Essays about: "mountain area"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 126 essays containing the words mountain area.

  1. 1. Changes in July albedo and its relationship with EVI over the last two decades in the Swedish alpine region

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Vera Grönvik Hende; [2023]
    Keywords : Shortwave albedo; Enhanced Vegetation Index EVI ; Alpine vegetation; Scandes; Surface albedo feedback; MODIS; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Vegetation in the subarctic is expected to respond to climate warming as its growth becomes less temperature limited. This has previously been recorded in the form of treeline advances and increasing shrub cover. Changes in vegetation cover may accelerate warming due to a decrease in summer albedo, in what is termed surface albedo feedback. READ MORE

  3. 2. Travel behavior of mountain bikers: : A case study on sustainable transportation choices

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för ekonomi, geografi, juridik och turism

    Author : Henk Högemann; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Bearing in mind that the car as a mode of transportation is responsible for more than one third of all tourism-related emissions worldwide and that a growing number of destinations offer mountain biking as nature-based tourism product, it becomes relevant to investigate mountain bikers with regarding their travel behavior. Therefore, the aim of this master thesis is to understand the transportation mode choice behavior of mountain bike (MTB) tourists when engaging in mountain bike specific vacation. READ MORE

  4. 3. Park i stadens kuperade natur : ett gestaltningsförslag för Talludden i Sköndal, Stockholm

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

    Author : Elis Annersten Puranen; [2023]
    Keywords : bergspark; förtätning; kuperad urban natur; parkgestaltning; tillgänglighet; upplevelsevärden;

    Abstract : I samband med att Stockholm förtätas och ytorna för traditionella parker i dalarna minskar kan relevansen öka i att utveckla stadens många utsparade kuperade naturmarker till mer funktionella rekreativa grönområden. En typ av park som även kan ha potential att bidra med höga upplevelsevärden. READ MORE

  5. 4. System for hiking cabinson the High Coast Trail

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Ida Lindqvist; [2023]
    Keywords : hiking; cabin; trail; system; structural; wood; hike; höga kusten; high coast;

    Abstract : site of the High Coast area. The area spans from Örnsköldsvik down to Härnösand. In this area, a hiking trail called The High Coast Trail extends through almost the entire World Heritage. The trail is 130 km long and is one of Sweden’s 14 signature trails. READ MORE

  6. 5. CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE NORWAY SPRUCE TREELINE IN THE CENTRAL SCANDINAVIAN MOUNTAINS Treeline evolution, tree growth and a Blue Intensity summer temperature reconstruction

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Fredrik Karlsson; [2022-09-01]
    Keywords : Treeline evolution; Tree growth; Norway spruce; central Scandinavian mountains; Blue Intensity;

    Abstract : In the context of global change, mountain regions have received increased interest in recent times with researchers trying to answer how such regions may be affected by a changing climate. Treeline environments are sensitive to the impacts of climate change which may significantly alter the characteristics of the regions. READ MORE