Essays about: "informal urban green spaces"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words informal urban green spaces.
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1. Promoting a better public health quality with urban green space in an informal settlement, Bogota, Colombia
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : Heat waves, rising temperatures, air pollution, and loss of biodiversity are examples of issues that will and are already rising due to climate change. The urban environment is one that continues to steadily grow at the cost of natural vegetation in the city, and this will only worsen with population growth. READ MORE
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2. Ekologisk kompensation - Att balansera stad och natur : ett gestaltningsförslag
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : In Uppsala, Sweden, there is a proposal for a new in-depth comprehensive plan (fördjupad översiktsplan) for southeastern Uppsala that proposes a new train station, a dense development of approximately 21,500 new homes and 10,000–15,000 new jobs. The project area is located in a place with valuable nature, from both an ecological and recreational point of view. READ MORE
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3. Lekplatser för barn och biologisk mångfald : en fallstudie kring sambandet mellan barns lekmiljöer och livsmiljöer för växter och djur
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : Tillgången till mångfunktionella utemiljöer med ett flertal ekosystemtjänster är efterfrågat i stadsplaneringen. En sådan möjlighet undersöks i det här examensarbetet genom att besvara frågeställningen kring hur sambandet ser ut mellan barns lekmiljöer och livsmiljöer för växter och djur. READ MORE
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4. Development of a GIS methodology to evaluate informal urban green areas for inclusion in a community governance program
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Informal green spaces are “small green areas” which are some square meter plots along streets or in junctions, in front of public or private buildings. Informal urban green space become or remain in neglected condition due to the lack of capacity of the municipality to maintain them. READ MORE
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5. Greening Potosí : making use of green infrastructure in a dense, informal settlement of Bogotá
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : Today more people are living in urban areas than in rural and the global trend of urbanization is rapidly increasing. In Colombia, around 76 per cent of the population is living in urban areas, most of them in the capital city Bogotá. READ MORE