Essays about: "importance of nature in human life"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 36 essays containing the words importance of nature in human life.

  1. 16. AGRI-CULTURA URBANA : Sharing hubs of transition in Cortijo de Cuarto in Seville, Spain.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Arkitekthögskolan vid Umeå universitet

    Author : Sharon Pulvino; [2017]
    Keywords : urban sustainable development; rural landscape; agricultural heritage; sustainability; desarrollo urbano sostenible; paisaje rural; patrimonio agrícola;

    Abstract : The modern dichotomy between the urban and the rural is increasingly affected by the superimposition of urbanisation processes on the rural landscape, usually contributing to the disappearance of the agricultural heritage. Thanks to a high degree of awareness towards the necessity of natural capitals in human life, today the interdependence between man and nature is progressively becoming of fundamental importance. READ MORE

  2. 17. Designprinciper vid utformning av utemiljöer för äldre : ett gestaltningsprogram för Sunnanäng äldreboende

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Frida Viksten; [2016]
    Keywords : evidensbaserad design; hälsoträdgårdar; natur som kraftkälla; terapiträdgård; äldreboende;

    Abstract : Att människan mår bra och ökar sin livskvalitet av att vistas i naturen är ingen nyhet. Sedan flera tusen år tillbaka har människan använt naturen i ett hälsofrämjande syfte och trott på dess helande kraft. Idag finns aktuell forskning och kunskaper om hur en hälsofrämjande utemiljö gestaltas för äldre människor. READ MORE

  3. 18. Att stärka naturupplevelser : ett gestaltningsprogram för Angarnsjöängens våtmarksområde

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Ida Olsson; [2016]
    Keywords : friluftsliv; landskapsarkitektur; naturreservat; naturupplevelse; våtmark;

    Abstract : Biodiversity is of great importance. It is the foundation for ecosystem services which contribute to human welfare, purifies air and water and counteract climate change. Ecologically important environments, however, are not always easily discovered. In addition, many of these ecosystems are perceived as messy and structurally deficient. READ MORE

  4. 19. Light induced textile substrate with switchable and reversible wettability : Development of a switchability and reversibility effect between hydrophobic and hydrophilic states on a polyamide-66 textile substrate

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Rosalinda Sardo Infirri; [2016]
    Keywords : Polyamide-66; Titanium dioxide; Silicone; Zinc oxide; Azobenzene; Switchability; Reversibility; Hydrophobic; Hydrophilic;

    Abstract : Biomimicry means literally ‘imitation of life’ and is providing sustainable solutions for challenges that are occurring in the human lives. To date, the biomimic research reports that wettability in nature, e.g. READ MORE

  5. 20. Coming to terms with precaution – On the indications and implications of a norm of precaution in international environmental law and in the law of the European Convention on Human Rights

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Julia Hellström; [2015]
    Keywords : folkrätt; public international law; internationell miljörätt; international environmental law; mänskliga rättigheter; international human rights law; försiktighetsprincipen; the principle of precaution; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Although public international law is sometimes referred to as the global legal order, its various disciplines are often considered in isolation. It is therefore interesting to investigate the relationships between the disciplines, because if they are too distant, it may be hard to claim that public international law is a single legal order. READ MORE