Essays about: "community GIS"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 50 essays containing the words community GIS.
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1. Using a GIS to enable an economic, land use and energy output comparison between small wind powered turbines and large-scale wind farms: the case of Oslo, Norway.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Responding to an identified knowledge gap, the study aims to determine if smaller wind turbines located on top of existing urban buildings are more resource efficient (land utilization and economically) than large scale wind farms. To answer this question, using a GIS, the resource efficiency of the Roan wind farm in Northern Norway was compared to a theoretical modeled installation of small-scale wind turbines on top of buildings within a 2km radius study zone in central Oslo. READ MORE
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2. Den återhämtningskvalitativa modellen : ett analysverktyg med syfte att synliggöra restorativa värden i landskapet
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Examensarbetets syfte är att skapa en modell som kan användas vid landskapsplanering för att identifiera restorativa naturliga vardagslandskap. Modellen ska vara förankrad i forskning och ska av yrkesverksamma vara lättanvänd i praktiken. READ MORE
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3. Intermediate Community Use during Brownfield Remediation Phytoremediation’s Applicability Analysis in the Post-Industrial City of Malmö
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : The general understanding of brownfield is a contaminated site often due to former industrial occupation. Brownfields are the environmental issue and redevelopment target in post-industrial cities, and the situation of Malmö, a former industrial city, is no exception. READ MORE
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4. Investigating catchwork water-meadows as a social-ecological conservation opportunity with focus on Jämtland
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaperAbstract : Wetlands are crucial for respecting the planetary boundaries and reaching the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, but wetland areas in Sweden has decreased significantly. The need for restoration, stronger protection, and land-sharing opportunities requires exploration of the subsistence practices involving wetlands in the past. READ MORE
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5. Orð Víkinganna. The level and scale of literacy in the Viking World : The cases of Birka and Sigtuna.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : This thesis aims to study the level and scale of literacy as it expanded in Viking towns during the 8th-12th century. In order to get an understanding of this spread, I have worked with two case-studies of Viking towns, as they were founded and prospered during and by the end of the Viking Age in Sweden; the town of Birka located in Björkö Island in Lake Mälaren, and the town of Sigtuna located in the province of Uppland, in central Sweden. READ MORE