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  1. 1. Planning for Sustainable Development in Fiji: indigenous knowledge, Western knowledge, or something in between?

    University essay from KTH/Urbana och regionala studier

    Author : André Klaassen; [2020]
    Keywords : Climate change; climate crisis; indigenous; indigenous knowledge; Western knowledge; sustainable development; planning; planner; Fiji; bula vakavanua;

    Abstract : Climate change poses paramount challenges to our world. While more developed nations in the West are not without harm, among the hardest hit are vulnerable indigenous islanders in the South Pacific. Without sufficient action, Pacific Island nations might become uninhabitable, or practically disappear, in the near future (Belson, 2018). READ MORE

  3. 2. Challenging the Place Experiment: A critical take on the experiment as an urban planning strategy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Sif Juhl Jacobsen; [2018]
    Keywords : experiment; strategic urban planning; critical urban theory; Copenhagen; Neighborhood Regeneration; entrepreneurialism; governance; disadvantaged urban neighborhoods; re-politicization.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Despite a recent interest among geographers and planners in experiments in and on the city, urban experimentation has yet to be examined critically. This thesis takes on the challenge by conceptualizing the place experiment as hermeneutical, transformative, co-creational and geographically bounded, and further by examining the strategic use of place experiments in municipal urban planning. READ MORE

  4. 3. Solving the Vehicle Routing Problem : using Search-based Methods and PDDL

    University essay from Institutionen för informationsteknologi

    Author : Gösta Agerberg; [2013]
    Keywords : vehicle routing problem; PDDL; search-based methods;

    Abstract : In this project the optimization of transport planning has been studied. The approach was that smaller transport companies do not have the capability to fully optimize their transports. READ MORE

  5. 4. Utsikt från höghastighetståg : om reseupplevelsens krav på landskapet

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

    Author : Agnes Alvarsson Hjort; [2012]
    Keywords : höghastighetsbana; reseupplevelse; Ostlänken; järnväg; anspråk; landskap; landskapsbild; landskapsplanering;

    Abstract : As we travel more and more by train it becomes increasingly important that the time we spend traveling, is of great quality. This has been the foundation of this master thesis and has shaped the outcome of it. READ MORE

  6. 5. Nairobi city journey planner : an online and a mobile application

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : David Kanyari; [2011]
    Keywords : physical geography; GIS; journey planner; Dijkstra algorithm; Nairobi; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Public transport plays a vital role in enabling people to move from one place to another especially in urban areas. The provision of information related to public transportation enables travelers to pre-plan their journeys and even save time that would have been spent asking around or looking for this information from other sources. READ MORE