Essays about: "climate change in city"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 357 essays containing the words climate change in city.

  1. 21. Klimatsäkring av riksintressanta hamnar : en fallstudie om Helsingborgs hamn och dess framtid

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

    Author : Alexander Larsson; [2023]
    Keywords : klimatförändringar; klimatanpassningar; resiliens; hamn; Helsingborg;

    Abstract : Sveriges näst största containerhamn, Helsingborgs hamn, hotas av höjda havsnivåer vilket kan leda till att verksamheten med containrar inte kan bedrivas redan år 2035. Detta innebär en stor risk för störningar i försörjningskedjor och kan få kaskadeffekter på samhället. READ MORE

  3. 22. Energy audit of a single-family house in a city in the middle of Sweden

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Energisystem och byggnadsteknik

    Author : Daniela Valentina García Gimeno; [2023]
    Keywords : energy audit; building energy efficiency; building envelope; renewable sources; windows efficiency; insulation of houses in Sweden;

    Abstract : The world is currently submerged in two big problems: supply energy crisis and climate change. It is clear that society has to do its best to overcome these challenges, and one effective way to mitigate their effects is by conducting an energy audit, which helps to identify the weaknesses and strengths of the buildings, enabling improvements in their thermal efficiency. READ MORE

  4. 23. Freight Transport in the Car-Free City : Towards a more sustainable urban freight sector

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Melisa Marta; [2023]
    Keywords : Car-free city; sustainable urban freight transport; urban consolidation center; cargo bicycles;

    Abstract : Freight transport of goods is an indispensable part of everyday life. Without it there would be no delivery of products such as food, water, construction material, technology, furniture, clothes and society, as we know it today, would collapse.  However, there are more and less sustainable ways of transporting goods. READ MORE

  5. 24. Storm Water Management with BlueGreen Infrastructure in Urban Planning : A case-study in Krokom, Sweden

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för naturvetenskap, design och hållbar utveckling (2023-)

    Author : Lena Suleiko Allansson; [2023]
    Keywords : Sustainable drainage system SuDS ; nature-based solutions; ecosystem services; urban water management; climate change adaption;

    Abstract : As changing climate and growing urban populations present new challenges for managing both the quantity and the quality of storm waterin cities, nature-based solutions such as blue-green infrastructure arebecoming widely considered as an alternative to grey infrastructure. The benefits, above providing storm water management at a lower cost, are increased ecosystem services. READ MORE

  6. 25. Bengaluru burning

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Mahima Moolbharati; [2023]
    Keywords : heatwave vulnerability; sustainability science; critical urban theory; neoliberalism; gentrification; postcolonialism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate-changed induced extreme events like heatwaves have become increasingly critical issues in urban India. Rapidly growing cities are vulnerable to adverse effects of heatwaves exacerbated by inequalities embedded in urbanisation. READ MORE