Essays about: "places"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 2328 essays containing the word places.
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1. Constructing Spaces of Intervention in Gothenburg's Urban Periphery; The production of “vulnerable areas” in the City’s official documents
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : This study explores the construction of the “vulnerable area” by critically analyzing the assumptions, representations, and discourses that inform official documents targeting such neighborhoods. By conducting a qualitative content analysis on local policy produced in the City of Gothenburg, this thesis finds that such texts – through their imagination of space – produce “vulnerable areas” as spaces of intervention in need of extraordinary treatment. READ MORE
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2. Hur mår vi bra av en gågata? : faktorer som påverkar den mentala hälsan och upplevelsen bland stadens hårdgjorda miljöer, med gågatan i fokus
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : De senaste 200 åren har städer blivit majoriteten av människans boendemiljö, både globalt och i Sverige. Att bo i en stad idag innebär en ökad risk för både fysisk och mental ohälsa. Stadsplaneringen kan bidra till att minska risken, genom att ta hänsyn till faktorer som bidrar till ett ökat välbefinnande i staden. READ MORE
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3. Nils Bruces park på Krubbemölla
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : Öster om Vitaby samhälle och söder om Vitaby kyrkby på Österlen, i en dalgång där Mölleån rinner fram, ligger en möllegård som heter Krubbemölla. Mellan åren 1858 och 1887 bodde arrendatorn Nils Bruce här. Han tillträdde 1858 när han pensionerades från sitt arbete som hejderidare vid Christinehof. READ MORE
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4. Exploring the effects of pressure on the magnetic properties of quasi-low dimensional quantum magnets via thermodynamic measurements
University essay from Lunds universitet/Synkrotronljusfysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionenAbstract : Four model solid state compounds were used to experimentally investigate the effects of pressure on the interactions in one- and two-dimensional Heisenberg magnetic models. BaCuSi2O6, BaCu2V2O8, SrCuO2 and CuGeO3 were successfully synthesized via solid-state reactions and characterized via x-ray diffraction. READ MORE
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5. Climate Change, Water Management, and Human Rights: : A Comparative Study of India and Somalia, and Prospects for Legal Frameworks
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : Climate change is one of the most important issues in today's world. Its effect reaches beyond geographical borders and deeply connects to human welfare, rights, and possibilities. Climate change affects the climate and all other sectors of development in the world. READ MORE