Essays about: "landscape laboratory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 29 essays containing the words landscape laboratory.

  1. 1. Barnen & jorden : en designstudie om relationen mellan plats, naturkontakt och miljöengagemang

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

    Author : Linnea Herngren; Josefin Ågren; [2021]
    Keywords : barn; naturkontakt; positiva naturupplevelser; miljöengagemang; leklandskap; samskapande; frihet; miljöerbjudande; platsanknytning; sinnesstimulans; öppen designprocess; socioekologisk design; naturbaserade lösningar;

    Abstract : Miljöpsykologiska teorier belyser att en stark relation till naturliga platser under barndomen kan utvecklas till en omsorg och förståelse för naturen som vuxen. I en tid då människans livsstil hotar jordens naturliga processer, syftar detta arbetet till att utforska hur landskapsarkitekter kan gestalta platser som bidrar till barns naturkontakt. READ MORE

  3. 2. Connecting to nature in pre-school : a study of place experiences in a low-social economic area related to children´s development

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of People and Society

    Author : Amanda Guimarães Gabriel; [2021]
    Keywords : childhood place relations; sense of place in childhood; sense of place in childhood; children s development; outdoor place relations; nature and children s development; learning; low-social economic environments; vulnerable environments; narrative map;

    Abstract : Outdoor environments and nature could positively support pre-school children living in lowsocial economic urban environments. By valuing the role of lived experiences, this research explores how outdoor places and nature could support and counteract the widespread inequities that affect these children. READ MORE

  4. 3. Landscape laboratory Hurlingham-Morón : experimental landscape design for a polluted watercourse in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires

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

    Author : Dag Lindbom; Nelly Theander; [2019]
    Keywords : Buenos Aires; landscape architecture; landscape laboratory; watercourse; evolutionary design; mitigation measure; climate change; NbS; open urban space;

    Abstract : The subject of this master thesis is Arroyo Morón, a watercourse situated in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the limited site for this project is located in the municipalities of Hurlingham and Morón. Present at the site today is the intertwined challenges of flood, pollution and social vulnerability but also the threat of further fragmentation of existing socio-ecological systems. READ MORE

  5. 4. Onsite greywater treatment for reuse at Zandspruit informal settlement in Johannesburg

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

    Author : Tendai H Madzaramba; [2019]
    Keywords : Greywater generation; greywater treatment; greywater reuse; wastewater reuse; informal settlements; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The urban landscape in South Africa is marred by informal settlements. Nearly a quarter of its population lives in shacks and do not have access to sufficient clean water and improved sanitation. The aim of the present study was to ascertain household daily water consumption and quantify the amount of greywater generated at Zandspruit slums. READ MORE

  6. 5. Practicing Coexistence: Entanglements Between Ecology and Curating Art

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

    Author : Essi (Remi) Vesala; [2019]
    Keywords : curating; curatorial; ecology; neoliberalism; soft values; new materialisms; ecological thinking; coexistence; post-fossil fuel; decolonialism;

    Abstract : This thesis formulates ecological thinking in curatorial practices, as a way to act against neoliberal values, far-right politics and find ways to work in a sensitive way in a time of accelerating ecological crisis. The current socio-political landscape, and its oppressive forces, influence profoundly the art world and whole societies at large. READ MORE