SWM; Stormwater; Stormwater management; Cost effectiveness; Cost-effectiveness; Green Infrastructure; Socio Ecological systems; Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems; GI; SES; SUDS; SCM; Water quality; Proposition O; Urban Runoff;

    Abstract : Stormwater Management (SWM) or Best management practices (BMPs) treat the stormwater runoff that carries pollutants. Pollutants in the waters and in the stormwater, negatively impact the environment, the ecology, and natural resources. Stormwater Control Measures (SCM) are used in different projects to improve water quality and quantity. READ MORE

  6. 5. Optimization of the pressurization system of the Themis reusable rocket first stage demonstrator

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : ROMAIN MABBOUX; [2020]
    Keywords : Pressurization system; optimization; launcher; Themis 3; Trycksättningssystem; optimering; bärraketer; Themis 3;

    Abstract : The design of complex systems such as a launcher, or subsystems like its pressurization system, is known to be fastidious and expensive especially in the space domain. However, the recent emergence of new actors in this domain has been a game changer, binding these systems to fulfil more and more requirements (cheap, efficient, rapidly produced, aesthetic, environmentally friendly…) in order to compete with the market. READ MORE